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Here is my modest proposal to stop global warming. Global warming results from increasing levels of atmospheric green house gases, principally CO2. Plants convert CO2 into cellulose, reducing atmospheric CO2. Therefore, I propose to plant the state of Kansas border to border with zuccini. Zuccini will be harvested when they reach full size, trucked to…
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We had some of the coldest days in recorded history this winter, which really did a number on our winter garden. Hopefully that is well past. It’s not really spring, but the days are getting longer, and the gardening itch is upon me. I planted some early lettuce, water cress, spinach, and parsley in flats…
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San Marzano is an Italian Heirloom variety, grown outside Naples since the 18th Century. It is the only tomato variety that may be used in the sauce employed for Vera Pizza Napoletana (true Naples Pizza). 2015 – June 28- 3′ vines with 5 fruit. July 9 – 3′ vine, 60 fruit.
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Brandywine is the great tasting beef-steak variety that started the heirloom tomato craze. Unfortunately, it does have a strong tendency to split. Purchase seeds.
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Neves Azorean Red produces big beef-steak tomatoes with green shoulders. The sprawling indeterminate vines produce large crops of fruit. Purchase seeds.
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The garden is now producing full-tilt. Thanks to the unusual heat this summer, even eggplants are thriving, helped along by their black plastic mulch.