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Saturday, August 27, 2011

Gardening, kids and comparisons. It's all happy in a sad kind of way.
Susan Whetzel | 1 Comments
 

It is beautifully cool tonight as I write this post; low humidity, a cool 72 degrees, full moon. It feels like Football Season. You have no idea how much I love Football Season. I may or may not have an addiction to NCAA Football, perhaps more than my husband. I can sit at home on a Saturday, turn on ESPN,....

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Tagged: emotional harvest herbs kids therapeutic vegetables in Harvest Time Living Better



Monday, July 25, 2011

Harvest is here; it’s canning time
Susan Whetzel | 1 Comments
 

I’m pretty confident in saying this…Burpee Home Gardens is psychic.

If they aren’t, well then, they’re some kind of geniuses, using their minds for the greater good, but of the vegetable growing variety. Perhaps we should get those brains trained on things like Homeland Security or the stock market and oil spills. We could use more mind....

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Tagged: canning first-time jar kids recipes tomatoes in Gardening ‘Cents’ Gardening News Harvest Time



Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Those blissful early days
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Luckily the weather has held out and the garden is IN. Even though there were a couple of nights of frost a week or two ago, our plants have survived, thanks to the man of the house covering the troops up with tarps. Whew.

Thanks to Burpee Home Gardens, we are gardening in style this year. We have good-looking plants we didn’t have to start from SEED!....

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Tagged: backyard basil cucumbers herbs kids lettuce local farmers neighbors peppers pests planting raised beds recipes tomatoes varieties in Dig In, Get Started What To Grow



Monday, May 16, 2011

Colorful plant labels
Susan Whetzel | 15 Comments
 

So…who’s planted their garden?

Anyone?

We’ve had ours out for roughly a week, in part due to the weeks of nice sunny weather and lots of rain, which greened up our lawn to the point that it requires mowing twice a week.

Ugh.

But, as soon as we got the plants in the ground – last night we had a frost warning. <....

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Tagged: backyard color maintenance planting vegetables in Gardening ‘Cents’ Tips & Tricks



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