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Oh no! Lucy and I noticed the baby slugs this morning when we went out to water the wood pallet garden. I know everyone has to eat, but come on! I’m not growing this lettuce for the slugs. The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird informed me we are hosting a pasta feed for her Read More >>
A big THANK YOU to everyone who has sent in their photographs and stories. I hope by sharing other peoples pictures and stories here on One Hundred Dollars a Month we can all have a rock star garden this summer. Keep them coming! Aafke from the Netherlands {who blogs at xlovettes.blogspot.com} sent in some lovely photos of her bunnies Read More >>
Last night Lucy the garden dog helped me get a little companion planting done in the raised garden beds. Typically I bring the squirt bottle out with me and zap her with it if she walks in the garden beds, {and it works!} but she is still on the mend and I didn’t want to Read More >>
I popped out to get the mail yesterday and when I came back, Andy was planting one one of my tomato plants in a steel drum. I walked around to inspect his technique, and found out that he was going to plant carrots and lettuce in the steel drum as well. Try not to get Read More >>
I snapped a few pictures in the greenhouse last night so I could show you how all the plants are coming along. Yesterday my neighbor and I removed 66 tomato plants from the greenhouse and planted the heirlooms in 6 raised garden beds. It’s beginning to look a little bare in there. I love how Read More >>
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