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Garden Update: A Few Veggies

June 29, 2010

I had no idea how big squash plants get!! The photo doesn’t do this squash plant justice- this baby is BIG! The leaves are HUGE. No veggies yet, but I’m thinking it’s just a matter of time. My  baby pepper.  So far, I only have two peppers growing…. I hope more start growing soon, I [...]

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Garden Update: Taking Matters Into My Own Hands

June 12, 2010

Two weeks ago my garden looked like this….. Last week I decided that I had waited long enough for the seedlings I started to take off and I took matters into my own hands… I got a great deal at a local farm and brought home 2 tomato plants and 12 pepper plants for just [...]

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Garden Update: We’re Officially a "Square Foot Garden"

May 20, 2010

Last weekend we tackled the challenged of finding a way to section off the squares in our square foot garden. We attempted to use thin strips of wood nailed down to the boxes, but the wood strips were way too thin and started to crack when we nailed them down. So I sent DH off [...]

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Garden 2010: The Boxes Are Filled!

May 12, 2010

Over Mother’s Day weekend my mom and her boyfriend came to visit and help us out with our yard sale. Wasn’t that nice? And since I know practically nothing about gardening, I gave my mom and her boyfriend the task of filling our square foot garden beds. :) Let me just say, everyone I’ve talked [...]

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Garden 2010 Update

May 7, 2010

I really meant to keep you more updated on the progress of our 2010 garden. Better late than never, right? :) So to refresh your memory this is the second year I’m trying to grow my own veggies. Of course, this growing season has not been without some adventure. For instance, at the end of [...]

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