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Finally Some Rain And Even More Things Growing
I think is was 5 maybe even 6 years ago that I spotted a little tree trying to grow up through one of our sprawling pines. I thought it looked like an apple tree so I left it to see what would become...
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Growing Mosquito Repelling Plants In Our Backyard
It’s so nice being able to work in the yard and garden once spring arrives, without being attacked by mosquitoes. But that freedom doesn’t last long, usually about the time the yard clean up is done...
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My Inexpensive Drip Irrigation System Using Plastic Bottles
That pot of soil with the upside down 355 ml plastic pop bottle sticking out of it on the left is an experiment I ran learning how to water my container plants using drip irrigation. The goal is to be...
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Saw A Wolf Spider Dragging Her Egg Sack Behind Her
I’ve seen a few wolf spiders carrying their egg sac around with them while I was building our hugelkultur. I also see them when I’m digging up our gardens. Well that’s one way of keeping your babies...
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Vegetable Garden Flooding By Tropical Storm Andrea
Time was running out to get my veggie garden planted earlier this year, just too much rain and too little draining in the garden. Then we hear the weather lady telling us to expect tropical storm...
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Just Got Back From My First Summer Walk Of 2013
I’m happy to say that our little vegetable garden is nearing completion after it was flooded by tropical storm Andrea and then again just two days later from another storm. At the time I had already...
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Finally Have My Vegetable Garden Planted
I have to say that Mother Nature’s timing sure sucked this year. She made it very tough to get my vegetable garden planted. Just about the time I was able to get in the garden it rained again. Then...
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Raindrop Friday Photos
We needed some rain as I have already used up the rain water I collected and was using city water to water my gardens. We had the threat of thunderstorms all week but even though it looked dark and...
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Our Vegetable Garden Is Loving The Rain
I like to water my vegetable garden and raised beds every day when it’s not raining and if it’s a while between rains I like to give everything a deep soaking, especially our vegetable garden. Even...
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Walked to Co-op Country Store To Buy Some More Petunias
Jenny already started Petunias in the boxes on the railings of our front steps. They were looking really good until the last too rains and wind storms. Unfortunately the boxes got flooded so badly that...
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