Despite their best efforts, it appears that the kiddos will not have Indian Corn to sell with their pumpkins this fall. Unfortunately, it seemed doomed from the start. The seed was poor to germinate and what did poke through the ground did so over a 2 or 3 week period. Then every time the wind […]

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Don’t tell the kiddos, but we use a lot of onions when cooking. They add flavor to so many things – stews, soups, hash browns, fajitas, browned hamburger used in casseroles, and of course fresh salsa – just to name a few. The last few years, I’ve been freezing a quart or two of sliced […]

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Potato Boy and I learned to make the most out of the girls’ afternoon nap time over the weekend. Since we had ignored the garden for the last week, we made sure to make the rounds and see how things had changed. It may be the first part of July, but the temperatures make if […]

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What a difference a week makes! The Dear Wife (DW) was discharged from the hospital mid-week and sent home on bed rest. It took the rest of the week for the kiddos and I to adjust to the new “normal” – we’re hoping for at least 5 or 6 weeks of this. I must admit […]

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Most of the weekend was pretty quiet. I was able to get caught up in the garden a bit on Saturday. I noticed there are green peppers and summer squash that will be ready in a couple days. There are also tiny green tomatoes, and blooms on the cucumber, zucchini, and green beans. I picked […]

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Shhhh… don’t tell Potato Boy, but as I was walking through the garden last night, I noticed that the potato plants were starting to show signs of drying down. That caught my attention so I thought I’d look a little closer. I noticed a couple spots in the hilled soil around the plant where it […]

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The peas didn’t get much attention this year. The most time I spent with them was when I was picking up seeds and wanted to make sure I got a variety that produced a good garden pea and didn’t want to climb. I took a closer look the other day and was amazed at how […]

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One of the great things about having a larger garden this year was that we were able to try a few additional varieties of some vegetables. One example of this would be the sweet peppers. We planted 2 varieties of sweet peppers this year – 4 plants of each. They looked exactly alike on the […]

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The kiddos have been working hard to keep the weeds back and Pip has been working even harder at keeping the rabbits away. All the hard work is starting to show.

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There are not any pictures with today’s post for two reasons: 1) I didn’t have a camera with me to get pictures of the cool stuff, and; 2) nobody wants to see pictures of the rest of the stuff discussed in today’s post. I guess it’s time for another update on how Pip is doing […]

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