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Planting in October

October 4th, 2014 2 Comments

Herbs First Today we prepared the garden boxes for the 2014 fall planting season. First on the list was the herb box. It’s been almost two years since the herb box was planted.  Most of the herbs were way overgrown. They had spread out everywhere and many had become very woody. The herbs needed to be […]

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Best Herb Garden Ever

June 15th, 2014 4 Comments

New Raised Garden Box My garden keeps growing… pun intended. I was given a new raised garden box for my birthday in February 2013. Now, my garden is three and a half times as big as when I started four years ago.     Sons Matt and Adam hatched the new box plan. Adam, his father-in-law and 3-year old grandson Graham built […]

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They Are Eating My Herbs!

March 21st, 2014 1 Comment

Fennel Stripped to the Stems Last spring, I wrote about finding my parsley patch stripped down to the stems overnight by a bunch of colorful caterpillars. Black Swallowtail Caterpillars They were Black Swallowtail caterpillars, and they had voracious appetites. They are back and chowing down on my garden. Last week, they stripped the fennel plants […]

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