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Preparing Cabbage from the Garden

June 24, 2013 by Alecia Leave a Comment

Preparing Cabbage from the Garden

I was able to get three heads of cabbage out of the garden this week. I plan my menu monthly so I didn't have my favorite cabbage meal on the menu for right now so I prepared the it for the freezer. I didn't know if this was possible, but found some easy directions out there. The first thing I ...

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Preparing Beets from the Garden

June 11, 2013 by Alecia Leave a Comment

Preparing Beets from the Garden

Beets are one of my favorite vegetables out there. I happen to be the only one in my family that enjoys them but I decided to grow them in my garden this year. They were easy to grow and I pulled up my first few this weekend after getting back from vacation. I have never prepared beets before. I ...

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Garden Update – End of May

June 3, 2013 by Alecia Leave a Comment

Garden Update – End of May

Garden Update - End of May The garden has been coming a long but not without some challenges. We typically have our last frost in mid to late April, however, in the month of May we have had two frost and several nights that it dipped in to the low 40's. A long with the crazy temperatures, we have ...

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Organic Fertilizer and Dogs

May 15, 2013 by Alecia Leave a Comment

Organic Fertilizer and Dogs

When I started with the garden earlier this spring, I decided I wanted to have an organic garden. I have really been trying to get all the chemicals out of our house and our lives as much as I can. I am hoping this will help my Rheumatoid Arthritis and Fibromyalgia and also help my daughter who has ...

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Potatoes in a Bucket

May 14, 2013 by Alecia Leave a Comment

Potatoes in a Bucket

I started out planting my potatoes in the ground. Unfortunately, I noticed that we have a drainage problem and way too much rain this spring and my potatoes never came up. I suspect they rotted from all the water. I decided to re-plant the potatoes but this time to eliminate the drainage problem and ...

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Fruit Trees

May 8, 2013 by Alecia Leave a Comment

Fruit Trees

Along with setting out the garden for the first time this year, I decided as well to add some fruit trees to the backyard. We have plenty of room and in a few years we should be able to have some fruit from the backyard as well as vegetables. I planted three apple trees first: McIntosh, Gala, and ...

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