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{photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} {photo credit} Just because it’s nearly winter, doesn’t mean I can’t dream of Spring, right? I think my favorite picture is the top one with the cart, and terra cotta pots. Which one is yours? ~Mavis Container Gardening for All Seasons: Enjoy Year-Round Color with 101 Read More >>
For being the middle of October, I’d say things are moving along quite nicely in our backyard garden. The pumpkins have been harvested, the tomatoes pulled, and the zucchini and cucumbers are long gone {well, actually there are still 2 cucumbers growing in the greenhouse right now}. So even though the raised garden beds may Read More >>
Does anyone know what kind of mushrooms these are? Are they poisonous? I spotted them this afternoon in the old potato patch. What do you think? ~Mavis
It’s mid October and here I am planting beets. I have never tried to grow beets in the winter time before so I have no idea if this is going to work. But to me, the great thing about gardening is, you do not have to be an expert. In my opinion, it’s almost better Read More >>
This morning I headed out to the pumpkin patch and pulled all the remaining pumpkins. We’ve had so much rain up here in the Seattle/Tacoma area lately, I was worried the pumpkins would start to rot before the kids could harvest them this weekend with their friends. A little later today I’ll have Monkey Boy Read More >>
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