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	<description>Experiments in permaculture and &#60;br&#62;other gardening adventures in northeastern Vermont</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:50:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Sugarloaf chicory - Blanc de Milan</title>
		<link>http://www.theextremegardener.com/blog/2008/12/03/sugarloaf-chicory-blanc-de-milan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the time of year for one of my favorite greens, sugarloaf-type chicory (chicorium intybus). There is no lettuce that can compare to a sugarloaf&#8217;s crunchy, very sweet and faintly bitter taste, in my humble opinion. Best of all, it&#8217;s early December and we are still harvesting sugarloaves right out of the garden, no [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another tomato for winter storage</title>
		<link>http://www.theextremegardener.com/blog/2008/11/25/another-tomato-for-winter-storage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past season we tried Ruby Treasure, another winner from Peters Seed and Research.
Now, if you&#8217;ve read many of my posts, it may seem like I&#8217;m in the business of promoting Peters Seeds, so a disclaimer is in order.  I have no affiliation with Peter&#8217;s except that I&#8217;m an unabashed fan of their breeding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two sibling potatoes from seed</title>
		<link>http://www.theextremegardener.com/blog/2008/11/13/two-sibling-potatoes-from-seed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>the extreme gardener</dc:creator>
		
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In 1994, I grew out some true seed taken from Blue Shetland potatoes in our garden. Of the 24 seedlings, we selected six to grow a second season, and of those six, we have kept two over the years.
The Blue Shetlands, the parent, came originally from Will Bonsal in Maine via the Seed Saver&#8217;s Exchange, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overwintering cabbage</title>
		<link>http://www.theextremegardener.com/blog/2008/10/26/overwintering-cabbage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:56:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I worry about brassicas and onions. They are such important plants, and very few seed savers are working with them. The rate that the commercially available open pollinated varieties are disappearing is really scary. Brassicas and onions can be pretty fussy to grow seed and maintain purity, so it&#8217;s not hard to figure out why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Very large garden pests, or where is Sarah Palin when she could be helpful?</title>
		<link>http://www.theextremegardener.com/blog/2008/10/02/very-large-garden-pests-or-where-is-sarah-palin-when-she-could-be-useful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
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As I stumbled out of bed, I couldn&#8217;t help but notice a very large brown creature within 15 feet of the front door. I grabbed the camera and did what I could through the window. This is a moose cow, the trellis she is standing beside is 6 feet (2 meters) high. Moose were a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black currant vinegar</title>
		<link>http://www.theextremegardener.com/blog/2008/07/28/black-currant-vinegar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Our black currants are ripening, so I have been making sure to get them before the wandering gangs of marauding wild turkeys do. This variety is Consort. Eating them fresh and raw is an acquired taste, and I haven&#8217;t quite acquired it yet, especially when there are blueberries and raspberries ripening at the same time. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>View of one of the gardens</title>
		<link>http://www.theextremegardener.com/blog/2008/07/28/view-of-one-of-the-gardens/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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View of one of the gardens from our bedroom window. Above, soon after solstice; below, 3 weeks later.
    
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		<title>Dangerous parsnips</title>
		<link>http://www.theextremegardener.com/blog/2008/07/21/dangerous-parsnips/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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I finally unravelled a mystery that had me baffled for 20 years.
Our winters are very long, and in general, we don&#8217;t get a lot of sun. This makes me crave the feeling of the sun shining on my bare skin. When it wasn&#8217;t winter or &#8220;bug season&#8221; (which comes fairly soon after &#8220;mud season&#8221;) I&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beetberries</title>
		<link>http://www.theextremegardener.com/blog/2008/07/04/beetberries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Spinach is such a prima donna in my garden. We tend to go from winter to summer weather abruptly, and even when fall planted, spinach is likely to bolt before we get much out of it. Some years we have a great planting or two, but more often I find myself wondering why I bothered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where the wild things are</title>
		<link>http://www.theextremegardener.com/blog/2008/06/07/where-the-wild-things-are/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theextremegardener.com/blog/2008/06/07/where-the-wild-things-are/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My take on permaculture is that before you bring in the heavy equipment and start carving out gardens, orchards and waterworks everywhere, it&#8217;s a good idea to get acquainted with what&#8217;s already on your land. Here are some photos from a couple of weeks ago of some favorite northern Vermont natives.
Fiddleheads&#8230;

The ones on the left [...]]]></description>
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