{"id":22766,"date":"2008-11-06T17:23:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T17:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kalynskitchen.com\/kalyns-garden-updates\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T09:38:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T15:38:51","slug":"kalyns-garden-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kalynskitchen.com\/kalyns-garden-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalyn’s Garden Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"
For years and years I’ve been growing vegetables in a home garden, and although I’m not a gardening expert by any means, it’s been fun sharing updates about my garden on the blog. I’ve connected all the garden updates with a label so it’s easy to find them.<\/em><\/div>\n

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Garden Updates:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Clicking the category Garden Updates<\/b><\/a> anywhere on the blog will take you to all my garden updates, with the most recent updates shown first.<\/p>\n

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Cooking Tips for Gardeners:<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Cooking with French Tarragon<\/b><\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n

Cooking with Fresh Parsley<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Cooking with Fresh Mint<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

Cooking with Fresh Basil<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tips for Freezing Garden Produce:<\/h3>\n

My Favorite Tips for Freezing Garden Tomatoes, Fresh Herbs, and Vegetables<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n

How to Freeze Fresh Basil<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

How to Freeze Rosemary and Thyme<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

How to Freeze Mint, Sage, and Tarragon<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

How to Make and Freeze Tomato Sauce<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I started gardening with just a little strip of dirt at the back of my yard, but in the spring of 2008 my brother Mark built raised beds<\/a> for me, which greatly improved the garden and made it easier to maintain. (Thanks Mark, love you!)<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Mark also put two skinny herb beds across the top of the garden, since I love to grow herbs<\/a>. I loved the way these look in late summer when the herbs are overflowing the beds<\/a>!<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In 2009 I underwent some extensive house renovations<\/a>, and there were some improvements to the garden area, including a new path and new beds along the deck to grow tomatoes.<\/div>\n
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\nIn 2010 I grew tomatoes in those beds for the first time<\/a>, including three plants of my favorite green zebra tomatoes<\/a>. Improvements to the garden area continued in late 2010<\/a> when I added a new fence, another herb bed along the fence, a shed for tools,  and converted my garden to drip irrigation with weed barrier\/gravel around the beds for the whole garden area. I’m excited about these improvements and can’t wait for gardening 2011!<\/div>\n
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In 2013 I moved to a bigger house where I can host family parties, but there are deer, squirrels, rabbits, and even a few skunks at the new house, so gardening is more of a challenge. In 2013 I tried having a container garden<\/a>, which was a mixed success. The next two years I didn’t have a garden (sob) and had to get produce from the farmers market.<\/p>\n

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Now flash forward to 2016 and my amazing brother Mark and his wonderful wife Lisa built me this fantastic new garden<\/a>, completely enclosed to keep out the critters, and I could not be more grateful of excited to start gardening again!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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