Fresh Cucumber » summer http://www.freshcucumber.com Cucumber and its Benefits Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Planning the Garden for 2012 – A Home Grown Journal http://www.freshcucumber.com/planning-the-garden-for-2012-a-home-grown-journal/ http://www.freshcucumber.com/planning-the-garden-for-2012-a-home-grown-journal/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:49:00 +0000 Steve http://www.freshcucumber.com/planning-the-garden-for-2012-a-home-grown-journal/ We've got twenty-six 4 x 8' raised beds, a field garden (part of it shown above) approximately 35 x 45' and a plot I plant to pumpkins and/or squash that is 14 x 23'. Certain crops lend themselves more to the … Our summers are (usually) cooler than needed for tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers so I leave the cold frames (with tops open during the day) on these veggies through the summer and into…

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]]> http://www.freshcucumber.com/timberland-official-website/feed/ 0 New Year, New Market, New Restaurant « Local: Mission Eatery http://www.freshcucumber.com/new-year-new-market-new-restaurant-%c2%ab-local-mission-eatery/ http://www.freshcucumber.com/new-year-new-market-new-restaurant-%c2%ab-local-mission-eatery/#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:23:47 +0000 Steve http://www.freshcucumber.com/new-year-new-market-new-restaurant-%c2%ab-local-mission-eatery/ Of course, we need to open with apricot jam, cucumber pickles , and tomato sauce. So we've been busy. Our Tweets have referenced our summer and fall production–thousands of jars of jams (apricot, nectarine, peach, fig, …

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