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that consists of packets of seeds. My neighbor Norman came over and said he will be plowing today and tomorrow and if I wanted to plant a little garden or something, he will be more than happy to plow a spot for me. He said his wife planted peas this weekend, but they like the… Continue reading More on Pansy’s Garden

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Garden Journal: raised beds

Already I am so glad we raised the beds in the vegetable garden. It has been gently raining for about 36 hours straight now. We have clay soil with poor drainage, and in the past I would have looked out to my garden and seen it under giant puddles of water. with a few trickles… Continue reading Garden Journal: raised beds

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Last Saturday was a busy garden day. It rained in the morning, so I worked on some prep stuff. I am still trying to find the best way to mark off the squares in the garden, and so far I’ve had the best luck with string. Last year the string got all muddy and difficult… Continue reading Garden Journal

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Garden Journal

I was originally going to title this post, “All Dressed Up and No Place to Go.” When we had our first snap of warm weather a few weeks ago, I ran right out and made three raised beds (I’d made the fourth last fall.) I filled them with some soil and compost and… now I… Continue reading Garden Journal

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Peony Writes About “Spring Fever”

and we just got three inches dumped on us. The kids looked out the window and said “This stinks!” I am jealous Peony! It is hard to think raised beds when the grass dissapeared yet again.

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Spring Fever, week 2

Last week I was working like a busy beaver on the raised beds — dragging the boards home, painting them with linseed oil, flipping them, painting the other side, and finally painting them green. Over the weekend my husband helped me assemble them, and yesterday I wedged them into their spots. Now I’ll just need… Continue reading Spring Fever, week 2

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Spring Fever!!!

I think I’m going to be scarce again this week — we’re supposed to have weather in the fifties, sixties, and even into the seventies! So I will be working on getting my garden ready. Last year I was dig, dig, digging away and all for nothing — the rain carried away soil, soil amendments,… Continue reading Spring Fever!!!

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