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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay: March 27th
We’ve had two work days over the last two weeks and one hailstorm. Most of the cleanup involved removing a few remaining dead plants, raking up the remaining straw from last year, and collecting leaves that had blown in and taken up residence on the paths. We also planted potatoes,…
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Continue reading →: 2015 Garden Plans: Peppers & Potatoes
It is always a bit of a challenge to figure out what we are going to plant in the 4′ x 4′ gardens. This year we are planting peppers in one of them and potatoes in the other. There is space for 4 pepper plants, but we have a nice…
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Continue reading →: 2015 Garden Plans: Herbs & Flowers
We all enjoyed the Herbs & Flowers for Pollinators garden so much last year that we decided to reprise it this year. One major difference this year is that we reduced the planned number of plants because things were a bit crowded last year. Like I said, very similar to…
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Continue reading →: 2015 Garden Plans: Strawberries
We had so much trouble getting the strawberries established last year that we are giving them another chance! The plants that finally started to thrive are going to stay, even though they are kind of a mixture of different types. We did order some ‘Mara des Bois’ strawberries to fill…
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Continue reading →: 2015 Garden Plans: Tomatoes
Our tomatoes will be in our largest raised bed this year, which gives us lots of space. We are going to have two each of 8 different varieties. We wanted to try some common varieties, as well as some different things. One thing that we are doing differently this year…