Category Archives: Gardening

I Have Apologized

Monday afternoon there was a sudden break in my health and by sudden I mean an hour or even a half hour before I was OK, then my nose was runny. It doesn’t matter how quickly I act to stop … Continue reading

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Vegetables Overload

Sunday we spent most of the day either working in the garden or putting up food like good little pioneers. This year we took a tip and planted basil plants next to each squash or zucchini plant to ward off … Continue reading

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Finding Ways To Fill My Time

People have been asking me if I’ve been enjoying my freedom from schoolwork and since I was already the Queen of Lazytown, it’s kind of hard to say Yes. But, it’s true that instead of spending my evenings and weekends … Continue reading

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Weekend=Good, Weekend=Short

We worked in the yard/garden for most of the weekend. I cut the nearly knee-high grass. I burned the crap out of my shoulders–yes, the one who is always going on and on about sunscreen totally missed a swath of … Continue reading

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Planted

Spinach seeds Yukon gold seed potatoes Beet seeds Red and Yellow sweet onion sets Brussels sprouts plants Carrot seeds Parsley plants Chive plants Radish seeds Broccoli plants Turnip seeds Swiss chard plants and seeds 3 hydrangea that my crazy MIL … Continue reading

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Forecast

I’ve heard a snow forecast of 2-4 inches and one for 5-8 inches. Think we’ll actually see any snow accumulation? It would, of course, figure that we’d get snow in March. At the point in time where we are all … Continue reading

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Chicklin and Dumplins

When I was a wee lass I had the habit of not pronouncing words correctly. I suppose you could chalk it up to baby talk. One of the things I used to love to eat and still consider a top … Continue reading

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Rustlin’ Up Little Doggies

Tonight we’re having pinto beans, specifically Frijoles a la charra. We’re serving State Fair sausage from Belmont Butchery, grilled. And, then mixed greens from our garden. We have some Flour Garden bread from the other day so we’ll also be … Continue reading

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My kingdom for a battery

So yesterday was beautiful and we went out to the garden with the intention of picking things and thinning the turnips. We should have thinned them weeks ago but we’ve had huge things going on in our lives lately and … Continue reading

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First Radishes

I actually ate the first radish a few days ago, but here’s a picture of our first harvest. I saved the green tops and we’ll have those in salad later this week. We also picked a few leaves of spinach. … Continue reading

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