Hens and Chicks in the garden04.20.08

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When we first moved into our house it had a garden, but not a great garden. It had a lot of weedy plants that spread throughout the garden and even into the grass. I can’t remember the name of this simple green leafed plant, but it was everywhere and it’s notoriously invasive.

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Growing Monkshood04.15.08

It’s amazing how many plants are coming up in my garden. Every time I either look outside or go outside to look at the garden I notice how much the plants have grown or new green shoots coming up in areas that were barren the day before.
The monkshood is already making an appearance:

This is […]

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My tomatoes are so behind!09.07.07

I don’t think I’m going to have many or possibly any tomatoes this year. I planted them way too late!
Normally I either grow tomatoes from seed - beginning in March, or I purchase tomato plants in May and plant them by the end of that month or in early June. This year I […]

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Strange weather08.21.07

How’s the weather in your area?

I think we’ve had some strange weather this year. It seemed like a good portion of June and July were cooler than they should have been and then we got slapped with a huge heat wave with temperatures in the 100 F range. Plus it was extremely humid.
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