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I'm Jenny Smith. I blog about life on the 300+ acres of rolling farmland in Northern Virginia where I live. I like tomatoes, all things Star Trek, watercolor, and reading. I spend most days in the garden fighting deer and groundhogs while trying to find my life's meaning. I'm trying to be like Jesus -- emphasis on the trying.
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This is not extra…

Jenny SmithMay 10, 2021

Putting fairy lights on your cattle panel bean trellis is not extra. At all.

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Christmas lights, garden, hardscaping, trellis
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How not to build a cucumber trellis

Jenny SmithMay 8, 2021May 8, 2021

This, right here, is why you don’t allow an electrical and computer engineer to build your prototype cucumber trellis unsupervised:…

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bale garden, cucumber, garden, trellis
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Tomato Planting Day

Jenny SmithMay 1, 2021May 1, 2021

We are back home from our last minute vacation to Orlando celebrating Sydney’s completion of three semesters of college and…

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azaleas, bale garden, brussels sprouts, flowers, garden, irises, kohlrabi, peas, peppers, rose, Squash, tomatoes
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Think better

Jenny SmithApril 21, 2021June 28, 2021

If you said riots would happen no matter how yesterday’s verdict went, please take a minute today to think about…

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venting
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Tomato Flowers

Jenny SmithApril 19, 2021April 19, 2021

Happy news!!! The tomatoes I grew from seed have started to grow their first little tiny flower trusses! look how…

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flowers, garden, peppers, seed starting, Squash, tomatoes
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First spring cleanup

Jenny SmithApril 16, 2021July 23, 2021

I have not been motivated to do any spring cleaning up this year, and the weeds have taken advantage of…

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arugula, asparagus, bale garden, Blackberries, brussels sprouts, garden, kohlrabi, lettuce, peas, spinach, strawberries, Swiss chard, tomaoes, weeds
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Asparagus on parade

Jenny SmithApril 13, 2021April 19, 2021

Well, it’s that time of year again: the time when I wonder why I never considered that one day we…

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asparagus, garden, harvest
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So, brother, you noticed there weren’t many women speaking at Conference. Here’s what you can do…

Jenny SmithApril 9, 2021January 25, 2022

This is the main part of my response to a post in a private Facebook group, which after a post…

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general conference, venting, women's issues
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Deck Garden Refresh

Jenny SmithApril 9, 2021July 31, 2021

My tomato growing buddy, Del, has a deck garden where he usually grows a ton of tomatoes, but tragically, last…

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deck garden, garden, service project
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Companion Planting: Leeks and Asparagus

Jenny SmithApril 7, 2021April 7, 2021

I’m not the first person to observe that companion planting myths exist, but this is the first time I’ve made…

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asparagus, companion planting, garden, leek
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General Conference Abortion

Jenny SmithApril 5, 2021June 28, 2021

Elder Anderson spoke on Life during LDS General Conference on Saturday, but his right turn into the topic of abortion…

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abortion, general conference, venting, women's issues
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Oh, peas

Jenny SmithMarch 27, 2021March 27, 2021

Don’t mind me. I may have shouted aloud and jumped up and down for joy when we discovered that these…

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arugula, brussels sprouts, garden, hardscaping, kale, leeks, passover, peas, pests, seder, strawberries

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