Camping season is just around the corner….Amazon has this
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And if you are in the Pacific NW, don’t forget a tarp (or two)….
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And this is what it looks like now…
What a difference a few weeks make. I can hardly wait to see what its going to look like a month from now!
Here’s what’s growing:
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| Onions |
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| Beets |
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| Spinach |
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| This is either collard greens or kale |
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| ditto |
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| Spring mix lettuce |
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| Pea pods |
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| Tomatillos |
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| Green beans |
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| Red potatoes in the potato tower |
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| The tower on the right is the red potatoes, the one on the left is Yukon Gold |
Last year I didn’t get one stinkin’ potato out of my potato towers, but I think its because I used regular store bought potatoes that were sprouting. This year I bought seed potatoes, and just to be safe, I planted some in the garden as well. The idea behind the potato towers is the same as the old tire concept that my parents used to do, where you start off planting potatoes in the lower portion, then as they grow, keep covering them up with dirt and adding another tire, eventually all the way to the top. Apparently, it never occurred to anyone that there would be some nasty chemicals leeching out of those tires and into the dirt. These towers are made with wire fencing, straw from the chicken coop, and potting soil.
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| Tomatoes |
Aw, my beloved tomatoes! The whole reason why I started gardening in the first place. Home grown tomatoes are like no tomato you’ve ever tasted. And when the little cherry tomatoes are ripe and still warm from the sun….heaven! I planted a Better Boy, Sweet 100’s, a Roma, an Heirloom and I still have to plant the Early Girl. I’m growing my tomatoes in pots this year in the hopes of avoiding black spot/blight/whatever its called. I heard the bacteria/disease can live in the soil and my tomatoes got it last year. So I put fresh potting soil into their pots and am hoping for the best.
What isn’t pictured, but is growing in the garden is: carrots, flowering sweet peas (I love mixing in flowers with the veggies), cabbage, cilantro (that is coming up all over the place, all by itself from the seeds from last year’s plants – I love that!), red and green peppers (to make my mom’s famous pepper jelly), jalapenos, cucumbers, romaine lettuce, iceburg lettuce, zinnias, pumpkins and rhubarb. I also have a flat of basil that is growing in the house.
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| THE ENEMY! |
Does anyone know what this plant is? It has a bamboo like look and grows like a giant magic bean stalk. I pull it up all the time. Please take my advice and put weed block down before you make your garden beds. I have no idea why we didn’t and I’m considering at the end of this growing season emptying out at least the one bed that is rampant with it, putting down weed block and refilling it.
How is your garden growing? Do you grow in raised beds, directly in the ground or in pots on the patio?
I’ll keep you posted on my progress. Happy Gardening!
I love having a gift shelf. Every time I see a great deal on a potential gift I get it and put it away.
This way I’m never caught off guard when I’m in need of a gift and don’t have to run out and pay full price.
There’s a $4 off promo code right now making this $4.99 movie on .99 cents!
Sounds like a stocking stuffer or birthday present to me!
People often ask me how I get so many coupons when I do a really big shopping trip for the food bank.
I use a coupon clipping service. They generally cost 5 to 10 cents per coupon, but when I can get a product for nearly free, I go for it.
I will use every coupon I have available to me then order the remainder from a clipping service. I did this when I ordered 1000 boxes of cereal for instance.
You really have to make sure you order from a service that can get them to you right away because you don’t need them after the sale ends. But when I spot an item that will be free with a coupon, I will get as many as I can. It also takes a cooperative Store Manager who will be willing to work with you on placing the order and ringing it up. Which they generally are happy to do. It takes a bit of coordinating, but pays off big.
If you want to coupon, but don’t want to buy the paper and cut them out, this may be the answer for you.
Here is a link to a clipping service.
Have fun!.
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A ginormous oz can of Festival mushrooms costs $ , that $ per ounce. The 7oz cans at the grocery store cost .89, thats $3.56 per ounce!
What a savings! Even after the costs of the baggies I used to divide everything up and freeze it I was WAY ahead.
Amazon has a great deal on stylus pens today. I’m forever losing these. At .28 cents each, I won’t feel so guilty.
10 for $2.81 with free shipping
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They lay on their sides and spread a wing out to enjoy the heat.
We fenced off a portion of the yard down by the chicken coop that they can now call their own. We used to let them have free range of the entire yard, but they wore out their welcome by leaving too many chicken bombs around and were tearing up my flower beds.
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Keep an eye out in your own community for free performances. Last night my niece and I spent a lovely evening listening to a local community orchestra at a high school performing arts center. We also have outdoor concerts and movies throughout the summer months. All free!.
