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I don’t know which one I like better; fall garden chores, or spring garden chores. With spring, there’s always hope of what the new season will bring and the little surprises that pop up along the way when you’re trying out new seed and plant varieties. But with fall, there’s the clean up and the Read More >>
It’s that time again. You ask, and I pretend to know things and answer your burning questions. It really is so much fun to open my inbox and see the wide variety of questions you guys have. Reminds me that my readers are so diverse and pretty dang awesome. So keep those questions coming and Read More >>
Last night Lucy the garden dog helped me get a little companion planting done in the raised garden beds. Typically I bring the squirt bottle out with me and zap her with it if she walks in the garden beds, {and it works!} but she is still on the mend and I didn’t want to Read More >>
My neighbor Hudla came over this morning to help with a few tomatoes plants. We bartered French breakfast radishes and eggs {mine} for garden labor {hers}. Does it get any better than that? I’ve decided Hudla is the best garden assistant on the planet. Mainly because when she comes over, she’s only here for one Read More >>
Things are really starting to heat up in the garden. For the first time this year I am starting to see tiny tomatoes forming on some of the 100 heirloom tomato plants I have growing in the raised garden beds. It’s so exciting! I’m hoping by this time next month my counter tops and windowsills Read More >>
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