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This weekend I finally got around to moving all those herbs I planted into containers this spring over to the greenhouse. Let me tell you Bob, I’m glad that little project is done. I don’t know what I was thinking when I dug up the old herb garden and moved everything in pots. Because the Read More >>
Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 34 of 52 It’s a jungle out there I tell you, a jungle. 😉 Check out the ornamental corn stalks. They are only suppose to get about 3 feet high and we already have a few tiny little ears growing. Pretty neat-o if you ask me. The lettuce seeds Read More >>
Yesterday morning I held an impromptu farmer’s market at the end of my driveway. It seemed like a quick and easy way to share the bounty with the neighbors without having to go door to door delivering produce. There were heirloom tomatoes. Red, white and blue spuds. Rainbow Swiss chard and 3 kinds of kale. Fresh Read More >>
Did you know you can get garlic to easily last for months? I didn’t either until I stumbled onto this little trick: put them in a regular paper bag with holes punched into them and paper clip them shut. It gives them the dark dry environment they need to stay fresh, without limiting their air Read More >>
Mama Mia! Check out this Cherokee Purple Tomato I found yesterday while I was picking tomatoes. This gorgeous heirloom tomato weighed in at 1 pound 5 ounces. Not too shabby if you ask me. After I spotted the Cherokee Purple tomato I ran inside and made the HH come out and take a picture of me holding Read More >>
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