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I'm Jenny Smith. I keep up with three cars, two kids, one husband, and I live on 300+ acres of rolling farmland in Northern Virginia where we look after an elderly relative. I like tomatoes, all things Star Trek, watercolor, and reading. I spend most days in the garden fighting deer and groundhogs as I pursue a graduate degree. I'm trying to be like Jesus -- emphasis on the trying.

Self-control when gardening

Jenny SmithMay 11, 2020December 26, 2020

It is taking every bit of self-control I can muster to avoid planting my vegetables out right now, even though…

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beans, cucumber, garden, seed starting, Squash, tomatoes

Italian grape

Jenny SmithMay 8, 2020July 2, 2020

The Italian grape tomato plant — last of the seeds I stole from Italy six years ago, and the only…

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seed starting, tomatoes

How to double or triple your asparagus yield

Jenny SmithMay 7, 2020July 26, 2020

We end up with a lot of asparagus each year, and I mean A LOT. I have 25 asparagus plants…

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asparagus, garden

Bear Claw blooms

Jenny SmithMay 7, 2020July 2, 2020

The tomato plants I ordered from Laurel’s Heirloom Plants in California came in on Saturday! She had them packaged really…

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asparagus, bale garden, beans, cucumber, flowers, garden, melon, peas, tomatillos, tomatoes

Great weather but…

Jenny SmithMay 2, 2020July 2, 2020

It’s beautiful outside today! It’s 70 degrees with sunshine and a light breeze — almost couldn’t be better weather. It…

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beans, garden, leeks, melon, onion, Squash, tomatillos, tomatoes, weeds, zucchini

Finished drip line, planting, sharing

Jenny SmithApril 30, 2020July 2, 2020

The weather was unseasonably warm yesterday, which means a thunderstorm is coming, That meant I needed to focus on getting…

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drip irrigation, fertilization, garden, seed starting, tomatoes

Garden testing and infrastructure

Jenny SmithApril 28, 2020July 2, 2020

Today I’m going to post about the infrastructure we are adding to the garden this year in the form of…

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drip irrigation, garden, soil testing, tomatoes, trellis

A corona virus wedding

Jenny SmithApril 27, 2020July 2, 2020

I’ve been recovering most of last week from the craziness. In addition to a scare where one of my Aunt’s…

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coronavirus, family, wedding

Comparing Burpee Organic Seed Starting Mix vs Miracle Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix for transplanted tomato seedlings – Results

Jenny SmithApril 27, 2020July 2, 2020

Well, there is a clear winner in my soil medium test, and it was not the product I expected. The…

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garden, seed starting, tomatoes

Starting the straw bales

Jenny SmithApril 23, 2020July 2, 2020

Well, it’s a week later than planned thanks to Sydney’s Zoom birthday and Caleb’s Zoom wedding, but today I started…

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asparagus, bale garden, beans, clematis, flowers, garden, hosta, irises, peas, phlox, roses, star of Bethlehem, tomatillos, tomatoes

Lovely Asparagus!

Jenny SmithApril 22, 2020July 2, 2020

We have been so busy with the wedding the last few days that I have done very little on the…

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asparagus, bale garden, drip irrigation, garden, seed starting, tomatoes

The Allure of Church at Home

Jenny SmithApril 10, 2020July 2, 2020

Having Church at home for the last few weeks has made me realize that I could live like this indefinitely.…

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faith transition

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