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Gardening: indoor/outdoor #6

Posted on July 25, 2020 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

After a killing frost on June 8, cold nights for another almost three weeks, new raised beds that weren’t breathing, plus me watering the plants in the ground too much (afraid they’d dry out), this garden is now showing its … Continue reading →

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Gardening, indoor/outdoor #5

Posted on July 6, 2020 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

We had a killing frost on June 7 or 8. Even the old timers were taken by surprise. June 1st is happy planting day, so everyone had crop in and beds seeded. Wuh wuh. With the people that I know, … Continue reading →

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Gardening: indoor/outdoor #4

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

What began indoors (baby plants) will slowly make their way outdoors to garden beds. In the meantime, young tomato plants of nine varieties, all organic and several heirloom, pumpkin (3 varieties: one is a native blue), winter squashes including including … Continue reading →

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Gardens: indoor/outdoor #3

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Here we go! The back yard was tilled just after Easter (April). The mixture of 3 year old manure, compost, and new soil was watered and then tractor tilled. Then baby trees and fruit bushes were put in. The west … Continue reading →

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Gardens, indoor and outdoor #2

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Donna Mitchell-Moniak

Outdoor garden and flower bed preparations began in March during that lovely week of warm and non-windy weather we had here locally. My first action was something new. There is a new bed, 2 ft. deep by about 150 ft. … Continue reading →

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