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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Let me tell you a short story from my nursery days. A customer came into the nursery and she was really, really upset because the tomato plants she purchased from me weren't growing. It was a month …
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