• Turning over the soil and replanting

    March 11th, 2013 | My Garden | Melanie | No Comments

    When I replant I cut the old plant at the base or pull it out at the root if it’s easy enough to get out of the soil. I then take a sharp knife and cut through the sections of soil. You will find big root balls with this method of gardening. I then cut […]

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  • Growing celery

    March 10th, 2013 | Celery, My Garden | Melanie | 5 Comments

    Saturday I finally got around to thinning my celery a bit, but I probably need to thin it more. It is so hard to pull up a good plant. If I tend to have an issue with planting seeds, it is I usually plant too many and have a hard time thinning. This celery is delicious, […]

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  • My favorite garden scissors

    March 7th, 2013 | My Garden | Melanie | No Comments

    Two Christmases ago my daughter and her husband gave me these garden scissors. I have been a little rough on them and the handle snapped but it isn’t anything a little tape couldn’t fix. If you want to get some, I found them on amazon.com here. happy gardening to you!

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  • Planting tomorrow

    March 5th, 2013 | My Garden | Melanie | No Comments

    Now that I have a garden, I can’t walk by a garden department without wanting to buy something to plant. I have lots of seeds, but was feeling lazy on Saturday and bought a few new additions for my garden and will plant them tomorrow. In a few months I will be so glad I […]

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  • Sunday harvest of spinach and more

    March 5th, 2013 | My Garden, Spinach | Melanie | No Comments

    Sunday I picked lettuce and spinach for a salad. I also picked sugar snap peas for a stir-fry dish and onions for both. I cut all of my swiss chard for smoothies for the week. It was a beautiful day and we had family over for a big dinner! My nephew helped me pick everything […]

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  • Garden update – how everything is growing

    February 27th, 2013 | My Garden | Melanie | 3 Comments

    I didn’t spend much time last week in my garden. It rained most of the week, so I didn’t need to water. We have had some chilly windy days, so my sugar snap peas are holding on to the trellis and each other refusing to let the wind relocate them. I remember the first time […]

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