Category: Gardening
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Making a Disappearing Fountain Bird Bath
A Simple Disappearing Fountain Yes, if you look in the background you can clearly see that my grass needs to be mowed. My raised beds are still mostly empty. BUT, my disappearing fountain is finished! Unfortunately, I did not take step by step pictures, but it is a fairly simple, straight forward process. My Materials…
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Squash Blossoms–NO squash! Here’s why!
Are you wondering why your squash plant is blooming its heart out, and there are NO baby squash? Well, you aren’t alone. But the answer is so simple.
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Florida Weave for Staking Tomatoes
Staking Tomatoes with Florida Weave UPDATE: This method worked well until our vines grew heavy with tomatoes. I have had to go back and tie the individual stems to the rebar closest to that stem. This is working like a dream! I grew up on the farm back in the 60’s and 70’s. My folks…
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One Down! 5 to Go!–Filling Bella’s raised garden beds.
Step by step instructions for 5 layers to build good, fertile soil. We posted several photos of these raised beds when we built them about six weeks ago. Can’t believe that I am just now filling them! But we have had so many projects going on here at the farm, this has really been my…