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Garden Zone: 8b
Plants in my Garden: tomato, squash, burgundy bush bean, limas, onion, garlic, potato, lemon grass, vining okra, azaleas, tarragon, blueberries
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: the joy
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: watching it
Occupation: retail manager
Plants in my Garden: tomato, squash, burgundy bush bean, limas, onion, garlic, potato, lemon grass, vining okra, azaleas, tarragon, blueberries
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: the joy
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: watching it
Occupation: retail manager
About cgar
veggie growing, animal hugging, earth friendly gal. so easy to get lost watching the plants being lovely
and the birds and butterflies doing their thing all the while the big, lazy cat is stretched out across my lap.
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Surveying the damage
All in all, not too bad. The temp got down to around 26 last night. Most of the garden survived. I did lose the tomatoes, but, they were at their end anyway. The limas survived, of course, as did the Tarragon, Lemon Grass, onions and Fennel. The pit...
Passing the time
Got all the "get ready for the freeze" chores done. Boxes over the limas, tent covers for the tomatoes, watered in a lot of other stuff, unhooked the hoses. Mid twenties for tonight..that's cold for Florida. Came inside to get warm, poured a cup of c...
Chilly and Gorgeous!
The temps really dropped last night...a cold front moved through yesterday afternoon. Gray skies, drizzly (yay!) and windy. Brought some plants in that were not so cold hardy and was planning on turning in early to get a jump start on my weekly trip ...
The varmints are restless
Now that the cool weather has knocked the leaves off most the trees, it's amazing how many varmints I'm seeing walking through the woods (and into the yard). Yesterday, while talking to neighbor an armadillo made his way out from the woods, past the ...
I need to calm down
Went out to the porch to have a glass of wine and enjoy the evening breeze. I opened the door to a pool of blood and cat food scattered everywhere. I grabbed my boots and flashlight and started calling for Squeak. I called until there were tears in m...
All in all, not too bad. The temp got down to around 26 last night. Most of the garden survived. I did lose the tomatoes, but, they were at their end anyway. The limas survived, of course, as did the Tarragon, Lemon Grass, onions and Fennel. The pit...
Passing the time
Got all the "get ready for the freeze" chores done. Boxes over the limas, tent covers for the tomatoes, watered in a lot of other stuff, unhooked the hoses. Mid twenties for tonight..that's cold for Florida. Came inside to get warm, poured a cup of c...
Chilly and Gorgeous!
The temps really dropped last night...a cold front moved through yesterday afternoon. Gray skies, drizzly (yay!) and windy. Brought some plants in that were not so cold hardy and was planning on turning in early to get a jump start on my weekly trip ...
The varmints are restless
Now that the cool weather has knocked the leaves off most the trees, it's amazing how many varmints I'm seeing walking through the woods (and into the yard). Yesterday, while talking to neighbor an armadillo made his way out from the woods, past the ...
I need to calm down
Went out to the porch to have a glass of wine and enjoy the evening breeze. I opened the door to a pool of blood and cat food scattered everywhere. I grabbed my boots and flashlight and started calling for Squeak. I called until there were tears in m...
