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Before We Know It…
This… will become this. And this… will become this. It will only take seven months and one day to happen. But who’s counting? Enjoy Everything! MicheleFiled under: Fall in New England, gardening...
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Now THIS is Horseradish….
It started out like this. I remember saying something like “there’s the horseradish” and going on to my next thought. Yesterday I was cutting back and cleaning up the garden and realized that the...
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Growing a Greener World Episode: Garden with Margaret Roach
Here’s the link to a wonderful episode of Growing a Greener World, a national gardening series on PBS, featuring one of my favorite garden bloggers, Margaret Roach. It was so much fun to see Margaret’s...
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Garden Blogger’s Bloom Day- November 2013
I didn’t think that I’d have a November GBBD post to share but I just can’t quite give up yet. We still have a few blooms to enjoy here on the coast of New England. Still a few knock out roses, the...
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The First Annual Salem Garden Holiday Wish List
It’s the holiday season and that means it’s time to find a gift for your favorite gardener. There are so many choices and ideas everywhere you look, from your local garden center to millions of places...
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Nelson Mandela: prisoner, president…gardener?
I’ve read several quotes by Nelson Mandela in the last day or so that were garden related so of course my curiosity was piqued and I had to learn more. I simply googled Nelson Mandela garden and a page...
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The Salem Garden— 2013 in Review
I was thinking about writing my own review for the year but WordPress composes and sends me this one and quite honestly, I like it. It’s fun to read about my top posts and how much traffic I’ve had and...
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My GARDEN Resolutions for 2014…
Last January I wrote a list of resolutions based on Pioneer Woman’s post about New Years Resolutions. She and I made our lists starting with the first letters of the word “resolution”… For this year’s...
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Free At Last!
After spending the last couple of weeks inside their coop our girls have finally decided to venture out to see what’s going on in the world. It helps that after enduring snow, ice, wind, rain and...
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Peace Garden
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Winter Garden Coop Jam
It’s winter, that’s it… There’s a rosemary plant hiding under the barrel, rock and large clump of dirt, lol. It will be a miracle if this plant makes it through this extremely unbelievably cold, long...
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Pinterest Gardening
In the middle of winter when it’s snowy and cold and spring seems a very long time away I Pinterest garden. I love Pinterest but not in a “check out what other people pin and re-pin it” way. Not that I...
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Six Months
August 6, 2013 Today, February 6, 2014 That’s all I have to say. MicheleFiled under: gardening, winter Tagged: February, gardening, Salem Massachusetts, winter
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Buds of Hope
I know, I know… there’s a nor’easter coming, or maybe even a blizzard, but take heart… I found these this morning… Yes, here in Salem, Massachusetts… with a foot of snow on the ground. They’ll be open...
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Let’s Talk About that Brooder…
Yesterday you saw the brooder that we used for our first chicks, and for many others that have come along since then. As I mentioned we made it out of a twenty gallon glass aquarium that we’ve used...
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I Promised…
and there they are! Snowdrops! In part sun, part shade, and not even open yet. We’re still waiting for crocus and all of the other bulbs and most anything that’s green, but this is a start! The ducks...
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Gangly chicks
I can’t believe they’ve grown this much! Where did the time go? That cute, fluffy stage is winding down fast. At three weeks old the chicks are looking pretty gangly. This early adolescent age is cute...
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Square Foot Onions, and a Hint of Rhubarb
Recently these beautiful onions that my friend Betsey has stored in her basement inspired me to get serious about planting my own. Please pardon the quality of this photo which I took with my very...
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What’s Happening in the Garden- April 25, 2014
I’m working on a million little projects this morning but I’m well behind here in the blogosphere so before I move on I must do a quick garden update. I don’t know what it is about my blogging hobby...
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A Few Thoughts About Growing Tomatoes From Seed
I’ve really gotten in to starting seeds this year. I have three varieties of tomatoes growing (Rutgers, Matina and Supersweet 100) and I think it’s safe to say that their doing quite well. I spent a...
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