Garden Wisdom & Mat News
Dreaming of Next Year’s Garden
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This time of year, when I drop off a shipment of Garden Mats at the local post office, I often return with a couple of seed catalogs. They’re perfect fuel for a cold evening’s…
keep reading »Garden Mats – A Product Being Born
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I’ll never forget the garden of 2002. Teri and I had gotten married the previous August. This was our first garden together since the wedding—and the wedding day fire. Yes, our house burned down…
keep reading »Meeow
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There is one other home-gardening issue for which Garden Mats will provide a great advantage over composts, barks, straw, sawdust and easily torn felt fabric. Here, I am speaking not of the Garden Mat,…
keep reading »Peter’s Scalloped Red, White and Blues
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Preheat oven to 350◦. Grease a 10-inch baking dish. Next, leave the skins on and thinly slice 3 cups of red, white and blue potatoes. Place a layer of potatoes in the bottom of…
keep reading »The Potato
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It is hard to believe that the potato, the workhorse of most gardens, is native to the Americas. All indications are that they probably originate somewhere around ancient Peru, which is why I love…
keep reading »Peter’s Dilly Beans
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Note: I prefer wide mouth pints and quarts. They are easier to stuff and fill with brine. I also prefer quarts, because if you have a lot of beans, they take a lot less…
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