Category: gardening
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garden notes :: 6.23.15
I love how much the garden can change in just two weeks, especially in the month of June! We’ve had perfect garden weather with days and nights of long steady…
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free-range…for a few minutes
As I’ve mentioned before, this summer we are doing things a bit differently with the chickens when it comes to their time free-ranging in the yard. In a perfect urban…
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workday at the gilbertson ranch
Last year we started a tradition for Father’s Day and my dad’s birthday of celebrating with an annual workday at the Gilbertson Ranch (a.k.a my dad and stepmom’s house, which…
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garden notes :: 6.9.15
I love this time of summer when every week there is significant growth and change in the garden. The tomatoes and peppers are starting to fill out and all of the…
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in bloom
As I add perennials to my flower beds, it’s been fun to add more plants that will bloom throughout the summer. The lilacs kicked off the blooming season a few…
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buying locally
The time for buying plants is in full swing in Minnesota!! It’s a time that’s filled with so much life and color everywhere you go. It seems that there are…
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garden notes :: 5.27.15
Wow! How did it get to be Wednesday already!? Holiday weeks can go so quickly, can’t they?! I hope you all had a good Memorial Day filled with family and…
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planting and more planting
The best kind of days start and end with dirt on my feet and grass between my toes! Hooray for planting season! This week has been filled with trips to…
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lilacs, oh, the lilacs
The lilacs are blooming!!! Hooray!!! Hooray!!! Since I was a kid, the season of blooming lilacs has always been one of my favorites. I remember picking little bouquets to set…
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garden notes :: 4.24.15
The fact that I’m writing about the garden in April is quite wonderful! Normally in April, the garden is either covered in snow, still frozen, or too wet to do…