dirtdobber's days

New bed and a cool web site

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:57:00 GMT

I have really fallen down on the job. I haven't been blogging or gardening as much as usual. I am about to go out to my new...

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My garden is tired and me too

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 17:41:00 GMT

Hi everyone! I've haven't written in a while. Just for one reason or another, I haven't gotten around to it. I guess by now everyone's garden looks like mine. My vegg...

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This and That in the garden

Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:48:00 GMT

Last night after supper and after doing some leisurely knitting, I realized it there was a good bit of lightening going on. I invited hubby to sit on the front porch ...

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Rose of Sharon

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:47:00 GMT

Well, I'm enjoying my day off from work. As I sat on y back porch this morning drinking my coffee, I was straining to see my 2 rose of sharon plants at the edge of th...

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Little of this...little of that

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:38:00 GMT

Just a few little things going on in the garden lately. Mid summer always seems to bring things to a bit of a halt...maybe more like a pause. Two weeks ago, hubby and...

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I got baby veggies!!!

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:36:00 GMT

Well, I just can't believe it. I feel like a real farmer or something. I have harvested exactly one squash, but there are others surfacing. It looks like I'm going to have enough purple hull peas a...

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Memory Bed

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 14:37:00 GMT

Looking out the window, I see the drizzle dance going on. So I got my coffee and came in here to visit with GG. Frankly I'm waiting on the waterfall waltz! I had hoped to work on my memory bed for...

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Mimosa Tree

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:08:00 GMT

Yesterday I dug all day. My brother had mentioned to me that he wanted a mimosa tree. Around here they are rather invasive, but he said he wanted one. I agree t...

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Random thoughts

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:37:00 GMT

Well, I haven't done a whole lot of digging lately but I need to. The last few days I have just enjoyed the fruits of my labor. My knockout roses bloomed in a flurry and they ...

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Rain!!!

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:09:00 GMT

Well, the heavens opened up and gave us a glorious rainstorm this evening! It lasted about 30-45 minutes. I mean we had the thunder, lightening, the works. Hubby and ...

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Hot, Hot, Hot

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:31:00 GMT

It is so hot here that you can hear the grass crunch under your feet. Yesterday I cut he grass (all 3 acres). I was absolutely spent when I finished. And I was on a riding lawnmower! It's just the ...

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Friday morn

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:43:00 GMT

Today is my day off from work. I got up, got my coffee,and sat on the back porch reading the paper. I had turned the sprinkler on my azaleas. As I sat there, I could hear the chirping birds, the sw...

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June Pictures

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 00:12:00 GMT

I posted some new pics of my veggie garden in the photo section. It looks really good as a whole. I haven't gotten any vegetables yet, but there are lots of blooms ,so I know they are coming. SOMET...

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Babies in the Garden!

Tue, 20 May 2008 20:21:00 GMT

I think I saw babies in the garden! Really! I saw some little, itty ,bitty, bitty, bitty peppers! And I also saw some teeny, weeny, tee tiny squash!! I had to stop jumping up and down long enough ...

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Ramblings of plantings

Sun, 18 May 2008 15:10:00 GMT

I've done a bit of piddling in the yard lately. I have planted 5 hostas in a front flower bed. They are varieties that are a bluish color. I planted a white clematis near the birdbath under a tr...

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