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Lemon lost a few leaves this past week so I had Monkey Boy move her to the greenhouse yesterday. I know losing a few leaves is totally normal when you transplant a tree, but after Erin showed me a picture of the lemon tree growing in her greenhouse, I decided to go ahead and move mine out Read More >>
Last October I planted garlic in one of our raised garden beds. Yesterday, I pulled all the chicken fencing off the straw covered bed of garlic and was happy to find oodles of tiny green shoots poking through. I had to place the fencing on the garlic bed because the chickens kept scratching around in the soil Read More >>
Today, I decided to make a compost bin out of wood pallets. Since I’m going double or nothing and trying to grow 4000 lbs. of fresh produce this year, I figured I better get serious about making every effort to keep the soil healthy. Plus, composting is FREE, and once you have the spot for Read More >>
Week 7 of 52 – Mavis’ Backyard Garden Plot I feel like my backyard garden is one giant heaping mess of unfinished projects right now. My goal is to have all of the projects finished by the end of the month. It may take a lot of ibuprofen, but I’m determined to stay on schedule. The good Read More >>
Check out this recent email I received from a reader in Connecticut: Hi Mavis, I wanted to join in on the gardening feature because I’m an avid gardener that got on the organic, sustainability, gardening bandwagon years ago. Here’s a little about my garden adventures. I live in suburban CT, zone 6b, and grow as much as Read More >>
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