garden@home

Doing what I can with my little patch of earth

Melons!

My parents grow large, tasty, numerous melons.  I grow nothing of the sort.  Of course, they live in Idaho and have gloriously long, hot summers and I live in the Willamette Valley (mild summers, mild winters and a whole lot of rain).  FINALLY, (after years of futility) I was successful in my mission to grow [...]

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What to do with Leeks?

What would you do if you were faced with an enormous quantity of leeks?  I have pounds and pounds of them.  They seem to grow everywhere, in my yard, in my veggie garden, in the flowerbeds…and they multiply!!  I cannot ever imagine using all of them (or even most of them!).

I’d love to know [...]

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My World has Been Photoshopped…

…or so it feels.

This is a view of our street yesterday. And today there was even more snow.  This does NOT happen here.  Thanks global warming ;D

And the ruling (or ahem, ruler) is… 13 and 1/2 inches.  Woohoo!!

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