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In Bloom: Black Oil Sunflower
I planted a handful of black oil sunflower seeds straight out of the birdseed bag. I doubt I will eat them since I don’t know the history of the seed and whether it was treated or not, but I will at least let the flower heads dry and set them out for the birds at the end of the summer. Leave a comment with a link to your Wordless Wednesday post!
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When the shovel hits the rock
Lazy workmanship during construction means a headache for the homeowner down the line. We’ve been building up a small garden area around the mailbox, and when I attempted to add one more plant, I hit a rock. No matter where I dug, I hit this rock. As it turns out, whoever built the house disposed of their extra concrete, asphalt and bricks at the corner of our driveway and covered it up with dirt. Thaaaaank you so much. It took…
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From Pest to Plate
Not one to shy away from sharing nasty pictures with you, here are my latest pest discoveries. The first are slugs. After growing cabbage and watching it sit in the garden and contemplating sending it straight to the compost, I needed another vegetable for the sautée we were fixing for lunch guests. I picked every last bean,two small squashes and several green onions, so I thought, “Why not the cabbage?” It was ready and basically flavorless. After I peeled back…
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June Sponsor Swap
This is my first official sponsor swap, and while I only have one this month, she’s a worthy blogger. Hello! I’m Taylor and I blog over at Goings on in Texas. I am a 30-something, Texas transplant who was born and raised in Arkansas. I moved to this great state in 1999 to attend college and I never looked back. I do miss the beautiful scenery of my home state, but I’ve grown roots in Texas and it looks like…
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Yo, Paige! Where have you been?
I was at the beach with these handsome boys! No, I didn’t blog, but I’ll be back in the game soon. Here are several more pictures from the week since I don’t feel much like putting it all into words.
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In Bloom: Red Gladiolus
Since the first time I noticed a bouquet of flowers with a gladiolus in it, I’ve loved the flower. It reminded me of asparagus. However, I haven’t met many other people that like them. I was looking at bulbs and mentioned to the lady shopping next to me how pretty they were, and she scrunched her nose saying that she hated the flower. My look of surprise prompted her to explain that they were the flower used at her mother’s…
