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A fenced vegetable garden with young plants thrives under a cloudy sky, set against the backdrop of a vast field by Owl Creek Farm.
Life in AlbertaGardening

Weeding

July 6, 2021 4 min to read

Back in 2008, in my very first garden blog post, I said that I hated weeding. And that was true for a lot of years. Weeding is not easy on …

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A young cabbage plant from Owl Creek Farm is thriving in the soil, surrounded by broad green leaves and a touch of grass.
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They live!

June 23, 2021 2 min to read

Today was lovely with a thin cloud cover keeping the sun from baking everything, so after work I hit the garden for an hour before dinner. I couldn’t tell if …

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Harvesting & Preserving

What a bounty! Woohoo!

August 20, 2008 0 min to read

Wow. I haven’t even set foot in the garden in 3-4 days because of the heat then rain and I was thrilled by what I found. Our first red roma …

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Gardening

General growy-ness

August 15, 2008 2 min to read

Just a general update on how things are going in the Garden of Eatin’ today. The weeds are taking over. I need to get out there and attack with the …

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Gardening

The bees and the squashes and the corn

July 27, 2008 1 min to read

Notice: The weeds are taking over. Ignore them and don’t think too badly of me ;) I don’t have enough time to keep them in check lately! I’ve noticed a …

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Gardening

Corn Porn

July 19, 2008 0 min to read

I’m gonna kick myself for using “that word” when the google ads turn nasty, but I couldn’t pass it up :lol I cannot wait for fresh corn on the cob! …

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Zucchinis and crooknecks and tomatoes, oh my!

July 15, 2008 0 min to read

Yes, I do have a “thing” for using the Wizard of Oz themed titles :p Crooknecks: Zucchinis: Roma tomatoes: Beefsteak tomato: Corn: Green beans: The thyme is FINALLY growing! And …

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Harvesting & PreservingGardening

Those pictures I promised

June 20, 2008 1 min to read

I couldn’t wait to get out and get pictures…I’m like a kid opening presents with this garden :lol Here’s a pea pod: One of the ripening strawberries: And the tomatoes …

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Gardening

Today: News! Tomorrow: Pictures!

June 19, 2008 2 min to read

I’m so excited I can’t stand it :lol I bought plant stakes at the Grocery Outlet yesterday and got plant tape at Lowes today (last roll in the whole store) …

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Gardening

The corn and the carrots

June 8, 2008 0 min to read

Sounds like a book. This is the biggest corn so far…a few not far behind…they’re all out of seedling stage but some much smaller. 4 got trampled by a 2 …

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