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My Garden Notebook

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The summer garden season is winding down for me. As I begin to clear out the garden, I am making notes for next year. I have been keeping a garden notebook ever since I started my garden back in the summer of 2002 and it comes in handy year after year. Do you keep a garden notebook? Let us know in the comments.

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Vertical Gardening Update: I've Got Cantaloupes

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Cantaloupe is one of my most favorite things to grow in the garden. In years past, the plants took over my garden and spilled into the yard , so I changed my planting strategy for the melons this year and planted upward , not at ground level. The taste is unbelievable, so sweet and juicy. Do you plant melons vertically?

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Growing Herbs in My Garden

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I was able to plant my herbs in my square foot garden on Monday, before the rains came in. What herbs do you grow in your garden? My veggies will have to wait another day. I expanded my herbs this year. I have always planted parsley and rosemary, but this year I added a few more. How do you preserve them? Let us know in the comments.

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Calling All Gardeners: What's Eating Our Tomatoes?

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I spent a lot of time this past spring shoveling out the old clay dirt that was in my garden and replacing it with the mix that is recommended in the book, Square Foot Gardening. My yard and garden is their 24 hour buffet. Upon showing my tomato to my fellow gardening neighbor, she told me that she was having the same problem.

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Olive Garden’s BOGO Deal is Now Available for Takeout!

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Olive Garden ‘s BOGO Buy One, Take One To Go special has long been popular with fans of the chain, but now there’s a new twist: you can enjoy the deal without setting foot in the restaurant! Soup or salad selections include Garden Fresh Salad, Chicken & Gnocchi, Pasta e Fagioli, Minestrone, and Zuppa Toscana.

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Calling All Gardeners: What's Wrong with My Raspberries

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It has been very dry here since June and I have been watering the plants when I water my very productive square foot garden. So, I need some help from the amazing gardeners that visit and read this blog. You are always so helpful when I ask for help solving my gardening woes. Perhaps I'm not watering the raspberries enough?

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Welcome to My Jungle

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Who would have thought 7 weeks ago, that this humble boxed garden with its new soil.would become such a jungle. Or this newly planted herb garden. I think my garden loves me for it.and the record amounts of rain that we have had is certainly helping. How is your garden doing this summer? would explode into this.

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