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Tips for Fall Garden Clean Up
My garden in July, 2016. T.S. Eliot got it wrong. April isn’t the cruelest month; it’s September. It’s the time of year when your garden goes from lush, green, verdant… Garden clean up in progress To...
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Zika Virus Protection & Tips
It’s early March. Why write about Zika Virus now? I killed my first mosquito yesterday. It’s a bit early but, while occasionally cold, the frozen North hasn’t been all that frozen in 2017. And the news...
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Great List of Top Spring Yard Chores
Spring list of things to do! Got a lot of energy now that Spring has sprung? Looking for some ideas for a little outdoor fun? Your backyard is waiting and Eartheasy has the perfect list of ways to...
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Free Organic Gardening Book
If you ever wanted to learn all about organic gardening, the good, the bad and the ugly…just sign up for this blog and sit back. Every week or so, I am going to upload a chapter of my organic gardening...
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Practical Organic Gardening – Free Book – Chapter 3
Only one chapter today because it’s a long one. It you want to garden, DO NOT invest a lot of money in tools…just read on to find you how you can get started for next to nothing… So, what makes organic...
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2018 Garden is In – But Oy The Weather…
2018 garden enjoying sun So, my garden is now, totally in the ground. This year I planted garlic, onions, lettuce, beets, spinach, tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, cucumbers (still considering zucchini),...
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Defending My Garden!
2019 garden in progress My garden feeds 4 families, every year. It feeds my soul every day. It is a place of refuge for me, the birds and yes, even the rabbits. Recently, the husband of a dear friend...
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2020 Organic Garden Update
2020 Garden Growing! It’s heading for the end of June and my garden has taken off! Like most gardeners, May and early June are spent in a holding pattern, wondering if the plants you nurtured from seed...
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Figs This Summer!
It’s official! My Chicago Hardy Fig is going to give me figs this summer, lots and lots and lots of figs! Very happy Chicago Hardy fig. This fig has only been in the ground for 2 years. This is her...
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Japanese Beetles Are HERE! Control them naturally.
Japanese beetles are here, a bit late but they arrived overnight. I only saw one on my blackberry canes and one landing on the ground (both dead by my hand) so you may be thinking I’m overreacting. I’m...
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