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Yesterday, The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I took a field trip to the Mother Earth News Fair in Puyallup, Washington. Admission was $30 a head or FREE if you donated an old cell phone. So guess who asked around and found 2 old cell phones so they could get in to the Read More >>
One of the great things about gardening {in my opinion} is there never seems to be a lack of new growing methods to try. For years now I’ve wanted to try one of those Topsy Turvy tomato planters. But I never thought they were especially attractive. But I still wanted to give growing tomatoes upside Read More >>
Yesterday when I posted my latest garden photos I forgot to include a picture of what the garden looks like from the back. In the last two garden beds, you can see carrots popping up. Originally I was going to companion plant tomatoes with those carrots, but when it came time to plant, I suddenly Read More >>
This year I have a bit of a problem. Since I am growing 120 tomato plants {100 in the garden boxes and another 20 sprinkled throughout the greenhouse and various pots} I am going to have to figure out a way to support them. And quick. Over the past few years I have accumulated a Read More >>
Well finally there is a bit of green in every one of our 16 raised garden beds. 100 tomato plants, Swiss chard, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, herbs, peas, beets, onions, carrots, and even a few more radishes currently occupy the 4′ by 8′ beds. Also, if you look a little to the left you Read More >>
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