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The first few pea flowers are starting to appear, both the tall sugar snap peas and on the smaller shelling peas as well. Maybe in a week or so we’ll get our first taste of fresh peas from the garden. Gardening is kinda like planning a vacation: half the fun is getting there. When all Read More >>
I picked up 5lbs of rhubarb at the farmer’s market and canned 3 pints of rhubarb sauce to use this winter. I think I will use it to bake over some chicken. First lettuce harvest of the season. Arbors going up over the gates. I think I will plant them with wisteria. Then we Read More >>
The day kinda went like this.: Mrs. Hillbilly called to tell me about these giant 12 ft trees at Costco she saw for only $39.99 each. She really wanted some for her backyard BUT her husband wouldn’t let her take the trailer because he was afraid she was going to hit something with it. He Read More >>
The Hillbilly kids came over this afternoon to do a little planting. They planted a little of everything in their 4′ by 8′ garden box. I hope it all grows. 2 Tomato plants (1 Roma, 1 Isis candy), 3 baby watermelon plants, 2 cucumber, 2 zucchini, 2 little rows of bush beans, 3 little rows Read More >>
Today we continued work on the raised garden beds. I now have 13 and am officially addicted! Somebody stop me. I still think I could squeeze one more in…..maybe tomorrow. Monkey boy and I came across the cheesy 3×3 plastic greenhouse thingy {pretty sure that’s the technical term} you see in the pic above. It Read More >>
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