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My neighbor Girly Girl called the other day to borrow my cupcake tower and some serving dishes for an upcoming party she was hosting. Having neighbors is cool that way. It seems my neighbors Girly Girl, Mrs. Hillbilly and I are always borrowing stuff from each other. And I like it that way. After all, Read More >>
Backyard Garden Plot Pictures – Week 26 of 52 Our backyard is beginning to look like a real vegetable garden! The beds are starting to fill out, the vegetables are getting plump and the bees are buzzing around the garden pollinating everything in sight. The pallet garden is in the awkward teenager phase. A slug Read More >>
The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I worked in the pallet garden the other day placing new Ruby Red Swiss chard transplants from the greenhouse in to the pallet that used to be growing spinach. The Swiss chard was started in the greenhouse about a month ago and now that it’s starting to Read More >>
I planted my parsnip seeds last night so that they will be ready by Thanksgiving. The awesome thing about them is that they actually taste better after a freeze, so you can keep them in the ground until you’re ready to eat them. If you haven’t ever tried them, I seriously recommend it–they have a Read More >>
It’s been awhile since I’ve shared pictures of the greenhouse with you so I snapped a few pictures last night. If you look really close you can see a hint of pink near the greenhouse glass. That’s a stargazer lily plant. This is my first year growing lilies and something tells me I probably should Read More >>
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