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We’re still fighting the drought

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The main garden looks great, as we can water it easily from our well. All around the north edge is a band of spreading...

If the drought wasn’t enough, now we have grasshoppers

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I've been noticing way more grasshoppers around this year than normal. And now they're getting bigger, you really notice them as every step you...

The beetles are here

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No, not the Beatles. These are Blister beetles, and they are eating the tar out of our potato vines! I first saw them when...

We’re working on cultivating and mulching our gardens

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As our weather continues hot and mostly dry (despite a few rains we've been hugely thankful for) we are working daily at cultivating, now...

With planting about done (is it ever?) we’re mulching our plants

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With our previous drought, we began mulching both to save on weeding and to conserve much-needed moisture as several of our gardens have limited...