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    Heirloom Tea

    September 20, 2011 - By 
    My garden harvest is winding down…so
    I’ve started the process of saving seeds for next years garden. This way I’m creating my own heirloom seeds. This is what I’ve collected thus far. 
    I’m waiting for a 3 other tomato plants to ripen so that we may sample the goods and see if they are worth saving.  
    I got those plants from my psuedo-sister-in-law so I don’t even know what they are called. 
    Do you save seeds? Vegetables? Flowers?
    I save them all….it’s fun to see what comes of it and besides that-
    IT”S FREE!!
    Stop by Kimmie’s blog  to see what she my Tea Tuesday friends are up to today. 
    I’m heading there next myself.
    BTW-Kimmie also has a wonderful gardening blog that can be found on her side bar.

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    Tea Tuesday: Enjoying the garden

    August 16, 2011 - By 
    On yet another beautiful morning, I am having a little quiet time on the deck before diving into the day.
    Days like today remind me why we put up with the extremes of Minnesota weather.  
    We’ve been blessed with an abundant garden once I figured out how to keep the critters at bay. The fencing and the flags along with an occasional sprinkle of blood meal seem to have done the trick.
    I’ve picked a couple ice cream buckets full of green beans…  
    Enough snow peas for stir-fry and munching…

    Several big, yummy cucumbers 
    with more on the way…

    Very soon I’ll have more tomatoes than I know what to do with…
    I can’t wait!
    And by the way…
    our leaves are starting to turn… 
    just a few here and there. 
    What a short growing season!

    Drop by my friend Kimmie’s blog to see what’s going on with my tea Tuesday pals.
    What are you doing today?

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    Flags and a garden update

    July 22, 2011 - By 

    So I go out to check the side garden this morning and the deer have eaten the tops off my green beans and snow pea plants. Wasn’t that nice of them…pesky things.  So I decided that maybe some flags would scare them…create some movement…and generally get in the way of their snacking. Bonus…I think they look cute.  We’ll see what happens.

    The garden box is also doing very well.  There are tons of little green tomatoes on the plants. 

    Check it out … 

    Nature is funny at times.