• Spring give-away contest winner!

    April 3rd, 2013 | Random Stuff | Melanie | No Comments

    The spring give-away contest ended on Monday and the official winner is: Don Myrfield Don check your email for the link to the plans For everyone that took the time and effort to enter the contest, I loved reading about all your garden favorites! Thank You! If you would like to share pictures of your […]

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  • Get your garden started – a big thank you, plans on sale!

    April 2nd, 2013 | Random Stuff | Melanie | 1 Comment

    With the welcome of spring, I am offering a sale price of my plans for $10 (limited time only) to help everyone get their garden started. I want to express thanks for so many kind emails I have received from people that have started their gardens. Here’s a letter I received from Rachel in Indiana: […]

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  • Happy Easter with pictures from my garden

    March 31st, 2013 | Basil, Blackberries, My Garden, Oranges, Spinach | Melanie | 2 Comments

    Happy Easter! I had a wonderful Easter Sunday with my family. It was a beautiful day and late this afternoon we got a short shower to water my garden for me. I took these pictures in my garden this past week to share an update on how everything is growing. I planted basil from seed […]

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  • Tomato family growing

    March 30th, 2013 | My Garden, Tomatoes | Melanie | No Comments

    My tomato family on the trellis is getting bigger. For the first few weeks I trimmed back the extra leaves on the bottom of the plants. I tied them up to the trellis as soon as it was big enough to be pulled over. After the plants are loosely tied at the base, they will […]

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  • Beautiful potato leaves

    March 29th, 2013 | My Garden, Potatoes | Melanie | 3 Comments

    My yukon potatoes are doing very well in my raised garden boxes. I have never known what their leaves looked like until I had the chance to see them up close. I don’t list that in my benefits of having the beds higher, but I do love getting an up-close look at everything I grow. […]

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  • Spring time harvest

    March 28th, 2013 | My Garden, My Harvests | Melanie | 1 Comment

    Saturday I decided to finally pick all the cabbages. I made the mistake of fertilizing the cabbages about  a month ago with micro-life. It is a very mild organic fertilizer, but I think I put on too much. A day or so after I put the micro-life on, all the cabbage leaves turned brown and […]

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