Last Saturday, we worked outside all day. The chickens helped. Can you see how many are kicking around under the blackberry bushes? There were nine!
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I grew these!!!
Digging these out of my little garden box was so much fun! It was like a little surprise every time I dipped in my spade! And these!! And these!!!
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Yummy treat
My in-laws cleaned out their garden and brought the cattle the cornstalks. The gang loved this yummy treat! Thanks to Billie and Tom for this!
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Maybe I messed up
I thought I had two yellow squashes growing in here. Instead, when I traced the great big one back to its vine, it looks like it came from the cucumber plant, and the little yellow one came from the squash plant! Can squash and cucumber cross? I didn't even think about that when I planted … Continue reading Maybe I messed up
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Blackberry breakfast morning
It's a blackberry breakfast kind of morning! This is the second time I have picked some blackberries this week. It looks like I'll probably get about two or three more times off of this one bush. The canes have really grown this summer, and I know that next year they will be loaded down. Yum!
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Flowers, flowers, and more flowers!
The flower bug bit me, and I am spending so much time outside now, playing in my raised veggie beds and planting more and more flowers. Wal-Mart marked their Wave Petunias down to 95 cents per pot. I also found a big pack of 16 white petunias for $2.50 and a little six pack of … Continue reading Flowers, flowers, and more flowers!
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What’s eating my broccoli??
Help!!! What are these??? They're eating holes all over my broccoli!
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The bug bit me
Since everything is growing so well, the planting bug bit me! Now I want to just plant and plant and plant! I even got pots and filled them with odds and ends and set up a little plant area in the living room on top of the bookcase! L-R: Fake flower Sahara bought me … Continue reading The bug bit me
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I haven’t killed it all yet!
Remember the tomato plants that I thought the frost hit and killed? They have big leaves on them! I can't believe it!!! Now there are ten fairly good sized tomato plants in my raised bed, three teeny cabbage plants (which haven't died but certainly haven't grown so I don't know what to think about that), … Continue reading I haven’t killed it all yet!
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Thank you, Joyce!
My mother in law, Billie, left me a voicemail yesterday that her neighbor and good friend, Joyce, had two big hosts she wanted out of her yard. Joyce told Billie I could have them if I got them yesterday so once it cooled down last night, I went to Joyce's and dug them up. They … Continue reading Thank you, Joyce!
Striving Acres 