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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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Category Archives: Garden Organization
How (and why) to Use Your Leaves
It’s Fall!!! And all that wonderful gold is falling from the trees, just as Mother Nature intended, to protect the ground and plantings from winter ice and to make amazing soil for Spring growth. I ask the yard crew to … Continue reading
Posted in Fall plantings, Garden Organization, Soil and Mulch
Tagged leaves, mulch
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Gardening in Small Spaces
I left my lush, two acre southern gardens and came north to visit my son and daughter-in-law whose garden is a condo patio. Completely different way to think about gardening. When looking online for small space gardening tips, we came … Continue reading
Posted in Container Gardening, Garden Organization, Getting Started, Herbs, Planting
Tagged small space gardening
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Companion Planting
Garden BFFs? Why Your Vegetables Are Begging for Companion Plants Houzz– Kitchen, Bathroom and More » Find Home Improvement Professionals– For Example: Birmingham Contractor · Oklahoma City Contractor · Orange County Contractor · Hawaii Contractor · Philadelphia Contractor · New York Contractor · Manchester Nh Contractor · Salt … Continue reading
Had My Garden Tilled Today!
I’m so ready to plant.. What’s first?
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Pond Algae
It was 70* today and I had the best time in the yard. Spent the day prepping this area to be my new herb garden. It’s a large area all around this pond and very fertile. I had some herbs … Continue reading
Posted in Garden Organization, Herbs, Pond
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I’m so Ready to Plant!
It’s supposed to be about 70* this weekend so I’ll be out in the yard! Planning to fertilize and compost rose bushes Saturday. Cleaning up and prepping the herb garden on Sunday. Monday, Jay is coming over to help compost … Continue reading
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June Garden
It’s constantly different. The lettuce is almost gone. The spinach is gone. I’ve pulled up the broccoli but the tomato and bean plants are flourishing as are all the herbs. Potatoes are looking a bit ragged. They were my favorites, … Continue reading
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Gardening Jobs for May
There is no better resource than the Farmer’s Almanac! Weed perennial beds with special care to avoid pulling up precious self-sown seedlings. When you can tell for sure what’s what, pull the weeds and top-dress the plants with compost or … Continue reading
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Planting for the Seasons
Spring: Plant cool season crops. Spinach, carrots, radishes, snap peas, chard, lettuces. Summer: Pull cool season crops and plant warm season ones. Chard, beans, eggplant, peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes. Fall: Remove summer crops. Leave tomatoes, lettuces, chard, broccoli, brussel sprouts.
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Herbs I’m Planting
till the soil 12″-24″ deep mix in 6″ layer of compost or sphagnum peat moss to top 12″ add a little perlite to improve drainage a little organic fertilizer helps ph = 6-7 1/2 water herbs at the ground. they … Continue reading
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