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    Drought & Climate Change

    I’ve been hearing bits and pieces on the news all week about record breaking temps and climate change, but none of it really hit home until I saw this graphic.  That’s a lot of drought. Source Our garden is gorgeous this year (tall, lush, heavily producing) for a couple of reasons…care and attention, drip irrigation, tons and tons of mulch (in the form…

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    Pallet Bed Planting

    I know, I know, I’m way behind schedule on planting out our pallet beds…but I do have a plan!  Every seed being planted into each pallet bed will be planted in seed pods, then added to the dirt in the pallets.  I have decided to do it this way so the seeds will have a bit more support and not simply…

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    Meyer Lemon Tree

    Well, we finally broke down and purchased ourselves a little lemon tree!  We’ve been talking about it for a while and have debated the pros and cons and have decided to go ahead and jump on it. It’s really little right now…more of a bush than a tree…but it has itty bitty lemons on it and that makes me happy!…