Lamont on July 17th, 2014

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Lamont on July 14th, 2014

If you think that there is no case for “intelligent design”, maybe this article can at least persuade you to entertain the idea. Either way… This amazing! The Mystery of the Missing Kernel

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Lamont on June 3rd, 2014

People, people. Lend me your ear! This may be just what the “doctor ordered”! What more could we who live in the desert southwest ask for! I know how much work I do just so my dirt (can hardly call it soil) can hold water and praying that I can afford the fertilizer and water […]

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GardenersGrand1 on January 21st, 2012

Select garden location. Prepare location [clean, weed, amend] Get seeds or seedlings that you want to plant. [tomatoes, corn, broccoli, etc.] Grandpas garden was a mess!!!!!! So if it wasn’t for me, it wouldn’t have gotten done. Lucky for him he had his handy-dandy grandchild… me! we had to rake, shovel, weed, and fix a […]

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GardenersGrand1 on January 21st, 2012

My name is August and I am 10 years old I and was born in Bel Aire, Maryland. Gardener and Gardeners wife are my grandparents. I used to live in Texas for 8 years. I have 1 brother, 2 stepsisters, and 1 stepbrother, 1 step dad, and 1 stepmother. I have 2 dogs, 2 snakes, […]

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kathyb on June 30th, 2010

All the tomatoes are full grown and one has actually turned to ash from being in the full sun. Of the 6 remaining, two I have just given over to the birds, tired of the fight. The other four are producing, one really well, although splitting and cracking is an issue. Must say, though, that […]

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kathyb on April 9th, 2010

My winter tomatoes were more of a success than I ever thought. I planted my spring tomatoes and now I have babies on the Early Girl and the Romas. I sure hope the sun doesn’t burn them to a crisp before I get the best of them, too. Saw my first artichoke baby as well. […]

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kathyb on April 4th, 2010

How exciting.  A local organic farm sells shares to the public.  That’s good news for a backyard gardener like me.  I can’t grow enough in my limited space to eat the variety I’d like.  Don’t like paying exorbitant prices that many stores ask for their organics, so this is an excellent option.  Once a week […]

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kathyb on April 2nd, 2010

The broccoli is all over and I have abandoned the remaining stalks to Itty, who appears to be quite happy with her little corner and is staying out of mine…..for the time being anyway. Spinach is done and the 2 remaining plants bolted already, as if to say, let’s move on already….. I’m afraid I’m […]

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kathyb on December 31st, 2009

Spinach is perhaps the easiest thing besides lettuce to grow. It is a cold weather crop….as it bolts in heat. Loves growing in pots, doesn’t mind cold nights and doesn’t mind being crowded. I thin it when it looks really crowded, say, once a week and clean & refrigerate the baby leaves to use in […]

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