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 ====== 2017 ======
+===== More use of low tents and row covers. =====
+{{  :garden:intro:2017:img_2881.jpg?280|}}I added a low tent to the Garden to extend the growing season and to improve growing of heat-loving plants. Also, I increased the use of row covers to get a quicker start on the glowing season.
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+===== Peppers =====
+{{  :garden:intro:2017:img_3013.jpg?280|}}Low tents provided a very effective way to start bell pepper plants. They developed quickly and began bearing fruit sooner than starting them in the open.\\
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+===== Early greens =====
+{{  :garden:intro:2017:img_3114.jpg?280|}}Early winter crops like lettuce and spinach also did best in a low ten. Here's a very nice crop of spinach started in a low tent.
-===== It was a good year! =====
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+===== And it was a good year! =====
 There were more challenges than in the past. By many measures it was a good year:
-  * I harvested more than 2,300 pounds of produce.
+  * I harvested about 2,100 pounds of produce.
-  * I donated over 2,000 pounds to two local food banks.
+  * I donated almost 2,000 pounds to two local food banks.
-  * I gave a hundred pounds to family and friends.
+  * And there was some left over for family and friends.
-  * We filled up our freezer with vegetables and have supplies of winter squash.
 It comes as no surprise to me that my body is tired. I was working in the gardens well into October. I am taking time to recuperate.
+View a [[garden:intro:2017:gallery|gallery of 2017 photos]].