Kerry’s Garden

I wrote this up back in early October but some how it never got posted. Thought I would share it. ——————– It’s Sunday evening and I’m sitting at my computer at about 11:30 pm contemplating retiring for the evening when I hear, “KERRY THERE IS A POSSUM ON THE BACK PORCH!!!!” The problem with that [...]

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It was very hard not to get depressed this summer every time I looked outside. By the time I was able to get back outside after my surgery the drought was in full swing. My rain barrels helped some but when there is no rain coming for weeks on end empty barrels don’t do much [...]

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Three weeks ago tomorrow I had some minor surgery. I was only out of work for 2 weeks but this past week it was all I could do to get through work. By the time I got home I was exhausted. The garden received NO attention. This morning I was out in the garden by [...]

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No great gardening plans were carried out today. I ended up coming home early with stomach issues. After a nap and some medi, I did feel a little better but I am still not sure if it was something I ate, orneriness catching up with me or what. I knew if I accomplished nothing else [...]

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Today was one of those days that started out rough (headache and a trip to the chiropractor) but I ended up getting a lot of little stuff done after a 2hr nap. I transplanted some small containers of willow (scarlet curls and black maul from cuttings), lavender (2 minis I picked up from ebay), chives [...]

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In addition to the rain/alfalfa tea barrels I put together this weekend I also tied up my tomatoes. In years past I have used t-posts between every other tomato. In other words, two plants between posts. This year, being a bit short on posts I went to three plants between posts on the Indeterminate Big [...]

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For the past couple of days there has been a new visitor high up in the maple trees in our yard. It appears to be eating insects or the buds from the maple tree. It is too far away to get a good look and of course I can’t find the binoculars anywhere but I [...]

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