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Welcome to the blog of Jenny Smith! I blog about gardening, Mormonism, and house projects.  I’m excited to get to know you, so please drop on by!

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Self-control when gardening

Jenny SmithMay 11, 2020April 9, 2021

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
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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
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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
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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
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Great weather but…

Jenny SmithMay 2, 2020November 27, 2023

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
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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
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Garden testing and infrastructure

Jenny SmithApril 28, 2020August 5, 2021

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
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A corona virus wedding

Jenny SmithApril 27, 2020January 25, 2024

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
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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
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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

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