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Ode to Homegrown Tomatoes & Tips for Growing Same
Only two things that money can’t buy and that’s True Love and Homegrown Tomatoes. ~Guy Clark. We’re trying a few different varieties of tomato this year including Black Krim and Cherokee Purple. Bringing back many old faves, as well, including … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, black krim, brandywine, garden, gardening, gardening tips, growing tomatoes, heirloom, heirloom tomato, heirloom tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes, Kentucky, Ohio River Valley, organic gardening, spring, tomato, tomatoes, vegetable, vegetable garden
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Peony, Heritage Edition
We were a bit worried about our peony making an appearance this year. An exceptionally cold winter with hard freezes and a surprise snowfall in late spring did not seem to bode well. But this may be the showiest this … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, farming, flower, flower garden, flowers, garden, gardening, iris, irises, Kentucky, landscape, Ohio River Valley, peonies, peony
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Tomato Hornworm (Parasitized edition)
Some days you know just aren’t gonna go your way…if you’re a tomato hornworm, and you wake up one morning all bedazzled with little white decorations, chances are, the day will not end well. These little adornments will hatch and … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, biological controls, braconid, braconid wasp, bugs, caterpillars, farming, flower gardening, garden, garden pests, gardening, gardening tips, heirloom tomato, Kentucky, Ohio River Valley, organic gardening, tomato, Tomato Hornworm, vegetable garden, wasp
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Pileated Woodpecker ha-ha-ha-HA-ha
This little guy (okay, not so little–he must’ve been been a foot and a half tall) stopped by our backyard a couple of weeks ago. A few days earlier I remarked to my wife that we had seen redheaded woodpeckers … Continue reading
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Tagged backyard, bird, birding, birdwatching, orinthology, Pileated, Winter, woodpecker
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