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Jealousy is a dangerous thing (and pricey too I might add). I was up at Chino and the Girly Girl’s house Saturday afternoon and Chino had built two simple raised garden beds out of some leftover lumber. The next day I was thinking about how everyone who has been to our house in the past Read More >>
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I coveted thy neighbors newly constructed garden beds. I tried making a shopping bag out of some 15lb. seed bags. All was going well till I started to itch. Did you know they treat grass seed with fungicide? Me neither. So no bag for me (or my red, bumpy, fungicide rash). I tried to get Read More >>
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Oh, for the love of peas… Give peas a chance I was surveying the peas this morning and it seems we have a problem. Something or someone (?) is snapping off the peas at dirt level, which makes me think that baby slugs have taken over and are trying to set up shop. So what Read More >>
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There’s fungus among us! 7.25oz to be exact. Not a bad harvest for a first time mushroom farmer! Not bad at all. According to the mushroom kit instructions, we are now suppose to let the white blob dry out for 2 weeks and then start watering it all over again for another harvest. Who said Read More >>
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If you don’t hear from me for a while it’s because my husband has had me committed. Apparently “nobody has 74 tomato plants, or 20lbs of potato seeds trying to sprout in their living room!” “Nor do they make their own jean shorts. They buy them at Target for $25. Woman, you’re turning us into Read More >>
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