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Meet the Coturnix Quail
Here at Love Sown Garden (I feel a little ridiculous naming my garden), there is a new flock of feathered friends. I went to the monthly flock swap at The Urban Chicken and came home with six young quail. Why? They were there, and I had a grow-out pen that could comfortably hold them. I honestly had no intention of…
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Friends of the Arboretum Annual Plant Distribution
I’ve heard rumors of this event for years. Members show up at the JC Raulston Arboretum on a Saturday morning to rush a field of plants to help empty the greenhouses. This April I finally became a member so my husband and I could gain access to the newsletter, member pricing on events, and passes to this event in particular.…
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Raleigh Fall Vegetable Gardening begins in the Summer
Hey friends! While it’s blazing hot outside, it is time to be planning and planting your fall garden. We are in USDA plant hardiness zone 7b and have a relatively long growing season: April 9 through October 27. These dates are our average last and first frost dates, meaning half the time the first frost of Fall will start up…
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Upgrade Your Pond with a Bog Filter System
As we prepare for a third summer managing our 300 gallon stock tank garden pond, we have a new upgrade to share. During the last two summers, we conducted pond water changes by taking buckets of water out of the pond and pouring them out on the garden beds. This was a fairly labor-intensive process, which I didn’t mind, but…
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My Biggest Mistake Saving Seeds
I was about to host a #supersowsunday discussion session on Clubhouse, and as thumbed through my seed binder, it became glaringly evident that I made a major mistake saving garden seeds. I need to backtrack and share what started me off on the wrong foot. Back when I first started vegetable gardening at this house, I remember buying a pack…
