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Audrey II Gets Around ...
Audrey II Gets Around …
I feel like a proud parent! My Wild Caught Sourdough Starter, Audrey II, now 4 years old, has been cloned. When I learned that my friends & fellow vendors at the Warren County Farmers Market were sourdough bakers, but had lost their original starter, I offered some of mine! Readers here know that I am a devout sourdough baker, so this was a joy for me to share with Doug and Linda at…
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THE PERILS OF POULET
THE PERILS OFÂ POULET
Mama Jane and Baby
It began as an innocent adventure. My top hen, Jane, a real beauty of a Buff Orpington, went “broody,” meaning she created a nest in the bottom of the coop and didn’t leave it (that I could tell) for a couple of days. I became concerned, thinking she might be sick so I crawled in and pulled her out. She was hot! And so were the several eggs she was sitting on. I realized then…
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Pineapple Sage ... As delicious as it is healthy
Pineapple Sage … As delicious as it is healthy
Pineapple Sage in full bloom in my garden
I am rolling out the first of four seasonal CherryGal Organics Herbal Tea blends — Summertime Tea, a refreshing and soothing blend. One of the most special components of this blend is Pineapple Sage(Salvia elegans), a member of the mint family but with a true pineapple scent and flavor and some extraordinary health benefits. As with many mints, it is an…
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The Original Flower Child
The Original Flower Child
I am entering my 7th decade. I have been blessed to garden most of my life. In my youth, I was conscripted by my mother to weed her zinnia bed, and from that (believe it or not) developed an absolute love of the Zen of weeding (try it, you’ll like it). But we had a lot more growing in our garden and beyond … and when Euell Gibbons published his “Stalking The Wild Asparagus” in the early ’60’s,…
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"Behold, I have given you every plant ...” [Genesis 1:29]
“Behold, I have given you every plant …” [Genesis 1:29]
Oswego Tea
CherryGal Organics is readying a new offering for the Farmer’s Market and beyond — Organic Teas. The Organic Teas that I will offer (starting next week) will be blends designed with a specific goal in mind:
Winter WonderTEA … to help prevent or overcome the colds, flu and other respiratory illnesses that are so prevalent in the winter, when close quarters means heightened exposure to…
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Fraises des Bois Alpine Strawberries are Awesome!
Fraises des Bois Alpine Strawberries are Awesome!
Just uncovered my Alpines!
Just uncovered my Organic Heirloom Fraises des Bois Alpine Strawberries. They had collected a leaf cover that protected them from frost and hard freezes — even down to -1F this winter. And yet, when I pulled back the leaves I had beautiful green crowns! I will soon be dividing and potting up extras from my pots for sale along with my new Fit Of Pique mosaic Strawberry…
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Chickens in Winter
My Sweet Buff Orpingtons enjoying a mid-winter snack of chickweed!
I am so proud of my girls for weathering this brutal winter! First, they had to adapt to increasingly frigid temps, and then when it seemed impossibly cold here, I brought them indoors to my mud room, where for weeks they looked longingly out to their garden (glass door) but enjoyed the heated floor and heater in the room that…
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The Law Of The Minimum and your Soil's Fertility
The Law Of The Minimum and your Soil’s Fertility
Bee on Marigolds
If you buy fertilizer you will notice three numbers on the bag. These are the N-P-K levels in the fertilizer. The three numbers represent the levels of Nitrogen (N), Phosphorous (P) and Potassium (K) — in short N-P-K. These three elements are the primary necessary to have healthy growth in your garden plants. Chemical fertilizers are generally much higher in these numbers than…
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A Southern Tradition -- Collards
A Southern Tradition — Collards
Carolina Collards
Originally a wild and rather unpalatable green, the collards we know and love today have been developed over centuries to sweeten their flavor, breeding out the bitterness and rough qualities of the original “weed.”
Today, we enjoy the largess of such breeding and also the development of cuisine devoted to this green, Brassica oleracea. Traditionally, they are slow cooked with…
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Around The World in my Backyard Heirloom Organic Garden!
I love to cook. AND I use my garden and kitchen for many of my medicinal needs. In researching the plants that I grow in my organic garden, I am always struck at the passage of rare varieties from all corners of the world, to my little garden in the Piedmont of North Carolina!
In early Spring, I enjoy Nozaki Early Cabbage, a quick growing and delicious open faced cabbage originally from China…
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Seed Starting 101
I’m about to start my seedlings for Spring planting and the Farmer’s Market. Touch choices. Some will be started (or already are) by cuttings, some from seed. Most require at least 8 weeks to reach fruition, and some longer (and some much longer) so getting started now is imperative.
But I thought I would share my rules of seed starting with you, in case you are new to gardening from scratch.
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The Importance of Organic Wines
Organic Wines For Your Health!
CherryGal.com is excited to be an Affiliate of The Organic Wine Company, which offers a range of excellent sulfite-free wines and champagnes. All of their wines are vegan, gluten-free and non-GMO and are made with organic grapes.
Science and Medicine increasingly agree about the benefits of a glass or two of wine a day to promote heart, brain and immune function as…
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An Urgent Plea -- Organic Gardening is NOT hard or expensive but it is dying!
An Urgent Plea — Organic Gardening is NOT hard or expensive but it is dying!
I got into organics because I am basically a lazy gardener and known to be penny pinching. What I do have is time, and it is true that organics take a little bit more time and attention than buying a few seedlings at your local hardware store and some Miracle Grow. But it is SOOOOOOOOOO worth it.
Now, not to ring the guilt bell or anything, but I know so-called “environmentalists” who garden in…
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Decorate Your Garden
Goddess Head Planter
As the snows swirl and you turn up the electric blanket, do you plan your garden? I do. It is one of my favorite winter pastimes. Not only do I spend hours pouring over the dozens of catalogs that arrive daily selecting vegetables, herbs and flowers for my own garden and those of my customers, I think about decorating areas of my garden that might not offer the sunshine or…
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Oswego Tea ... Beautiful Native, Historical Herb, Useful Medicinal
Oswego Tea … Beautiful Native, Historical Herb, Useful Medicinal
Oswego Tea
I wait with anticipation for the appearance in Spring of my beautiful bed of Monarda Didyma, or Oswego Tea. Before the blooms, I can enjoy the fragrant and delicious foliage.
Also known as Scarlet Bee Balm, is an ancient American native plant. The genus is named after Nicholas Monardes, a Spanish physician who wrote in the 16th Century about New World medicinal plants. The common name…
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Historic Garden Lima Bean ... Sieva Carolina Baby Limas
Historic Garden Lima Bean … Sieva Carolina Baby Limas
This wonderful and hard to find bean was grown by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello. According to their website, “Lima beans were a hot-weather favorite of Thomas Jefferson, who sowed them yearly from 1809-1824. Monticello’s gardener, Robert Bailey, saved seed of White Carolina beans in 1794. Also known as Sieva, this variety is small and delicately-flavored. Originally from South America and grown…
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Get Your 2018 Gardens Started ...
Get Your 2018 Gardens Started …
A wonderful DISCOUNT opportunity for your 2018 garden. CherryGal.com’s 2018 Organic Heirloom Seeds are now available! I gather rare and unusual selections of organic heirloom vegetables, herbs and flowers for your garden, all packaged in small sizes and prices for the home gardener. Here is just a sampling of my 2018 offerings!
Rare and unusual seeds such as the French Crystalline Ice Plant, much…
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