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Growing Round Things

The color and feel of the cantaloupe and pumpkins were not progressing on the sides that were sitting on the ground, so I decided to put some wood underneath them to protect them from staying too moist. I have no clue if this is what is recommended but it made sense to me.

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Maters Support

I learned last year what every experienced gardener knows.  Tomato cages are a joke.  Specifically for vining types like Cherry Tomatoes.  So this year I decided to try staking them.  We got some bamboo and plastic stakes and have been tying up the main branches as they grow.
We used the square foot method for planting [...]

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Harvest 08

Jet and Oliver have a fun time harvesting vegetables from the garden with Morée. Its cool that they understand even at this very young age that we do this to eat the food.  Jets is holding a carrot, pepper. Oliver is toting some cherry tomatoes and cucumber.
Our raised bed went from a [...]

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