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More rain

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:04:00 GMT

The midwest is having more rain and storms. The tomatoes and peppers I planted are looking better for the rain, but the rivers are flooded and levee breaches in nearby towns are a worry for our cou...

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Tomatoes Tomatoes

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:38:00 GMT

In addition to tomato plants my husband plants I got a bit carried away today by planting 9 more that I got at my local nursery for FREE. I thought, oh well, what is a few more tomatoes..?? I know ...

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Busy Busy..

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:35:00 GMT

Finally the rains have gotten a few days further apart and we have been able to plant a few tomato plants and peppers. Going to look at the nursury tomorrow to see if any veggies are left. The floo...

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sale on annuals

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 13:41:00 GMT

One of the local nurserys is having 1/2 price sale on annuals.. So I got a nice collection of things to plant.. maybe tomrorrow if the it dries out enough. I got a wagon load full. So when the perenni...

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Flooding in Indiana

Mon, 09 Jun 2008 13:33:00 GMT

Here is a link to pictures of the flooding around my daughter.

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Flooding in Central Indiana

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:06:00 GMT

I don't even know where to start!! First of all I think I will also post this on my blog, and maybe on the prayer list as well.

My daughter lives south of Indianapolis and a couple of day...

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Planted Cannas today

Tue, 20 May 2008 04:49:00 GMT

The weather today was cool, but dry this afternoon, so I got busy and planted some of my cannas. The ones I planted on the pipeline are a low-growing yellow canna called Eureka and Red cannas called R...

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So much to do!

Sat, 17 May 2008 10:04:00 GMT

We have been having a wet cool spring. Compared to the dry, drought we had last year this is a blessing. however...it makes it hard to get things done in the garden! The forcast says that we are su...

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I finally did it!

Fri, 16 May 2008 04:14:00 GMT

I finally got 5 pictures onto my album!! Yipee! LOL These are last years pictures and not some of the best ones, but still a little idea of what I am doing in our gardens. Last year was a rough one...

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Our first Oriole!! And the hummers are back!

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:40:00 GMT

We have always liked to feed and watch the birds and have several varieites of birds in the neighborhood. After going to a garden club meeting and listening to the speaker tell about how to attract...

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Buffalo gnats.... AGAIN :(

Wed, 07 May 2008 04:18:00 GMT

Well, I was certainly hoping that last year would be the one and only time we would have to deal with those little buggers.. but NO.. this morning I went out early to prune my roses and get them lo...

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Touring the nurseries

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:09:00 GMT

How does one control themselves when they visit the local nurseries this time of year? I went to three this week.. purchased a few things, but just enough to satisfy an urge to plant. It is early y...

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Sunshine in the forcast!

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:11:00 GMT

Well we had an earthquake this week. 5.4 on the Richter scale. Actually two of them and several aftershocks. The 1st one was 4:37 AM and shook us out of bed. It lasted about 15 seconds or so. The s...

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Snow on Easter:)

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 10:20:00 GMT

Well the old saying around here is ''Rain on Easter Sunday, you get 7 wet Sunday's after that''

So with snow and sleet on Easter Sunday I wonder what that brings for the next 7 Sundays??...

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A Mixed Bag..

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:26:00 GMT

Well, today we had quite a wide variety of winter weather!

It started off with frozen fog. Every single plant, building, tree, vehicle, everything.. was coated with frozen fog. ...

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