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Me vs. Crabgrass

Posted on05. Mar, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

“Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons.” Dave Barry
I used to have such a beautiful front lawn. Before I bought the house, I would walk by it and admire the front lawn– it was lush and so beautiful! [...]

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Buy Organic, No Monsanto Seeds

Posted on01. Mar, 2010 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Small Pines, a terrific Adirondacks “homesteading” kind of blog, has a great post about buying seeds. He mentions the monolithic company, Monsanto:
The Monsanto Company supplies most of the major seed companies in the US. (There are lists out there you can check.) Monsanto is one of the major players in the genetically altered food world. [...]

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Garden Composting

Posted on15. Jul, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

What a lousy year for gardening. It seems I’m not alone– a lot of you gardening bloggers are also bemoaning the soggy spring, cold summer, and lackluster crops. I managed to pull out a big turnip and a few snowpeas, but so far NO eggplant, just ONE pepper, ONE zucchini, and ONE tomato (out of [...]

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Progress, Sweet Progress

Posted on08. Jun, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

Our growing season is so brief here in Upstate New York, we tend to get exuberant over seemingly small things. Such as, MY PEAS ARE NOW ONE INCH HIGH!!!!!!!! Look!

Aren’t they beautiful?! (Ignore the weed).
The grapes are also doing very well. I am really enjoying watching these things grow.

And our lettuce is doing [...]

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The Spring That Wasn’t

Posted on31. May, 2009 by Mrs. Mecomber.

So we’re starting June with ANOTHER frost advisory tonight. :-p and double :-p. We’ve had frost advsiories this late before, but it is very rare. I had the boys cover the tomatoes, eggplant, and pepper plants with buckets. The rest of the plants will have to fend for themselves, as they are too small and [...]

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