Frugal Gardening Update – First Day of Summer!

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***Don’t forget to check in with Smockity Frocks (The Importance of Compost) and Getting Freedom (Summer Planting) this week.*** Happy Summer, everyone!  Were you out in your gardens on the longest day of the year yesterday?  I was, and this is what I saw. This monstrosity, whatever it is, has taken over a large part [...]

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No More Stalling

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Come rain, or shine, or Kansas wind, tomorrow’s the day! Please, someone make me feel better.  Have you planted your garden yet? (Are you gonna?)

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First Harvest

First pickin’s out of the garden… And it tasted as good as it looks. This post is linked to Wordless Wednesday at 5 Minutes for Mom.

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Garden Beginnings

If you’ve been reading here much at all, you know I’m a fledgling gardener.  Last summer, guided by my generous neighbors, we had fun planting and harvesting potatoes and onions (wanted to start with a sure thing).  After we dug those up early in July we capitalized on our already prepared growing area and tried [...]

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