Category Archives: The Garden

First Sign of Spring

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The first sign of spring in the garden is chives.  The little onion flavored greens are starting to poke up through the soil.  They are always the first thing to come back after winter. I have a whole raised bed planted with chives.  I plan to divide some this year and move some up to […]

Vegetable Garden Layout 2015

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As I begin my vegetable gardening planning for this year, I realize how much easier it is to plan then actually do.  I excel at planning these endeavors but sometimes struggle with the execution of my (genius) ideas.  Every year I have ambitious plans but have always been unable to follow through on some.  Last year […]

Growing Sprouts at Home

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My first successful gardening adventure this year was growing sprouts indoors.  I first tried growing sprouts 3 years ago.  I bought a 3-tray sprouter from a seed catalog and mung beans seeds.  I grew them non stop for 2 months until the seeds ran out. By that time I was burned out on sprouts and Em […]

Remembering the Garden

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It seems like it has been a few years since the garden looked like this.  In reality it was only 6 months ago.  Today it looks like this… Record low temps and snowfall for February are really making me miss working in the garden.