I’m beginning to see some real growth in the garden. Isn’t spring exciting? Now that we’re moving to the end of the month of May and are close to June, it’s not long until the first day of summer. Just a little over three weeks and it will be here! I’ve already been having cilantro, [...]

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. That means this post is around 8,000 words… I found a teeny tiny cherry tomato today! The onion patch also contains romaine, arugula, a tater plant my neighbor planted, parsley and cilantro. I think that’s all. I’ve been having arugula and cilantro in my salads and [...]

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The best laid plans… Today was going to be Get the Living Room Squared Away Day. Ha! Didn’t get done. What did was lots of work outside—hanging out laundry and working on the garden plus plus. I have an idea I’m going to be sore tomorrow. It should be a good kind of sore since [...]

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Today is the first day I have been able to get out and play in the dirt. It was a beautiful Easter, full of sunshine and birds singing. I discovered several weeks ago that my mushroom dirt left from last year is playing host to a huge crop of weeds. Had it not been for [...]

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The garden is getting to be pretty much done for. There are lots of sweet bell peppers turning red. I need to freeze them but I’m about out of space. I’ve been considering getting a small chest type freezer for a long time but I haven’t done it yet. By next year, I hope to [...]

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With my own tomatoes toast, I was thrilled to get Romas from a friend’s garden. She had more than she could handle and was glad to pass them along. I’d thought about buying Roma tomatoes to dehydrate because sun dried tomatoes are a basic ingredient in many raw vegan recipes. Actually, they are used in [...]

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Last year, I had scads of basil and froze a little. Before the winter was hardly even started, I had put a big dent in what was in the freezer. I kicked myself for not freezing more and vowed to never let that happen again. I spent more money than I care to think about [...]

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It’s said a picture is worth 1,000 words so here’s 6,000+ words worth. You can’t see the cucumbers but they’re there. I’ve gotten so I sneak over to the neighbor’s house and leave the extras on the counter and run. I took some to work and couldn’t give them away. They are lovely cukes and [...]

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This is the first week I haven’t gotten out on a Wednesday or Thursday evening to take pictures of my garden. If you continue on, I’ll tell you why. Last Sunday, I got up admitting defeat. The blight had taken over my tomatoes and my life. I spent so much time on trying to save [...]

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Even though my tomatoes continue to look very sad, I’m still getting some now and then that are solid and taste good so I’m not going to give up yet. For example, here’s one of my Pink German Queen tomatoes (for size comparison, I’ve put one of the large cherry tomatoes next to it). I [...]

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