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Today I’m reposting my favorite mulberry recipe from last year. I’ve been waiting all year for the first ripe berries to grow on our mulberry tree and we harvested our first three quarts this weekend. I’m making jam with two today and with the rest I made 4 dozen muffins and froze whatever was leftover so I might not have…
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Spring rains and the arrival of our newest little one postponed the final planting in our garden about a week or so. But it’s finally finished, save for succession plantings, and no one even missed me! The children, particularly Jacob, who had a birthday this week and turned 5!!, stepped right in and filled my void. Future zucchini plant… Bearing future…
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A small break in the dreary, rainy weather we’ve been having lately afforded us the opportunity to spend a day this weekend working in the garden. Finally!!! I had planned to have these particular crops in two weeks ago!! We* built, installed, and filled the raised beds. To save a bit of money on the soil to fill the beds,…
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Learn how much water your soil can hold by testing garden clay content with a DIY test (soil fractional analysis) to measure clay, sand, and silt in the soil. There is a simple procedure that shows precisely how much clay your soil contains. Every gardener should do this test if for no other reason than to know what their soil…
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I recently tried a gardening product from a popular company, Miracle-Gro Organic Choice Bone Meal, and I wanted to share my experience for the benefit of my fellow gardening friends. “Miracle-Gro Organic Choice Bone Meal is an organic phosphorous supplement, ideal for promoting vigorous root and flower growth or correcting a phosphorous deficiency in your garden soil.” The company boasts of…
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As I read through Gardening When It Counts by Steve Solomon, I often felt like Winnie-the-Pooh must have. The amount of information contained in the book turned vegetable gardening into a formal, scientific process where optimum results often seemed unattainable. Piglet was busy digging a small hole in the ground outside his house. “Hallo, Piglet,” said Pooh. “Hallo, Pooh,” said…
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