Category Archives: gardening

I don’t like beets…

Posted on July 15, 2010 by

Original title huh? I love my garden!  I even love going out and fighting the squash bugs – I’m hoping that one year I will beat them and I will have bowls full of zucchini and yellow squash!  For now … Continue reading →

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Earth day…

Posted on April 23, 2010 by

Earth day is 40 years old, it was most likely a small talked about day then,  now everybody is all about it!  That is pretty cool! The kids and I made birds out of a cereal box, of course Tanner’s … Continue reading →

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Square foot gardening started…

Posted on April 14, 2010 by

I'm so excited – last year I actually grew some food and hopefully this year we will have more food from our garden and less from the store / farmer's market! I have flipped through and read from The Square … Continue reading →

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A carrot…

Posted on September 14, 2009 by

We grew a carrot!  I had no idea how long they took, this is not the instant gratification that I like!  We haven't pulled the others after seeing how small – and not sweet this one was.  We will try … Continue reading →

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I love my flowers…

Posted on July 16, 2009 by

Every year about this time…well, I say every year like it has been forever…how 'bout this is the 3rd year I believe…my sunflowers and zinnias are here to greet these bright yellow finches.  The first time it happened, I spotted … Continue reading →

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I caught him sleeping…

Posted on July 14, 2009 by

I had been seeing pictures on-line of bumblebees sleeping on the underside of daisies and thought it was so cool – I had even checked my flowers.  No luck until tonight…my guys prefer zinnias!

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My thoughts on Zucchini and why I am NOT happy!

Posted on July 10, 2009 by

Mother nature and I are not getting along today… Let me tell you a few things about zucchini after attempting to grow it for 2 years!    looks like a decent zucchini right?  Maybe let it get a little bigger … Continue reading →

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1500 ladybugs…

Posted on June 13, 2009 by

We have aphids on the tomatos…so of course I ordered 1500 ladybugs…isn't that what everyone does? It was very cool to watch that many ladybugs come crawling and flying out of a mesh bag.  The kids had ladybugs crawling all over … Continue reading →

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Garden love…

Posted on June 11, 2009 by

  I honestly don't know how many times a day I just walk out there…sometimes just for a second…simply to enjoy all the sights.  Our little garden may be a small little suburban garden, but it makes me smile every … Continue reading →

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Bird ID…

Posted on April 30, 2009 by

We spotted this bird over in the garden one morning, he hung around for awhile and then took off.  I looked in a bird book that we have, and think maybe it is a flicker…   He was pretty cool … Continue reading →

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