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On Saturday my dad and my step-mom came over to help me weed the vegetable garden.  The weeds were getting out of control and the job was getting to be way too much of me and my belly to get done ourselves.  I’ve finally learned one of the rules of pregnancy: It’s okay to...
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These ruby jewels are coming at a good pace these days…the real challenge is getting to them before the birds do. Graham and I have been astonished at how aggressively our raspberry plants spread.  We knew they would spread, but we are constantly pulling young raspberry plants from the surrounding lawn and perennial garden.  Our...
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I’m sure I’m not alone when I say that friends and family seemed somewhat relieved when it became evident that gardening and growing things had become a passion of mine. It makes it a lot easier to choose a gift for a friend or loved one when you know for certain that he...
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Last week we got another foot or so of snow…this winter has been very snowy!  Of course I took some photos of the back yard under all of that snow. I looked through some photos of the garden and yard this morning and the contrast between these photos of winter and summer in the garden...
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I saw this beautiful fella outside the living room window last week.  He stood up on his haunches like that for several minutes, long enough for me to get the camera and make it back to the window. We have a real love-hate relationship, me and the rabbits.
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