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Bed Preparation 2021
Bed Preparation 2021 I’m a very tidy person. I don’t like knick-knacks, clutter or unopened mail. Gardening offers me the opportunity to welcome a little bit of chaos into my life. I allow the wild nature of the garden to help…
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Garden Plan 2021
Garden Plan 2021 Do you Know About Garden Planning? Garden plan 2021 is very interesting for me. I know beauty garden planning. It’s finally springtime! I’m so relieved and so excited about the growing season ahead. In the winter, I feel…
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10 Veggie Gardening Lessons Learned – 2018
10 Veggie Gardening Lessons Learned At the end of every season, I like to sit down in the garden and reflect on how things went. I learn something new every year so it’s helpful to keep a garden journal and write…
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My turnips are ready!
My ready turnips Gardening is such a miracle. Nature has packed all of the genetic material needed to produce these wonderfully tender, white globes of crisp refreshing goodness into a teeny, tiny little seed that I dropped into the soil last…
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Early June Garden Update
Early June Garden Update It’s been about a month since I posted an update on the garden. We’ve had a wonderful mix of hot days (70-80 degrees and sunny) and warm rainy days. The plants LOVE this combo. They love rain…
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Natural Pest Control
Natural Pest Control I went out to the garden today to pick some strawberries and found the ants had discovered my succulent little treats! As an organic gardener, I do share my garden with insects, many that are beneficial to my…
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Tomato Trellises
Tomato Trellises This year I’ve decided to try to use vertical space in the garden. My tomato plants, in particular, tend to get pretty wild and sprawl across the pathways and tangle up their vines making it difficult for sunlight to…
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Spring Planting 2018
Spring Planting 2018 I’m so happy the last raised bed is finished! It’s our tradition to walk to the Farmer’s Market during the first weekend of May to purchase our veggie starts so I’m right on schedule. We always buy our…
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5th Raised Bed in the Veggie Garden
5th Raised Bed in the Veggie Garden My vegetable garden design is getting close to being complete! This year I built my fifth (and probably last) raised bed. I leveled the mound soils before starting work. It was raining from time…
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Early April Garden Update – 2018
Early April Garden Update – 2018 It finally stopped raining for a moment so I headed outside with the camera to get some updated shots of my plants. Everyone is waking up now so the yard is full of new, bright…