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Shameless Garden Bragging
Let’s do it! Because maybe no one else cares but I LOVE seeing pictures of a garden in progress. Please share pictures of yours! It’s cool to see what people do depending on climate, space, etc. I’m growing a new-to-me variety of calendula, red beauty radish, and my first potato/onion patch. What are you doing?
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Have you had any happy surprises in your garden this spring?
I planted a June berry (Service berry) several years ago and it's just sort of limped along. The deer almost took it out in 2019, but this year it bloomed for the first time! It has set quite a bit of fruit. I'm so happy to have fresh fruit around the corner even if it's only a bit. Is there anything that you had nearly…
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How do you feel in your food garden?
At the moment I am feeling very in tune with my vegie garden space. I usually get out there early morning, sometimes I listen to the radio, sometimes not, just the birds and my trusty dog by my side. I feel extremely grateful to have this "me" time. I scratch around like an old chook, weed, water, mulch and work out what…
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Does anyone besides me LIKE bad weather?
I am one of those people that love to watch nature acting up. If I had a braver nature I could have been a storm chaser. (One terrifying thought of "Wow, that's interesting" while being tossed through space in a funnel cloud.) I have to be up front and say that there is no way to appreciate a blizzard if you're driving…
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Good Things to Know About Drinking Soda!
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Celebrating Firsts :)
Just got our first eggs from our first chickens this morning :) So excited to finally add them to our small suburban homestead!
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Weatherman... Please Give Us A Break!
Sure, I know I live in a four seasons climate. So I always expect temperature highs and lows, shifts and changes. But this year, what a nuisance it has been. The month of March was the highest temps on record in my area. Now April is here and yesterday it was 72 degrees. Today, it is the low 20's. We don't look like we are…
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How To Turn An Apple Into A Pipe!
Greetings everybody! My name is Shay - I'm new to The Grow Network. Recently, I made a joke in a meeting with Marjory which turned into this awesome video: How to Turn an Apple into a Pipe... Let me know what you think about my 100th (or so) apple pipe! I love these because they're sustainable, low-maintenance, and great…
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By far, the best quote I've read all week...
"In China, a Taoist writer and alchemist of the 4th century AD wrote that if one took cinnamon along with the brains of toads for seven years, one could walk on water and avoid aging and death! This hypothesis has not been tested..."
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Happy Easter to everyone
I wish you all a Happy Easter despite the current time or especially because of the current times. Enjoy time with your loved ones and have a good time.
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Too funny!! Been stuck in the house so long I lost track of the days!
I don't know about you guys but I have totally lost track of which day of the week it is! Sometimes I do that during the summer as well when my whole family is home but I'm really bad right now! Even though our church is having service online on Sunday mornings I guess it's just not the same. That's my anchor for the week…
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First-year gardener - how are my seed starts doing?
Hello everyone! I am new here and to gardening. I am wondering how my seed starts are doing. It's been about 24 days (so just over 3 weeks) since I sowed these. What I am wondering is, Are my tomato seedlings growing slowly? Is it time to remove (thin) out the ones that arent doing as well as its "cell mates"? The…
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Help from above in the garden
(new blog post - a bit more personal/religious than usual) I haven't posted in about a week for a couple of reasons. 1) We had a week of cool, rainy weather. 2) I had poison oak. I didn't do much gardening last week... only planted 7 rows of okra, onions and chives Thursday and Friday. I also found out that I'll be hand…
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A lifetime just isn't enough
When I think of the short time that a human life encompasses compared to the "work" to be done preserving the heritage of Will's work, I feel sad.
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What a find
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I want to build one of these!!!
