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{week two} {week four} My inability to get it together this month has manifested itself once again. This time in the form of neglect and failure not only in the garden but also in the photographing of it since it would seem that I missed a couple of weeks. As the squash all died back,…
{week one} {week two} {week three} {week four} The pumpkins are dying back and are increasingly turning a beautiful orange; the zucchinis are giving me a rest and have slowed down to a trickle- two or three monsters were found and we’re leaving to see how big they’ll get; the sweet potatoes are flowering- I…
See June’s Garden to watch the patch from the beginning. {week one} { week two } { week three } { week four } Over the last month our garden has become nearly impossible to navigate through! I can’t imagine what it would have been like had I done it more intensively as I had…
Natural, organic control of Cabbageworms is not easy or always successful. Thankfully there are things you can do to minimize damage and still get a crop!
{ week one } { week two } { week three } { week four } The excitement is building! We’ve yet to taste our first samplings from the garden, but with the first sighting of peas, it can’t be long now!! The tomatoes are flowering, however we’re still pulling the buds to allow them…
Spring rains and the arrival of our newest little one postponed the final planting in our garden about a week or so. But it’s finally finished, save for succession plantings, and no one even missed me! The children, particularly Jacob, who had a birthday this week and turned 5!!, stepped right in and filled my…