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I’m done peopling for today

Jenny SmithSeptember 26, 2020

Look, I am no respecter of persons. I don’t know why I’m this way. I just am. Consider yourself on notice: your title will not stop me from cracking down on you. Head of online learning for institute? Yep. I’ll…

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August – September

Jenny SmithSeptember 16, 2020September 16, 2020

Blogging about the garden has fallen by the wayside as tomato and bean production increased. Weeds and such went crazy because we took a last minute trip to Utah to visit my daughter, who wanted to visit my old alma…

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beans, cucumbers, family, garden, hardscaping, peppers, roses, Squash, Swiss chard, tomatillos, tomatoes, trellis, zucchini
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A Bug’s Death

Jenny SmithJuly 21, 2020July 26, 2020

It is SO HOT. We are now at 28 consecutive days at over 90 degrees. This morning I went out to the garden, and in the way out I asked Google Home what the temperature was. “It’s currently 78 degrees…

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beans, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, fall gardening, garden, hardscaping, irises, peppers, pests, Squash, Swiss chard, tomatillos, tomatoes, weather, zucchini
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Chugging along

Jenny SmithJuly 8, 2020July 26, 2020

There’s not a lot happening in the garden right now besides … disease. I’m getting squash and zucchini every day, and the blackberries are putting on, and my Stupice gives me at least one tomato every day. I have had…

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bale garden, Blackberries, cucumber, fall gardening, garden, peppers, Squash, tomatoes, zucchini
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Fourth of July Tomato!

Jenny SmithJuly 4, 2020July 8, 2020

It’s A Thing here in Virginia that those who can get a ripe tomato by the Fourth of July have really accomplished something. Well, here’s my accomplishment: It’s a ripe saladette, not a slicer, but I’m taking it. I’ve also…

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America, bale garden, beans, cucumber, flowers, hydrangea, lettuce, Midlife, peppers, Squash, Sunflowers, tomatoes, zinnias, zucchini
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Can you have too many tomato plants?

Jenny SmithJune 30, 2020July 2, 2020

Really— can you? Nichole came through and gave me three beautiful Italian tomato plants yesterday, so I filled up the last three spots in my garden with them today. She gave me a San Marzano, which I grew last year…

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cucumber, garden, tomato
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Back home

Jenny SmithJune 29, 2020July 2, 2020

My daughter decided to move to Utah to be closer to school and to try and get her driver’s license at the beginning of the month. She got everything lined up, we found an apartment to move her into, and…

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bale garden, beans, cucumber, Florida weave, garden, iris, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, peppers, Squash, Swiss chard, tomatillos, tomatoes, zucchini
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Angry birds

Jenny SmithJune 1, 2020July 2, 2020

I went out this morning to spray because I saw some bug damage yesterday during my daily walk-through of the garden, and a Very Angry Bird started chirping and dive bombing me. I ignored it, figuring it was just surprised…

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asparagus, bale garden, beans, Blackberries, cucumber, garden, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, roses, Squash, Swiss chard, tomatoes
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First blossom! And the winner is…

Jenny SmithMay 27, 2020July 2, 2020

I was surprised to see my first open blossom today on a tomato plant that I grew from seed! So exciting! My sister in Houston already has first-sized tomatoes, Daddy has tomatoes, even Del has a legitimate double tomato on…

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bale garden, beans, Blackberries, cucumber, garden, hardscaping, onions, peas, roses, seed starting, Squash, tomatoes, zucchini, zuchi
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Cucumbers planted!

Jenny SmithMay 23, 2020July 2, 2020

Jared finally fixed the broken trellis, so I put in my little baby cucumber plants today. I had planted three indoors thinking that at least one of the seeds I put outside would sprout. Nope. It was probably the frost.…

Continue reading ➞ Cucumbers planted!
bale garden, beans, cucumber, garden, leeks, lettuce, onions, peas, Squash, tomatillos, tomatoes, zucchini
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Catchup day

Jenny SmithMay 16, 2020July 2, 2020

Today is garden catchup day. It’s been too cold to work, so today we made up for it. We cut grass, weed wacked some spots that needed it, made two trips to the dump and two to the woods, cleaned…

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Blackberries, flowers, garden, hollyhocks, leeks, rose, tomatoes, zinnia
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Tomato planting day!

Jenny SmithMay 14, 2020July 2, 2020

It finally came! I’m like a kid waiting for Santa, except instead of being excited to play with toys, I’m excited to get to play in the dirt! After arranging my tools, I decided to pot up the tiny plants…

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bale garden, clematis, coronavirus, disease, fertilization, garden, irises, peas, planting, roses, tomatoes

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