Gardening

Kim on May 27th, 2009

Here are my “trash can potatoes!”  I just wanted to follow up and show that the method is apparently working so far.  I am so excited!  Now that the vines have reached the tops of the cans, it’s time to trellis them.  As our Southern Utah heat turns up, my challenge is keeping the soil [...]

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Kim on May 14th, 2009

There is something very fulfilling about planting a seed and seeing it slowly erupt from the seemingly lifeless soil.  My humble garden is starting to take off and I am simply giddy.  We built our home about 3 years ago and have never completed the backyard landscaping, so this year I decided to plant our [...]

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Kim on May 3rd, 2009

I’ve been endeavoring to plant a garden this year, so I was thrilled to find this great information on providentliving.org on gardening.   Lots of great info here:
http://www.providentliving.org/channel/0,11677,6637-1,00.html

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Kim on April 26th, 2009

Keep an “eye” on this one!  This clever idea from mikesworld.org works like a charm.  Mike has created this step-by-step printable that shows how to grow any variety of potato in a clean garbage can.  This is a savvy way to grow potatoes if you have limited space for a garden, or poor red-dirt soil [...]

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Kim on October 24th, 2008

I love to reap the benefits of planting a home garden.  All of the sweaty time in the dirt is worth it when the first tomato is ripe…until the squash bugs arrive.  I hate those critters, and until now had not found a successful deterrent.  Every year I would lose about a third of my [...]

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