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Pruning Tomatoes

March 10th, 2013 3 Comments

Yes, there really is such a thing. The leaves of my tomatoes were dragging in the mud. They were so scraggly that they were covering the okra plants in the row next to them.  I needed to clean them up. Tomato Plants in Need of Pruning Suckers… not the Lollypop Kind While doing so, I […]

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Birthday Garden Box

February 22nd, 2013 4 Comments

Birthday Surprise Last Sunday, I turned 65, and my family and several friends showed up to celebrate. My sons, Matt and Adam, surprised me with a different style of raised garden box. I now have three boxes. Adam and Lila Steinhoff Putting It All Together Matt was the idea man, and Adam and his wife’s […]

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Raised Garden From Scratch: Part Two

February 15th, 2013 No Comments

Disassembling the Raised Garden A while back, I wrote about starting over with my raised garden. Because of the plagues and pestilence that took out my garden last season, I had to begin this season with new soil and sanitized boxes. The boxes were removed, and the contaminated soil was transported to the opposite side […]

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