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So Much Good!

By artbystrongheart • Apr 30th, 2009

My friend is now home from the hospital.
I saw my first hummingbird of the season today - just outside my bedroom window.
The robin’s nest on the gutter downspout just outside my bedroom window now has baby robins in it. I haven’t seen them yet, but I’ve seen the mama bird feeding the bottom of […]



Reviving the Victory Garden

By Shasha • Jun 19th, 2008

My past readers (from my old blog) may recall the Revive the Victory Garden campaign.
The idea started here: http://simplereduce.wordpress.com/2007/01/24/revive-the-victory-garden
and proceeded to this: http://simplereduce.wordpress.com/2007/01/29/victory-garden-update/
I did create a website to Revive the Victory garden. There are many reasons to revive the victory garden. Initally it was created in an effort to encourage people to reduce food miles […]



A few pictures of the vegetable garden

By Deborah Gorr • May 23rd, 2008

Cut-and-come again lettuce in a hanging basket. Teeny-tiny asparagus. Potatoes in a trash can.



Do you know where your seeds come from?

By redstategreen • Dec 29th, 2007

You might be surprised:
It all started last August when I used a coupon from Gurney’s to order asparagus roots. By the third week of September my order hadn’t arrived. I decided something was amiss and called the company.
The customer service representative I spoke with assured me my order would arrive at the proper planting time […]