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Grape pruning, bees, and an essential gardening tool

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Sandy

Grapes need a good pruning each year. They produce more grapes when properly pruned. While there are different methods for pruning grapes, I keep grape pruning pretty simple. I focus on a number of “lead” vines and hack pretty much … Continue reading →

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Raised beds, greenhouse, and peaches in May

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Sandy

It’s May, but barely, and I’m still working on getting all my summer crops into the ground. In part, this has taken extra time because we’re still working on our big garden infrastructure project of the year, a few new … Continue reading →

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Clothesline season, garden disappointments, and corn

Posted on May 17, 2009 by Sandy

A beautiful sunny weekend gave me the perfect opportunity to kick off the clothesline season for the year.  As I’ve previously written, our highest electricity usage happens on the weekends, which is when I do all the laundry. On a … Continue reading →

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Under the grow lights: The summer crops emerge

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Sandy

Last weekend, I seeded my summer crops.  As you can see, I’m having really good germination and early growth under the new grow lights.  In these 28 pots, I have three types of cucumbers (Alibi, Green Slam, and Boothby’s Blonde), … Continue reading →

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Seeding for summer and more blueberries!

Posted on April 19, 2009 by Sandy

We had a colder than usual winter and a number of my more tender lavender plants (Spanish lavender) died. This left a section of our yard looking quite a mess. Today, I tackled removing all the dead lavenders and I … Continue reading →

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