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    Tomatoes and (butt) Rot

    Last night as I was doing my usual rounds in the garden, I noticed that our Pear Tomatoes were looking a little…well…not normal.  Their butts were all brown!  Tool Lady quickly looked it up and we decided it was probably being caused by a calcium deficiency in the soil.  Well, shit! So we ran to the store and grabbed the…

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    Garden Happiness(es)

    Round two of the snap peas is much smaller than Round One, but we already have a few flowers and one actual pea 🙂 The Blue Corn is coming along nicely!  This is my first year trying this variety…my fingers are officially crossed! All of the tomatoes I started from seed in one of our raised beds are turning into…

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    Garden Happiness(es)

    Massive, over-wintered spinach (in one of the now uncovered wagons) The massive spinach is now starting to go to seed…finally! Baby spinach in a pot on the front porch to replace the massive spinach once I pull it all out 🙂 Here we have lettuce and arugula which was planted in the bed right outside the front door.  The lettuce…

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    Transplants

    Today was a fairly busy day, in a calm sort of way.  I woke up before anyone else (even the dogs stayed in bed when I got up!) and decided to have my tea in the front yard.  I thought I could just relax, enjoy the sun, the tea and my current book (Stephen Kings Bag of Bones). No such…