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These Ozark Hills, 8-2012
This is Marideth Sisco for These Ozarks Hills. Since early spring, I’ve been spending lots of time out in the garden, and I thank you all for your patience while I’ve blabbed on about it. Every day amazes me, for … Continue reading
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Tagged family, gardening, language, marideth sisco, neighbors, Ozarks, right handed, semantics
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Misc. Thoughts
Well, apart from the armadillo who’s been uprooting onions and doing a kind of bizarre Okra-tipping, and the blister beetles who would like to eat everything but are being discouraged by Safer’s Soap and loud radio music, it’s been a … Continue reading
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Tagged armadillo, gardening, organic gardening, ozark garden, politics
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Garden Update
A note from Sarah on the garden’s progress. She promises new photos soon. “The garden is reaching out toward peak production. The tomatoes are starting to ripen, okra is putting on, peppers are loaded, eggplant is blooming (it’s the second … Continue reading
The Cushaw That Ate New Jersey
Think there’ll be some squash this winter! -m
Summer’s Heat
SUMMER’S HEAT HAS set in, in earnest, and with it the quandary about how much and when to water, weed and tend to the equally unrelenting chores attached to keeping and growing a garden. I have recently found that, for … Continue reading
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Tagged coffee, gardening, Ozarks, record temperatures, summer heat
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The Cardboard Story
Or; How to Build a Garden on a Rock Pile Without Digging All The Rocks Up Use cardboard. I think this might be a bastardization of the Lasagne Method of gardening. Several weeks before you want to plant, pick a … Continue reading
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Tagged cardboard, gardening, mulch, Ozarks, raised beds, recycle
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