Gardening – Page 2 – Nutrients for Life

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Every gardener faces challenges in their garden at some point. Arguably, the most frustrating issue is when the garden isn't producing. I recently received this text from a friend, “Garden is weird; it’s tall and full, but not producing.”

August 25, 2014 Read more

Problem Solving: Weeds

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For the first time ever, I used the lawnmower in the garden! Yep, the weeds were so bad; I decided to mow them down.

August 14, 2014 Read more

Pink Tractor: Balcony Garden

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This is our second guest post from Pink Tractor and we love the topic! For those of us with space constraints, this gardening post is for you. Where there's a will, there's a way!

July 23, 2014 Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 19: Garden Maintenance

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We are in the dog days of summer and there isn't a lot to report in the garden. The hail set us back so while others are harvesting, we are waiting and watching for everything to grow, bloom and produce. As we wait; we water, weed and fertilize.

July 8, 2014 1 Comment Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 18: Oh Hail

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Oh Hail! I watched the dark clouds roll in as I weeded the garden. I thought I would weed until it started raining, however, when the lightning started I headed to the house. Within twenty minutes, the garden was gone. Hail and high winds shredded my tender plants as I helplessly watched from the window.

June 25, 2014 Read more

Meet Pink Tractor

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We have a big garden, a few acres of brome hay, one heifer, two steers and a barn full of cats. I wish I could say that was enough to make me a farmer, but it doesn’t. I just tell people we pretend to farm.

June 17, 2014 Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 17: Side Dressing with Commercial Fertilizer

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With the weeds under control (for today) I had time to fertilize. The sweet corn is about twelve inches tall, a good indicator that it’s time to fertilize. Sweet corn needs more nitrogen than a lot of other garden vegetables.

June 12, 2014 Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 16: Weeding the Garden

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“Moooooom, your garden is weedy!” said a bossy little five-year old. She is good at pointing out the obvious. After some much needed rain and sunshine, the garden is bursting with green, most of it weeds.

June 2, 2014 Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 15: Thinning Small Seeded Vegetables

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If plants are overcrowded, they fight for nutrients and water producing a smaller weaker plant. With a small amount of space to garden we need to use water, soil and nutrients as efficiently as possible.

May 24, 2014 Read more

Nutrients in the Garden 13: 5 Steps To Directly Sow Seeds

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Between soccer games, track practice, birthday parties, and life we finally started planting the garden. The girls were as excited as I was to be digging and planting. We had limited time before the sun set, so I handed the camera to twelve year old and started sowing.

May 9, 2014 Read more

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