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September 17, 2011

Water Your Garden To Protect It From Frost

Watering your garden when there might be a frost seems a little backward, but it will protect your plants. A healthy well-watered plant will do better than a weaker, drier plant will in cooler night time temperatures. You don’t want the plant to be wet, but you want the Earth to be nice and damp […]

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October 26, 2010

Yellow Onion Fiasco Continues…

So, I thought the yellow onions were dead, done, gone. I was lazy about getting them out of the garden just because I didn’t have anything to go in anyway so why bother. Well, our weather dried out and I went out to check the onions after about 2 weeks and they had new shoots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! […]

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September 4, 2010

Fall Plans

Hi everyone, The fall plans are in effect! First order of business is building PVC pipe supports for the plastic sheeting that will become the temporary greenhouse I will be using to extend my seasons! The over night low yesterday was 45 degrees Fahrenheit so I better get this thing up. Last year we had […]

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Honey Suckle Bush

Thank you to the bird or rabbit that ate some honey suckle berries and then came to Maddie’s garden! We have had this bush/tree for a few years now and I am going to attempt to train it into a topiary shape this year! The first year it was going to be a tree = […]

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Greenhouse Plans

So after a fun talk with one of my good friends I have a new plan for the “greenhouse.” My vegetable garden is up against my garage and has a Victorian fence around it.  So my new plan is to put up plastic awning and curtains that can be rolled back, or rolled down! Picture […]

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April 2, 2010

Outdoor Garden Started! (outdoor part)

I planted my onions, radishes and peas today! A ton of large yellow onions, snow peas and dwarf peas, and cherry globe radishes! I planted a ton of radishes because once they are done I will clean out that part of the garden to plant other things in, so I use more than I normally […]

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March 16, 2010

New Home for Tomatoes

My tomatoes are outgrowing their spot on the shelf: So I had to move them to a new place! I am scared to put them on the ground because I have 3 cats who would probably love to dig in the dirt they are planted in and see how they taste just for the fun […]

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February 22, 2010

Alyssum Babies Are Up!

I started some annual flower seeds indoors this week. My daughter, Maddie, helped me plant them. The seeds were so darn small I wasn’t even convinced that we had planted anything at all! But the baby Alyssum is up! These seedlings are so small and delicate that I am not at all convinced they will […]

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