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    Harvest time

    August 18, 2009 - By 

    Once again, I ate the first of them before even thinking of taking a photo.

    I love my little container garden. It’s so awesome to just step outside to collect fresh herbs for my recipes.

    Next year I hope to have a small garden next to our shed. Then I can try growing new veggies.

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    My container garden

    July 22, 2009 - By 

    These are a few of my herb plants.

    They were started in yogurt cups on my grow cart in the late spring.

    As were these yellow pear shaped tomatoes from saved seeds from last season.


    I also saved marigold seeds about 6 years ago…who knew they’d still grow!

    I have more flowers in pots and in the ground here and there but these I am most proud of since I propagated them myself.

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    Fun with Photoshop

    June 25, 2009 - By 



    Just playing a little with another macro shot of the tiny little bee I captured with my little Coolpix camera. I’m so impressed with it’s macro ability. I sat real still and slowly moved the camera within a few inches of the little bee while he was sipping nectar.

    The second image I used some of my custom brushes to create subtle impressions in the background. I absolutely love playing in Photoshop.