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Give Your Flowers a Boost

I L-O-V-E having cut flowers in the house.In the spring I’ve always got daffodils, tulips and lilacs in the house.If  I don’t pick them, the ducks will eat them!So I pick them.   But it doesn’t always...

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Rhubarb Muffin Failure and some Rhubarb Tips

I’ve got tons of rhubarb around my house.I dug up and divided 4 plants and the 3 remaining ones are still providing enough for a small country. I love cooking with rhubarb. It’s very tart and has a...

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Give your Tomatoes a Strong Start

It seems like everywhere I go I see tomato plants. I told my self I wouldn’t be growing tomatoes this year, we don’t have the garden space (yet) and there are several places around here with U-Pick...

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Frugal Gardening Tips: Go Big!

Welcome to Part one of my Frugal Gardening series! When we moved in there was one sad, sad garden in the front of the house. Of course I immediately decided that I needed to turn my entire property...

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WW: Around the Garden

It’s been a busy week so far (but when isn’t it?) so here are some old garden updates I never got around to posting The two mullberry trees (here when we moved in!) are covered in little spiky baby...

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Speed up your Transplanting!

This weekend marks the real start of garden season here in Central New York. I’ve had tomatoes out on the deck for almost a month (where I could bring them into the house when the temperature tanked)...

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Pumpkins-Pumpkins-Pumpkins!

I’m going to tell you something you already know. I have a problem with ‘control’ when it comes to buying seeds. Actually, I don’t think it’s a problem. But some people do. You know what? That’s their...

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Retired Rainboot Planter

Another garden project! This was originally a guest post over on White Lights on Wednesday but I thought I’d share it over here too. See that tiny plant in the pot? That horseradish is now 1.5 feet...

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A Fruity Update

Despite my dogs best efforts my fig tree has begun to flourish! I planted it back in March and shared my adventures in Fig Planting. It’ planted in the rhubarb bed that I tried my best to disperse (but...

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Keep Your Raspberries Under Control

Technically this isn’t the time for pruning raspberries (major pruning is best done late winter/early spring). But if you find your self in an over grown patch of berries I’d like to give you some...

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Mulberry Trees

When we moved in we were lucky enough to get a giant rhubarb patch, 5-ish grape vines and two mulberry trees. I was really excited about the first two, not so much with the mulberries. All I could...

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Rhubarb Muffin Failure and some Rhubarb Tips

I’ve got tons of rhubarb around my house. I dug up and divided 4 plants and the 3 remaining ones are still providing enough for a small country. I love cooking with rhubarb. It’s very tart and has a...

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Give your Tomatoes a Strong Start

It seems like everywhere I go I see tomato plants. I told my self I wouldn’t be growing tomatoes this year, we don’t have the garden space (yet) and there are several places around here with U-Pick...

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Frugal Gardening Tips: Go Big!

Welcome to Part one of my Frugal Gardening series! When we moved in there was one sad, sad garden in the front of the house. Of course I immediately decided that I needed to turn my entire property...

View Article

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WW: Around the Garden

It’s been a busy week so far (but when isn’t it?) so here are some old garden updates I never got around to posting The two mullberry trees (here when we moved in!) are covered in little spiky baby...

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Speed up your Transplanting!

This weekend marks the real start of garden season here in Central New York. I’ve had tomatoes out on the deck for almost a month (where I could bring them into the house when the temperature tanked)...

View Article

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Pumpkins-Pumpkins-Pumpkins!

I’m going to tell you something you already know. I have a problem with ‘control’ when it comes to buying seeds. Actually, I don’t think it’s a problem. But some people do. You know what? That’s their...

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Retired Rainboot Planter

Another garden project! This was originally a guest post over on White Lights on Wednesday but I thought I’d share it over here too. See that tiny plant in the pot? That horseradish is now 1.5 feet...

View Article

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A Fruity Update

Despite my dogs best efforts my fig tree has begun to flourish! I planted it back in March and shared my adventures in Fig Planting. It’ planted in the rhubarb bed that I tried my best to disperse (but...

View Article

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Keep Your Raspberries Under Control

Technically this isn’t the time for pruning raspberries (major pruning is best done late winter/early spring). But if you find your self in an over grown patch of berries I’d like to give you some...

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