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Early Summer in my Small Kitchen Garden
My big garden project last spring included installing a bed of black raspberry plants. Rabbits ate about 1/3 of the plants last autumn—but just what was above ground. The roots are strong and new...
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Gardens Photo Challenge 2015
Garden? Challenge? What? This photo is among my favorites because it shows my dad’s garden in spring. My dad is obsessed with trees and he gathered acorns in autumn of 2014. He stored the acorns in...
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Zucchini Breeding Surprises
In 2014, I bought a packet of zucchini seeds in early august and planted a few to fill a hole in my vegetable garden. One of the resulting plants produced very light-skinned fruits that I referred to...
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Nature Photo Challenge 2015
Years ago I discovered that ordinary objects standing on the lip of a pond assume new character. A stalk of flowers, a bird, an alligator – each somehow becomes more impressive against an azure (or...
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Bloom Day at Chanticleer Garden
There once was a tennis court in the yard, but no longer. The space holds a garden whose mix of plants can all at once look unkempt and breathtaking. Looking back on this Bloom Day along what might...
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Heber Dreher’s Garden
This post originally appeared in a slightly different form in the Sunbury Daily Item, the newspaper for which I write about gardening, cooking, and most recently, about being a victim of pancreatic...
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Another Photo Challenge? Birds!
My mom said she loved bluebirds, but she was frustrated that she never saw any in upstate New York. Because of this, I believed bluebirds were rare. Then I moved to central Pennsylvania and here...
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As Gardening Season Ends
I started six tomatillo plants from seed and they were very happy in the community garden. I’d never grown them, and was impressed at how prolific the plants were. I harvested mid-summer and canned...
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Taking Down the Vegetable Garden
In mid-October, I harvested about two-and-a-half gallons of fingerling and red-skinned potatoes. I’d left the potatoes in the ground way too long; rodents had tunneled under the tubers and had eaten...
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Bug Photo Challenge
I had no idea what type of insect this was; I’d never seen one until it appeared in my garden in 2015 and I haven’t seen one since. The famous entomologist, Herr Google, leads me to think it’s a...
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Sunflowers in Winter
A farmer’s field of sunflowers in bloom in 2015. This is one of three fields the farmer uses for sunflowers, planting only one field each year. If you like to take photographs—and, I think,...
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First Crocus (and more) of Spring
The annual first crocus photo of the year. Crocus blossoms kicked off a week in February with temperatures as high as 70 degrees. Historically, there has been much snow in February. No, it’s not...
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Gardening Edibles on my Ping-Pong Table
I harvested roots from last year’s cannas and found many new “buds” on them. I broke apart the roots so that each section had at least one bud, and started all of them in containers in January. I...
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Balcony Garden Ideas
Balcony Garden Ideas – A balcony is an appropriate place to relax and enjoy the natural scenery for people. However, the balcony without a garden will not be incomplete because people can’t see the...
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Memorial Garden Ideas
Every living being leaves marks in the world. The marks can exist in tangible forms, notably published works, which are usually archived. Another form is intangible, something that resides in people...
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Succulent Garden Ideas
Succulent Garden Ideas – Garden is a land that is arranged and filled with crops. Caring for plants is not difficult to do. It is ... Read moreThe post Succulent Garden Ideas appeared first on...
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Outdoor Planter Ideas
A house without plants will look empty and unnatural, especially in the warmer season. Imagine walking around your house yard while looking at all of ... Read moreThe post Outdoor Planter Ideas...
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How to Easily Grow Spinach in Garden
Spinach is a superfood that contains a lot of vitamins, nutritions, and antioxidants. It has dark green leaves that are great for cooking or as ... Read moreThe post How to Easily Grow Spinach in...
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Growing Pumpkins in your Own Garden
If there’s something not to miss on Thanksgiving, it must be Fall’s favorite dessert the classic pumpkin pie. Other than that, pumpkins are most noticeable ... Read moreThe post Growing Pumpkins in...
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Outdoor Fireplace Ideas (Small, Modern, Portable, Patio)
Outdoor Fireplace Ideas – A home is not just a house, meaning it is more than a building. It is the manifestation of your life ... Read moreThe post Outdoor Fireplace Ideas (Small, Modern, Portable,...
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