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Yesterday's harvest. It looks like tomatoes are off to a good start. I'm liking these Arctic Plenty fruits, just the right size to easily chop for salads or other dishes, nice and juicy but hold together well. The novelty still hasn't worn off of these lilliputian volunteer Candyland...

Two weeds from hell. Myself, I tackled the blackberry brambles that keep trying to expand their real estate from the hill in back down into the mowed areas. I wore gloves, but my arms look like I was attacked by a horde of angry feral cats. I won the battle, but the war will continue.

Even 2874x3986 pixels is a huge file. For sharing on a forum, this is extreme overkill. Photos come off my camera as 2288x1712 jpgs, but I usually resize them to 1000x748 to post, and I never post png images.

Thanks, I'll try that. My enclosed back porch is a lot warmer than my air-conditioned house, so out they go!

I haven't actually eaten these yet, but here are the first of my Arctic Plenty tomatoes to ripen. I picked the green ones a week ago because they were on a branch that escaped the tomato cage and was hanging perilously close to the ground, but I don't think they will ripen at this point. I...

Ah the conflict between inside and outside work, I've been struggling with it this summer. As far as pictures go, I have not one inch of wall space left anywhere in the house. One can never have too many pictures! My home is like a cross between a cluttered antique shop and a natural...

My favorite flowering trees are apple and crabapples, mostly because they grow so well where I live.

These similar flowering trees are planted all over the "back bay" section of Boston: Magnolia Dogwood Tulip Trees (member of the magnolia family)

So did the chipmunk survive?

I wish I could send our excess rain water out to the western states. Homes and agricultural fields have been flooded for two years in a row here. It's just crazy.

I was just thinking about this video, and wondering if the deer netting I've covered my squash plants with might be interfering with this electric signal. My squash do have blossoms and I've witnessed at least one bee visiting a blossom inside the netting, but it seems these flowers are less...

I used to order Kona coffee once a year from a facebook friend who lives on a coffee plantation in Hawaii. With my husband gone, and my little coffee grinder also gone, I've only bought coffee recently once or twice, just organic grocery store ground coffee that I keep in the freezer. I drink...

The old farrier's adage, "No Foot, No Horse" is so true. We helped my old mare back up many times when she either fell or laid down and couldn't get back up, until finally the time when she was unable to ever rise again. Vets had speculated a stroke or brain tumor had adversely affected her...

Six dozen eggs! Wow!

Your water garden is beautiful! An aquatic paradise in a (relatively) small container.

I picked my only ripe squash yesterday. The others are still in infancy. Not sure why this one was so far ahead of its siblings, but I picked it, microwaved it, and ate it, with butter, salt, and pepper!

This thread speaks to me. I have far more dead friends and relatives than living ones, and losing my husband 5 years ago has left me with no one on earth who truly loves me except for my two dogs. Fortunately I am a recluse by nature, but my gardening activity has undergone changes, and I find...

Ain't that the truth!

Seems like many small tasks blossom out into a myriad of problems. When starting any simple task, I find myself steeling up for difficulties. I haven't seen anyone braiding baling twine in years. From an article in a horse magazine nearly 50 years ago, I made bridle reins and stake-out ropes...