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  1. 4grandbabies

    Updates from A Bit of Earth

    Your garden looks great! I notice red squares-are you, by any chance using red mulch for tomatoes, if so, have you in the past..and does it really work?
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    My Husband CAN Be Taught!

    I am happy for you, my hubby and I have always gardened together, it was so much fun, now his health does not permit him to do this kind of work, and I sure miss him in there with me!
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    What Are You Planting Today, This Week, This Month?

    I dont know how the ancestors hands would have looked, but I bet the heart would be the same.. love of nature, respect for mother earth!! The joy of raising all that wonderful food.
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    raised beds

    Dont take my word for it, but had a friend that would rip open a bag of miracle grow and plant a tomato or 2 in it, that was all he did , except keep them watered, and he got by with it. I can see plants producing folage instead of produce, etc, but over all it could work out.. cant you add a...
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    Zucchini Tips?

    Dipence71 I copied your recipe also. Both recipes sound so good!
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    I may never get this garden in ...

    Thats the spirit Super-do not go down in defeat!!
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    cool cucumbers

    You are right steve! They are my fav's ..As a young gardner(many years ago :old ) I thought straight 8 were the best, then I met calypso!!
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    Is it to late to plant potatoes?

    I think its too late here, but rather than waste, can you lightly till up a spot, scatter them, cover with straw and then dirt, compost and keep covering as they grow? They would give them a chance instead of wasting them,and would not be a lot of work. I have had them sprout from scraps in...
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    Forum Updates Coming!!! - Picture Submissions Needed

    This one was taken a couple of summers ago and our grandaughter took this one this spring
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    cool cucumbers

    I started my cucumbers outside as I do every year, then a normal spring turned cold!! and Wet!! So, apparently they rotted in the ground, so bought some straight 8 plants to replace them, I and so sad: I always grow calypso. they are perfect canners when small and great slicers when big. Oh...
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    Nice surprise last night - rain

    Feast or famine!! After all the rain and impossible to get in and work the garden, it is now hot here. I was outside a whole 15 minutes and could not stand it. of course,I probably would not notice if I had "eased into" these new higher temps. Was out there long enough to find the peanuts are...
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