How Not to Plant Shallots

plant shallots pointy side up, even with the soil

Ignore that picture, as there is nothing wrong with it.

What I should have done is take a picture of the date next to the cute little rows off pointy-headed bulbs. Because that would be more appropriate with the title of this post.

You see, I am approximately 4.5 months late planting my shallots. [...]

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    How Not to Prune an Apple Tree

    See those forks? That’s how NOT to prune your apple tree.

    All these tweets and blogs saying stuff like “10 best ways to…”, “How to make the perfect….”, etc. etc. Well, if you’ve come here for clear instructions on how to do anything perfectly, I can tell you now: you are in the wrong [...]

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      Tis the Season

      Poop

      …For Poop

      Sorry for that sick photo, but you either a) get it, or b) don’t. If you don’t, then you obviously do not own a dog in a northern state that receives any appreciable snowfall.

      I do.

      And I am making my annual rounds on poop duty. It is a thankless job. If [...]

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        Spring?

        Yes: when the mud starts flowing, it’s Spring.

        It’s about time for a gardening post, don’cha think? Even though I’m getting my annual end-of-the-winter cold and feel pretty crappy, I was still chomping at the bit to go up to the barn and clean out the greenhouse yesterday. For crying out loud, the thermomulator [...]

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          More Uses for Garden Garbage

          Wait! Before you rip those dead plants out of the garden and throw them into the compost/garbage (I seriously hope you aren’t throwing them in the garbage. I just had to tie it in with the title.), ask yourself if you can salvage anything.

          Seeds, baby.

          In my case, cilantro seeds. All over the internet, [...]

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            I Hate Chives

            The Plants, Not the Food.

            (And to be honest, I sometimes also hate the blank-eyed sociopath pictured here with the chives. But what a pretty picture!)

            Yes, I hate chives. I hate them with a passion. It is different from my hate of beets. I simply don’t like the taste of beets. Chives, I [...]

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              National Kale Day

              (Well, at my house anyway.)

              Why is there no national Kale Day? Actually, I have no idea if there is a National Kale Day. There probably is. If there is, then my question automatically morphs into: Why didn’t I know about National Kale Day?

              With that settled, I will tell you why there should [...]

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                Simply the BEST Way to Preserve a lot of Garlic: Confit!

                Learn how I saved my marriage by finding the best way to cook with those big jars of already peeled garlic you can get at the store. Cheap. Fast. And way better tasting than raw. Easier to digest, too. [...]

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                  Horseradish and the Fall Garden

                  Horseradish. I have to wonder if it is an old fashioned taste that has lost favor like cold aspic meat jello dishes and fruit salad. No one ever talks about regular old horseradish anymore!

                  I just LOVE horseradish. Love, love it. In all it’s forms. Oddly enough, as I was getting ready to write [...]

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                    Apple Madness, Part Three: Apple Cider

                    No, I wasn’t planning on a third installment of apples. However, a commenter last week asked me if you could drink the juice from the boiled apples for jelly as apple juice or cider. Having tasted it, I knew you couldn’t. But I wasn’t sure why, so I called my friend Chris, whose husband [...]

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