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Hello and Happy Thursday! How is your vegetable garden doing? Are you harvesting like mad? We’ve been picking about 2 pounds of green beans every three days or so. In years past I’ve planted the pole bean variety, but this year I went with bush beans because they fit into my landscaping plans a little Read More >>
Top of the morning to you! I headed out to the garden early this morning and picked a shirt full of beans {that’s a measurement … a shirt, right?} and our very first costata romanesco zucchini. I think I’m going to make the HH’s favorite Ritz Cracker chicken and green beans for dinner tonight and Read More >>
Hello Friday… You look beautiful! I just love a white picket fence… Don’t you? I’m really excited to see how tall the sunflowers get this year. I planted the mammoth sunflower seeds so I’m hoping they are in the 8′ – 10′ range. The tall the better if you ask me. Round 1 of the Read More >>
Well, the good news is, everything in the garden is growing like mad. The birds are chirping, the bees are buzzing and Miss Lucy is rolling around in the freshly cut grass like a total crazy. Life is good here in Maine. Even if we’re gearing up for another heatwave. Or maybe it’s not really Read More >>
Greetings from Southern Maine! The fog rolled in early this morning and I have a feeling it’s going to be a hot and humid day. Oh well, hey, it’s great for the garden right? 🙂 The bunting is up and things are beginning to look a little festive at our little house in town. It Read More >>
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