Monday, July 13, 2009

Garden Lessons

This is my fifth year gardening this patch of dirt, but I'm still a novice, working to earn my green thumb. Every year, I learn a little bit more. Allow me to share a few lessons from this year:


If one is foolhardy enough to plant pumpkins next to carrots, the pumpkins will win.


Make sure to plant enough lettuce to share with the rabbits.


Make a compost pile and welcome the stray vegetable plants that may spring from it.


Make gardening a little bit easier on yourself. Embrace perennials.


When in doubt, mulch.

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4 comments:

  1. LoraJuly 13, 2009 at 2:47 PM

    Beautiful garden.

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  2. lipiJuly 14, 2009 at 1:59 AM

    NIce post with pictures

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  3. :)IbtiJuly 14, 2009 at 10:09 AM

    Love it! And also: don't forget to plant some vittles for the deer and groundhogs.

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  4. The LeftoveristJuly 15, 2009 at 3:13 PM

    I'm in my fourth year of gardening, and stumbling a lot more than you. But, as Wyatt reminds me, "Nothing's perfect." And I DIDN'T plant pumpkins this year.

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