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Plans

June 19, 2009 2 min to read

…or the lack there of… Once gain, I’m looking through the Territorial Seed Winter 2009 catalog and just wishing because we think we might move come tax-refund-time. The yard is …

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A random post

June 9, 2009 1 min to read

I have garden pictures but need to find my card reader to get them onto the computer. It’s growing great, mostly in spite of me – definitely not because of! …

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Tomato seeds; heat (unrelated)

May 26, 2009 1 min to read

I am very glad I bought those tomato plants because *none* of the seeds I planted on Mother’s Day sprouted. They’ve had plenty of water, but not too much, and …

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May in Oregon

April 25, 2009 3 min to read

http://extension.oregonstate.edu/gardening/calendar/#may Leafrolling worms will affect apples and blueberries. Prune off affected leaves and place pheromone traps or spray with approved pesticides. Trap moles and gophers as new mounds appear. Control …

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Tree IDed (I think)

April 24, 2009 1 min to read

After I posted about my mystery tree and couldn’t figure it out, I decided to wait and see what the tree did. It got leaves and started growing helicopters :lol …

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“the chicken looks good but smells bad”

April 7, 2009 1 min to read

Odd way to find my site, yet a few have (through my Salem chicken updates). So to prevent any readers from food poisoning, I’ll answer in it’s own post: The …

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Help – tree identification (picture)

April 5, 2009 0 min to read

Green flower cluster, originally uploaded by clickclique. What is this tree in my back yard? We have a few trees I need help identifying but this is the only one …

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Wow, is that the sun? I’d forgotten…

April 4, 2009 2 min to read

Not only did we turn our heat completely off instead of way down, but I got a lot done in the garden and got my first sunburn of the season. …

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Work at home gardener

March 30, 2009 1 min to read

So apparently it’s not so easy to get in gardening time when you’re working all the time. I think it’s easier for my work outside the home counterparts because they …

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Another great planting calendar

March 26, 2009 0 min to read

Compostings made an excellent Excel spreadsheet for planting dates. Just input your last frost date and it gives you your dates!

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Garden map

March 22, 2009 1 min to read

[image links are broken after several hosting moves, hoping to find backups somewhere] Ugh. Thanks to Dora the Explorer I’ve got “I’m the Map, I’m the Map, I’m the Map, …

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Row covers? Row covers!

March 22, 2009 0 min to read

9 gauge wire purchased, row covers up. They aren’t as pretty as all the pictures I’ve seen on the internet, but they stood up to the nasty wind and rain …

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  • Handcrafted Soap
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