gardening

Tomatoes
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Tomatoes

When gardeners start the garden year, they have expectations of what they will grow and what the vegetables will look like when they harvest them. If you haven’t gardened before, the thing to know is that the plants, like us, have life spans. Meaning, they have a baby stage, a mid stage, a full grown…

Life in the Garden

Life in the Garden

I like to think that my plants live or die because of my care. That is a fairly egotistical view. In fact other forces must exist. Things mysteriously happen in a garden. Take Bill’s wisdom for instance, I asked him once how I would know when I was a gardener? What is the measure or…

The Poppy Story
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The Poppy Story

When I first moved to my current home, a man lived next door who was an old gardener. I use the term old to not only refer to his elderly status but more importantly, his vast knowledge of the earth, its soil and how to grow food.  He was one of those old souls magically…