deer found my cucumbers and tomatoes

Went out to do my daily morning inventory of the garden and found that a deer had made a meal of the trailing cucumber vines and several of the ripening tomatoes. Normally, we don’t have much of a problem with deer, just a few nibbles here and there but no wide scale pillaging. But [...read more]

seeds for fall crop

This will be our first year planting a fall crop. Naturally, we didn’t order enough seed in the spring so I found myself scouring the denuded seed racks at several stores to uncover any gems that might have been overlooked by other, more seasoned gardeners. I wasn’t able to find any organic seed but [...read more]

of water bans and lawn irrigation scofflaws

The weather continues to be completely wacked. It’s been hot and humid for the better part of the past 5 or 6 weeks. The region has suffered repeated thunderstorms and torrential downpours that resulted in severe flash flooding in some areas. But by some twist of fate/luck, my personal piece of geography has been [...read more]

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