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"Tails of the Mouses"

Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:33:00 GMT

"Tails of the Mouses"

I haven't a clue

A bizarre thing to do

What do the meecies

Want with you?

Each time a new bar gets set on the shelf

They se...

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Poe's adventures in cooking - uh-oh

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:34:00 GMT

Been awhile since I've written in the blog so I thought I'd let you all in on my latest. My eldest son's birthday just past, but instead of baking him a boxed cake I decided to use a scratch recip...

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Groundhog Day in May

Wed, 28 May 2008 13:25:00 GMT

Yup, first I saw one little one and then two little ones and then a reallllllly big one! And they all ran rfom different directions to the same place under my barn. Here we go again. I see a big on...

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The Jester Among Giants

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:46:00 GMT

I finished reading "Night Gardening" by EW Swann this drizzly morning and stood looking out my bedroom window for a time looking at my lilies out back and thinking how I could...

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Odd bloomin' time

Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:50:00 GMT

I'm really pleasantly befuddled. My columbine and peonies are still blooming although not as much as at the beginning of their seasons. I don't remember them ever blooming this long. It must be the...

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Little hostas

Thu, 24 May 2007 19:17:00 GMT

I've got a nicely grown hosta plant I got from a cutting from a place I worked. Next to it this year for the first time there's about 7 or 8 leaves popped up as new plants. The leaves are all solid...

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purple's a fruit

Sat, 19 May 2007 18:37:00 GMT

My eldest son likes that phrase for some reason. But my purple irises are starting to bud and my purple columbine are blooming here and there, too. The perenniel geranium I planted at mom's a year ...

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Sprouts!

Fri, 04 May 2007 20:16:00 GMT

I've got a couple leaves up on either a misplaced weed or a Jacob's Ladder in one of my winter sow jugs. I'm psyched now. They're staying outdoors now as the temp is in the 50's and 60's now, but I...

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GROUNDHOG ALERT

Sat, 28 Apr 2007 16:23:00 GMT

I thought it was amusing when I looked out my bedroom window and saw the groundhog rom the barn sniffing my son's truck tailpipe intently for about 5 minutes. I thought it odd when it went over to ...

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Wandering the yard

Wed, 25 Apr 2007 02:26:00 GMT

I found some mystery plants that I think might be asiatic lilies, but I guess I'll find out when they get bigger. They weren't there 2 days ago. My hostas are popping up all over the place and 2 pi...

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Jacob's Ladder

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:50:00 GMT

I found a clean milk jug when I was cleaning my back porch so I just had to start some more seeds in there. Jacob's Ladder this time. I had one several years ago and somehow I killed it so I'm in h...

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Wintersowing first attempt

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 18:06:00 GMT

Yesterday I stuck some red oak leaf lettuce seeds in a cut milk jug ala wintersow method even though it's spring now. I'm just experimenting to see if I can do it right. At least blogging should make ...

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