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The last of the garden cleanup & plans for next spring
Hello dear readers, It’s been a little while since I’ve done a garden update, and while you might expect that, a lot has happened! Yesterday the weather turned and we were back to ten degrees, the wind comparatively warm to the wet cold we’ve had the past few weeks. With a break in the rain,…
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October’s end feels like a new year
Hello dear readers, This morning I woke to a thin fog out the window and icy floors through the house. While I would usually make a pot of coffee and sit down to read, today is my grandma’s birthday, and so I forgo my usual morning and drive to my grandparents’ house. Sometime in summer—I…
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Overloaded with pumpkins & a visiting mantis
Hello dear readers, I didn’t mean to write another garden record so soon after the last one, but a lot has happened! Namely, the pumpkins have (almost) all been harvested and deposited at home. When I drove up to my grandparents’ this morning, my grandpa was already clearing away the vines so we could better…
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Emptying herb beds, picking apples, and surprise ghost pumpkins
Hello dear readers, For a while I’ve wanted to start a section on this blog all about gardening and time on the farm, but I just haven’t gotten around to it. Part of me thought October was a little too late to start talking about it, but then again, there’s still so much happening out…
