Last weekend, while Tool Lady was out of town visiting family in STL, I decided to take all of the books off of the bookshelves in the Guest Room/Nursery-in-the-making and transfer them downstairs and onto the bookshelves in the Living Room. Let me just tell you…I completely under-estimated how much time this would take me, let alone how many trips…
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Rhubarb Flowers
How many rhubarb flowers can possibly grow on a single plant? It looks like the record so far is seven. Have you ever seen so many flowers on one plant before??? Holy cow…Looks like we just might have an over-achiever! xoxo,M Enjoy this space? Please vote for me by simply clicking here. Thank you!
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Planting Time?
I’ve spent several hours in the garden over the past few days pushing seeds into soil and hoping against hope that we are done with our hard freezes. It seems that I was in the same mental place a year ago and everything did great, but last years weather was incredibly different than what we’re seeing this year. The Farmers…
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Last Seasons Clean Up
What happens when you put off cleaning up parts of the yard? Yeah…you wind up being forced to do it before you get to put some new seeds in the ground. The over-sized bean trellis we created last year utilizing two of our beds and the top of our portal was beautiful and very productive. However, it’s also incredibly…
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Sunflowers & Cucumbers
I’ve read that planting sunflowers and cucumbers together can sweeten the flavor of the cukes while providing them a natural trellis to climb. While I’ve never seen it done, I’ve decided to try it in the garden this year and am hopeful for gorgeous sunflowers and delicious cukes! Have you ever tried this? Please share your stories! xoxo, M Enjoy…
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Sometimes I find myself wondering if the Ladies are looking at me with expressions of curiosity or if they are trying to figure out how to take me down and eat me alive. Do you ever catch those glances? All joking aside, they really are funny creatures, aren’t they? xoxo, M Enjoy this space? Please vote for me by simply clicking…
