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Just over a year ago, my amazing better half told me I was now retired. (Note she didn't ask me - she told me. Which is just one reason I love her.) :-) ***** I have struggled with the idea of a writer retiring for the past fifteen …
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One of the interesting things in the vegetable garden is the existence of "trap plants" we can use to both attract and identify pest infestations as a form of companion planting. We say these plants act as "insect traps" for the rest of the …
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Dear Reader I grew up in the country, had my own farm in the country and now live on 8-acres on an island where working farms occupy the majority of the island acreage. That's my way of saying I can't imagine living anywhere else but the …
Dear Reader It's mid-June and the garden is just starting to find its legs for this year. Mayo and I now have both Covid shots and a sense of relaxation for the first time in a year and a half and we sharing the newness and experiments in finding …
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Pruning bushes is like many other gardening skills, you get to learn the basic cuts and then you apply them. The first step is to understand the two basic cuts and what they do for and to your plant. Once you understand these, then you can …
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I just couldn't resist buying several greenhouse kits the other day. They were on a discount table at our local auto store (I love that store) for $25/each. It got me thinking about how to use them and what I'd like in a small greenhouse. So here's …
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