Tomatoes: Deer Food
I stopped at a tiny landscape nursery on the way home from work last spring to see if they had anything to feed my dying magnolia tree. I asked the
09/19/24
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Category: Gardening
Rain Barrels
Good thing I started the garden early so all the neighborhood animals know where they can get a free breakfast! The carrot tops are gone, some of the cucumbers plants,
04/19/15
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Potato Planters
The potato seeds I bought last month have started to sprout and it’s time to get them planted in the outdoor container. You can plant potatoes in rows in your
04/12/15
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Seed Progress
How are the baby vegie plants looking? I couldn’t believe how fast mine came up; the first week they were pushing at their greenhouse lid. It’s still too cold to
03/29/15
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Starting Seeds
Ace Hardware had seed starter plant pot gardens on sale today for $3.99 so it cost about $15 to get the potting soil, four packs of seeds, and the plant
03/14/15
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Broccoli Raab
Walking through the backyard the other day I suddenly realized the broccoli raab (rob) my daughter planted a few weeks ago is starting to go to seed/flower. I looked back
10/20/14
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Backyard Composting
Food scraps and yard waste currently make up 20 to 30 percent of what we throw away, and should be composted instead. Making compost keeps these materials out of landfills
09/28/14
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Garlic Bread, More Gardens
Today Tony gave me an article from an AARP magazine that reported in the years between 2008 and 2012, home-based produce gardening increased 17% in the U.S. The National Gardening
09/03/14
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Canning Tomatoes
Some of the tomatoes have been on the vine too long and are starting to go bad, so it’s time to pick and “put them up.” I’m having to throw
08/24/14
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Garden Status
Here’s a garden update: the carrots never appeared unfortunately. There’s only one and I think it’s a volunteer back from last year. I went out to get a picture and
06/24/14
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