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Cool as a Lemon Cucumber 15 Aug 2013 | 09:17 pm
Cucumbers seem to be one of those vegetables that always do well for us. In the past we have grown many varieties with success. This year we might have found a new front runner for coolest cucumber i...
Veggies in the Flower Garden 13 Aug 2013 | 01:47 am
Do you grow vegetables in your flower garden? We have been growing herbs in the front flower garden for a while. The last few years we have grown cabbage as edible decoration and find it to be a very...
Squash Bugs 8 Aug 2013 | 01:16 am
I have given a name to my pain, and that name is squash bug. If you aren't familiar with squash bugs, they are angry, petty little pests that are just trying to get revenge by eating, and killing the ...
Armenian Cucumbers 6 Aug 2013 | 04:30 am
We all have our tried and true heirloom plants that we like to grow every year, but it is always fun to try new varieties to see if there any we like even more. This year we grew Armenian Cucumbers fo...
Veggie Tacos 2 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
One of my favorite meals of the summer is vegetarian tacos. You can grill almost any vegetable and throw it in a taco and it will taste great. For this batch I used some sweet potatoes from the store ...
PVC Drip System Update 1 Aug 2013 | 03:28 am
This has been a a really good year in the garden so far. We have had some battles with squash bugs that I will blog about in the near future. Other than that, everything seems to be producing. In a p...
Unwinding the Cucumber Tendril Mystery 25 Jul 2013 | 02:42 am
I am always fascinated by my cucumbers and their ability to send out tendrils that help them grab on to other objects and reach towards the sun. Watch this videos from NPR's Science Fridays. It talks ...
Angry Chickens and an Angry Mama 23 May 2013 | 04:37 am
Today I was about to lose my cool with the child (which I will not name) that is in charge of taking care of the chickens. It has been one too many times that we have gone to check on the girls and ei...
Seed Starting With a Rain Gutter 2 May 2013 | 11:48 pm
Over the years we have shown you several methods for starting seeds. Jennifer built a great seed starting rack with lights to start her seeds. Cousin Allen did something similar using a prebuilt rack...
Chicken Madness Winner 29 Apr 2013 | 08:18 pm
It has been a long and grueling process for the chickens that have competed in our chicken contest the last month. Dreams have been made and broken. It is important to note that all of the chickens sh...
