The jewel of the garden is starting to ripen! Yes, what every vegetable gardener waits for are those beautiful tomatoes. A store bought tomato just doesn’t compare to a vine ripened, home grown tomato! Since our Spring was rather cool […]
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This post may contain affiliate links. See my disclosure policy for more details.July 21, 2013
Tree Damage From Cicadas
This post may contain affiliate links. See my disclosure policy for more details.July 14, 2013
If you live in an area that was invaded by the Cicada Brood II, you have probably noticed that some tree branches are starting to turn brown. We have a ton of oak trees on our property. We started noticing […]
Read the full article →Harvesting Squash, Cucumbers & Berries
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We are harvesting several fruits and veggies from our garden! The picture above is what I collected last night – 5 cucumbers, 2 golden zucchini, 1 yellow squash, blackberries, green beans and a couple of peas. It looks like we […]
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This post may contain affiliate links. See my disclosure policy for more details.June 30, 2013
If you are growing cucumbers, squash, melons and peppers in your vegetable garden, you have probably noticed that there are two types of flowers on your plants. Some flowers form a fruit and others do not. So what is the […]
Read the full article →The Gro-Project | Easy Garden Project
This post may contain affiliate links. See my disclosure policy for more details.June 28, 2013
This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Miracle-Gro for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Gardening is a passion of mine. While we mostly focus on our vegetable garden, I do like to have a couple […]
Read the full article →Garden Update: Squash, Tomato & Cucumber Babies
This post may contain affiliate links. See my disclosure policy for more details.June 24, 2013
After a slow start, our vegetable garden is growing quickly. Sometimes I just stand out there admiring our work! Since we started most plants from seed this year, it is really rewarding to see such large plants! We had a […]
Read the full article →The Difference Between a Mole & a Vole
This post may contain affiliate links. See my disclosure policy for more details.June 22, 2013
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about a “mole” problem in our garden. I found tunnels all through the garden and my plants were being ruined. Determined to take back my garden from these pests, we bought mole traps. […]
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This post may contain affiliate links. See my disclosure policy for more details.June 19, 2013
We have had about 8 inches of rain in the last week and a half here in Central Virginia. It’s actually too much of a good thing! As the West Coast is in desperate need of rain, I sure wish […]
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