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In high school and college, I worked at the Hot Sh

In high school and college, I worked at the Hot Shoppe Cafeteria (no longer around), where a stuffed tomato with tuna salad was always on the salad menu. (I worked behind the sneeze guard loading salads.) When tomatoes are ripe, it tastes incredibly good, and the tuna is terrific with pickles I fermented after interviewing Stephanie Thurow on the Grow it Minnesota podcast. Link to the blog post about my fermentation experience in bio. Fear not: you too can ferment!
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The surest sign of fall is that the Boltonia is (f

The surest sign of fall is that the Boltonia is (finally) blooming. This big, blousy native plant lines the alley-side fence, and when it blooms it is amazing. The pollinators swarm it.

Truth in advertising: it can get a bit aggressive. I rip out any stray shoots in spring to hold it to its allotted area.

We have such a short growing season in the North, it’s good to have new things blooming right to the brutal end! If you’ve got some room and need a perennial hedge or another pollinator plant, check@out boltonia.
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It’s time to start transitioning plants back ind

It’s time to start transitioning plants back indoors. This Norfolk Island pine has been outside since spring, but it’ll be indoors soon. A new pot and fresh potting mix may make for an easier transition and no bugs coming indoors!
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Just got back from a refreshing trip to the Upper

Just got back from a refreshing trip to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, where the colors are starting to turn, the wildflowers are at their prettiest and sunrises are the best. Fall is definitely on its way. .
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#uptravel #michigan #porcupinemountains #lakesuperior #rudbeckia #forestbathing #forest #marquettemichigan #getoutside

Tomorrow’s podcast episode is all about canning

Tomorrow’s podcast episode is all about canning and fermenting and preserving the harvest with Minnesota author Stephanie Thurow. Stephanie describes her favorite recipes, talks me down from my fear of fermentation and explains how you become a master preserver. The podcast goes live Monday morning at Grow it, Minnesota on Apple, Google, or Spotify. Link at my northern garden.com and growitminnesota.com.
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It was so fun to talk with Niki Jabbour on her Wee

It was so fun to talk with Niki Jabbour on her Weekend Gardener radio show (www.news957.com) in Halifax, Nova Scotia! We talked a bit about insectaries and why I love my little insectary that brings in lots of bees, butterflies, birds and more. Here’s what’s blooming there now: first to last, Henry Eilers rudbeckia with Russian sage and little bluestem behind it, unknown sunflower, boltonia, liatris, Thai basil (bees love it). Thanks, Niki, for inviting me on the show.

Late bloomer here. I planted this sunflower 🌻 i

Late bloomer here. I planted this sunflower 🌻 in July to fill a hole in the back bed. It looks like it will bloom soon, adding another yellow note to the fall garden and maybe some seeds for the many, many birds hanging out here this year. Good job, little sunflower!
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I’m harvesting the basil before it’s too late.

I’m harvesting the basil before it’s too late. Mildew, frost 😳, goodness knows what can take a beautiful basil plant down in a moment in September. Pesto in the freezer is forever—or until that January day I’m craving pasta.
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A friend of mine is testing these Basket of Fire 🔥 peppers for me. (I’m a pepper wimp) These are hot, hot, hot and cute, cute, cute. Grows beautifully in a pot and is as ornamental as it is tasty. They’re drying the peppers and grinding them to make a chili powder. New introduction from the folks at Burpee.
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My dear mother-in-law used to call those whose int

My dear mother-in-law used to call those whose intelligence she was not impressed with “gourds.” Example: don’t be a gourd, Mary!

I’ve never grown gourds, but these dainty, shapely spinning gourds from Seed Savers Exchange we’re too cute to resist. The vines took forever to get started but are now covering the back fence and heading around the corner to the side fence. They’re purely decorative though the story goes that children used them as spinning tops in the past. Does anyone else grow gourds? How do you use them?
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Garden dog. . . . #nationaldogday #latergram #her

Garden dog.
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RIP, Cousin It. That’s what I called my Winter L

RIP, Cousin It. That’s what I called my Winter Luxury pumpkin growing on a trellis in the back garden. It looked so cool and Addams Family fans may get why it got that nickname. But a bad case of powdery mildew struck, so down it came. I don’t want that spreading around the garden. I salvaged four nice-looking, kind of ripe pumpkins, which are curing in the living room. That’s the only cool, dry, sunny spot we’ve got in this mega-humid weather. I may still get a pie or two from them and now there’s a big open spot in the veg area. It’s not too late to plant something.
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