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2024 08 27 - And other things died
You will have to look close to see the milkweed stalks. There used to be close to two dozen of them growing within this frame. They self...
jimonthewayhome
Aug 30, 20241 min read
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2024 08 19 - Some grew
I think I have planted about 50 sunflowers so far this year. Some places in this area I have planted and re-planted sunflowers four...
jimonthewayhome
Aug 29, 20241 min read
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2024 08 18 - Late summer planting
This sunflower is too close to the fence and the top gets eaten off. This was the only sunflower in this area that has grown. There was...
jimonthewayhome
Aug 19, 20242 min read
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2024 08 12 - Always something
I have only seen one monarch in my yard this year and no caterpillars. Whatever these are, they are liking my milkweed also. The aphids...
jimonthewayhome
Aug 19, 20241 min read
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2024 08 10 - Moved fence
This fence had been on the other half of this garden around the strawberries. So I only had to move three sides of it. I've had this...
jimonthewayhome
Aug 13, 20242 min read
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2024 08 08 - Strange things
I've never seen corn like this before. Could have saved it, but I ate it. Still eating a dozen or so ears of corn a day if we are home....
jimonthewayhome
Aug 12, 20241 min read
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2024 08 06 - and the rains came
This was the total of the all day rain, I'm guessing that half of that came down within an hour. Haven't had to water much this year. I...
jimonthewayhome
Aug 7, 20242 min read
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2024 07 28 - home again
I broke my hand cultivator (s.) The one on the right I have been using for years. I have a stump in the yard that is decaying and I took...
jimonthewayhome
Aug 6, 20242 min read
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2024 07 20 - It is not just the garden that has issues
The lilacs by the house and the apple tree on the property line have both been there since we bought the house almost 30 years ago....
jimonthewayhome
Jul 31, 20241 min read
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2024 07 16 - Something grew
We finally got out there to pick in the garden. This was todays pick. A couple of double zucchini, beans, peas, peppers and tomatoes. The...
jimonthewayhome
Jul 19, 20242 min read
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2024 07 15 - Welcome home
Gone. We have been gone on vacation for five days and all ripe blue berries are GONE. These branches had been hanging full of green ones...
jimonthewayhome
Jul 18, 20241 min read
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2024 07 06 - More Evidence
Deer tracks in the (?) corn. Not sure if the deer are doing much damage at this point or if they are just walking past. Not sure there is...
jimonthewayhome
Jul 13, 20241 min read
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2024 07 01 - The battle continues
This is my clover patch. I planted it early this spring and it came up almost as a solid mat. But I'm guessing the plant has to have some...
jimonthewayhome
Jul 7, 20241 min read
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2024 06 30 - Weeding
The garden wasn't as bad as some years. This year I only hauled one one wheel barrel load of weeks. No work this weekend so spent some...
jimonthewayhome
Jul 4, 20241 min read
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2024 06 24 - Thems the berriers
Picture - two of the strawberries. So my garden saga continues. I thought my berries were going to be doing OK this year. I weeded the...
jimonthewayhome
Jul 1, 20241 min read
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2024 06 16 - Blackberry BRUSH
Five wheel barrel loads of blackberry stalks. Mostly dead ones. If that is what it takes every year or two, raising blackberries is going...
jimonthewayhome
Jun 23, 20241 min read
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2024 06 10 - Worms?
The two spots where the corn was completely gone, there was a little dark 'hole.' Whatever it is did some damage but not enough yet to...
jimonthewayhome
Jun 22, 20241 min read
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2024 06 09 - new problems
This half of this garden is mostly corn except for a few potatoes in the center. They were planted 2-4 weeks ago. From a distance, not...
jimonthewayhome
Jun 10, 20241 min read
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2024 05 26 - I closed the Bunny's Buffet (hopefully)
Picture: The former fence around my garden. A couple of days ago my wife noticed that some of the onion sets were laying on top of the...
jimonthewayhome
May 27, 20242 min read
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2024 05 21 - and the rains came
AFTER it was done raining, I put my rain gauge out. I'm guessing we got a few inches. So far I have only watered once this year. Besides...
jimonthewayhome
May 26, 20241 min read
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WELCOME TO A TRAVELERS GARDEN
We are travelers, we travel for a living, we go where and when work takes us.
But I still like to garden, so this is how things go and maybe how things look for someone who is not there to tend the garden on a regular basis.
We live on a city lot, about one third of an acre and the garden is in our back yard.
I started gardening in 2010 as a way to have less yard to mow. Each year I have enlarged the garden and will again this year.
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