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First of all, if you happen to know the name of the purple and white speckled beans you see above please, please, please let me know in the comment section below. I absolutely must grow them next year. Yesterday I had an appointment in Puyallup, so I decided to pop by the Puyallup Fair while I was Read More >>
Wahooo! The fall peas have broken through the surface and are on their way. If all goes well we should be swimming in sugar snap peas buy Halloween. Yee-Haw! Do the pea plants look leggy to you? They look a little leggy to me. The Romaine lettuce I started in pallets a few weeks ago Read More >>
Remember the potato towers I built earlier this spring? Well last night I decided to knock one over to see what was inside. Now this potato tower was a little different than the other potato towers I have growing, somehow I got distracted, and never got around to adding more dirt to this particular potato tower. So I knew the Read More >>
Right now the garden is in a holding pattern. Almost all of the tomatoes are green, and the squash are getting nice and fat. This time of year is the best part, but waiting for everything to ripen, is hard. Mostly because I know that when it does, it will be pandemonium trying to get Read More >>
Okay everyone, I need your help. It appears the slugs were out in full force last night munching away at my young broccoli starts. This is very bad news as we need the broccoli to grow so we can enjoy some stir fry dinners this fall. Normally I would just walk out to the garden Read More >>
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