The bushes, once loaded, had been stripped. For the first time in a long time, I had a large garden plot that produced well. When the spring crops finished, I planted purple hull peas. I
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Tag: Gardening
surviving or thriving on a socially distant mother’s day
A socially distant Mother’s Day? While on a recent video meeting, I found myself reminiscing with one of my sons about the Mother’s Day gardens we sowed, games we played, and the stories we shared.
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A redhead with two green thumbs? Born and raised in New York City, a feisty redhead sprung into action the day after tulips and daffodils poked their heads up after a long winter’s slumber. Small
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I grew up around a rhubarb patch that grew like weeds. We mowed it down, gave it away, ate as many pies as we could hold, and still that little patch grew like a jungle.
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“Grandma, we’re going on a bike ride.” The porch door slams as Dash, the cat my husband rescued five years ago, scurries into hiding. From the kitchen the aroma of biscuits, cooked apples, and sausage
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