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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Lamont on October 17th, 2009

Some of us have been experimenting with our tomato plants to see if there is any value in carrying over our spring tomato plants through the heat of the summer and into the fall for; hopefully, another harvest before the frost of winter arrives.

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Lamont on September 22nd, 2009

This is my first attempt to grow broccoli and my inspiration and the cultivators were provided by Kathy who seeded, hardened and provided me with instructions for planting and care. I further read that broccoli are heavy feeders and that I should not plant them in ground that had within the previous 4 years hosted […]

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Lamont on September 16th, 2009

Tending the garden is more than just weeding, pruning, fertilizing, watering and harvesting. If this were all there was to it we organic gardeners could spend lots of time doing whatever else that keeps us from gardening, and when we would return to the garden there would be no unpleasant surprises. Somehow the use of […]

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Lamont on August 15th, 2009

Is this evidence of animals communicating? Somewhere I read that God’s message will be communicated, even the rocks cry out. Well this is likely not a message from God, but it sure will make you smile, check this out! The accompanying text is as follows:

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Lamont on August 15th, 2009

It is certainly eye-catching, but I can’t help thinking that I really don’t want to fall in love with it. I do appreciate God’s creations, but there are some that I just would like to do without. This worm or actually caterpillar, was found on one of my tomato plants today, so I took a […]

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Lamont on July 28th, 2009

Plant compatibility has many aspects to consider. This post addresses the issues that I experienced associated with the proximity between peppers and tomatoes. Taking from the ideas of “Square Foot Gardening” I attempted to maximize my limited space by alternating and nestling my pepper rows between my tomatoes. The idea was that I new the tomato plants […]

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Lamont on July 18th, 2009

Well I thought it was a wasp.  Now I wish it were a wasp!  In fact I think that I would rather it had been a wasp, and that it stung me and left me alone to suffer the pain of the sting.  I grabbed my camera, and of course I was thinking that it […]

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