Gardening
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2014 year in review
Becca picks a forward-looking word for each year on her blog. If I had to pick a word for 2014, it would be “ambitious”. I was driven mostly by the long-range…
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Fall cleaning
It’s the end of the season for us Zone 4B growers. My faithful standby’s Lisa and Zina, who helped me plant this Spring, joined me for a day of garden…
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Pumpkin patch kids
Tonight was pumpkin carving night. We grew our own pumpkins this year which made the event a bit more special. The pumpkin patch was planted on a whim, in a…
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That’s a wrap
It’s official: the growing season is over. First frost arrived 3 weeks earlier than average as temperatures dropped to 34 degrees overnight last Saturday. I spent the previous afternoon plucking…
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Planting seeds
Of all the things we grow here, I try to be mindful that our children are the most important crop. My dad (the world’s greatest) once told me that he knew…
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