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Welcome to my garden! Join me in the trials, successes and errors of my newest passion. I plan for this to be fun, healthy and rewarding!
Currently, I'm a Real Estate Investor, mother of two, and serious blogger at KarensPerspective.com.
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Author Archives: Karen
Blueberries
I’m going to plant blueberry bushes! This site has a lot of information about them. I love blueberries and the bushes seem to be on sale everywhere right now. They say to have more than one bush so they pollinate. … Continue reading
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Wayside Gardens
Thanks to Ellen Berry for this great link to Wayside Gardens. So many beautiful webites!
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Is it necessary to buy everything organic?
Thank you, Arminda, for emailing me this link. Don’t we all just love earthfare? A Guide to Organics – PART 3 – What To & Not To Buy Organic Posted by: earthfare | February 19, 2010 Is it necessary to … Continue reading
How to Create a 4×4 Garden
Thanks for sending this site, Mimi. I am going to try to follow a lot of it, like the dates of when to plant the first crop, then later to plant something else. Have you done that before?
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Heirloom seeds?
My brother was just here. He told me to go to a nursery and get Heirloom seeds. Not hybrid. Don’t know why. That’s ok. I’ll trust him. Opinions?
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too late to plant Peas???
Mimi told me this today: “Farmer at Farmer’s Market here today verified that it is getting late to plant peas. You’re zone 7. He says as soon as possible!” So, what do I do??? We’ve had so much snow … Continue reading
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What a great blog!
I’ll be using this Bumblebee blog a lot. So cute and tons of information! Thanks, Mimi!
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Hardiness Zones
What are Hardiness Zones? I keep running into this term when I’m researching plants. I found Arborday.org and was able to look up my hardiness zone. Finally, I found out I’m a 7! “The Plant Hardiness Zones divide the United … Continue reading
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Frost Dates
Ok, so I need to know about frost dates so I don’t plant things too soon. We often get frost until mid April. Why do I know this if I’ve never done a garden? Because of Furniture Market. It happens … Continue reading
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