Spring is dragging its feet this year

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It seems that this year, spring is dragging its feet. Or maybe we just got spoiled when it was 60 degrees a week or so ago? Each day brings another "fit and start." One...

The flower gardens are looking great…and so is our woodpile

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Besides all the great improvements going on around here, the big garden, our new house garden and keeping busy taking care of Mom, I have had a few minutes to work in the flowers....and...

Q and A: Using soaker hoses and Thanks for everything

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Using soaker hoses I live in North Alabama and we are already having 90+ degree weather. I got soaker hoses for my garden today and can not decide on how long I should run them...

One of our hen turkeys hatched out … chicks

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Yep, that's right, chicks, not poults (baby turkeys). It seems Mama turkey found a nest of chicken eggs and decided to sit on them instead of making her own nest. Oh well, she IS...

Q and A: whiteflies and filling the canner

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Whiteflies I have just started gardening with my grandson. He has 5 pumpkin plants and I planted 6 Hopi squash. Each group are in their own 100 sq ft growbox. Our summer has been brutal...