Category : Outdoors

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Heirloom Tea
My garden harvest is winding down…so
I’ve started the process of saving seeds for next years garden. This way I’m creating my own heirloom seeds. This is what I’ve collected thus far. 
I’m waiting for a 3 other tomato plants to ripen so that we may sample the goods and see if they are worth saving.  
I got those plants from my psuedo-sister-in-law so I don’t even know what they are called. 
Do you save seeds? Vegetables? Flowers?
I save them all….it’s fun to see what comes of it and besides that-
IT”S FREE!!
Stop by Kimmie’s blog  to see what she my Tea Tuesday friends are up to today. 
I’m heading there next myself.
BTW-Kimmie also has a wonderful gardening blog that can be found on her side bar.

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Tea Tuesday: Enjoying the garden
On yet another beautiful morning, I am having a little quiet time on the deck before diving into the day.
Days like today remind me why we put up with the extremes of Minnesota weather.  
We’ve been blessed with an abundant garden once I figured out how to keep the critters at bay. The fencing and the flags along with an occasional sprinkle of blood meal seem to have done the trick.
I’ve picked a couple ice cream buckets full of green beans…  
Enough snow peas for stir-fry and munching…

Several big, yummy cucumbers 
with more on the way…

Very soon I’ll have more tomatoes than I know what to do with…
I can’t wait!
And by the way…
our leaves are starting to turn… 
just a few here and there. 
What a short growing season!

Drop by my friend Kimmie’s blog to see what’s going on with my tea Tuesday pals.
What are you doing today?

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Flags and a garden update

So I go out to check the side garden this morning and the deer have eaten the tops off my green beans and snow pea plants. Wasn’t that nice of them…pesky things.  So I decided that maybe some flags would scare them…create some movement…and generally get in the way of their snacking. Bonus…I think they look cute.  We’ll see what happens.

The garden box is also doing very well.  There are tons of little green tomatoes on the plants. 

Check it out … 

Nature is funny at times.

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First harvest

The weather has taken a turn for the better so I took my coffee outside this morning.

We decided it was time to start harvesting some from the garden. It’s nice to have little hands to help in the garden.

Have a great day!!

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Rusty sneak peek

I’ll be getting my package ready to mail off to Elizabeth today.

I can only show you a tiny snippet or two of  her rust and white pages until she receives them.

I used both rusted fabric

and rusted paper to create my pages.

I hope Elizabeth likes them!!

Before I let you go, I just had to share these flowers…
I picked all of them from my yard.
Did I mention that I love flowers!?!?

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Early morning gardening on Tea Tuesday
I’m not going to lie…it’s still coffee in my cup.
I wanted to get outside and check on my plants. 
The squirrels have been driving me crazy with their digging!!
Ok, my green onions are fine. 
Maybe the movement of the pinwheel is helping. 
Happy Flag Day!
Oh good, my newly transplanted rhubarb looks like it’s finally starting to accept its new home.
This is my latest goofy attempt to keep the squirrels out of my lettuce box. 
It looks like I’m trying to grow sticks. Not liking the look.
Hey, where did the sun go??
I better finish up my coffee so I can get the rest of my planting done before it decides to rain.
Thanks for stopping by for tea…oh, yeah…coffee with me.
Remember to swing my Kimmie’s blog for the full list of Tea Tuesday participants.

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Garden tea

Had to take a little break and check out how the garden fared after the high winds from last night. It’s still super windy!! Seems as if it’s either raining or windy these days.

The chicken wire is to try to discourage the squirrels from digging in the garden box. I found a black walnut that was beginning to sprout in there. I’m sure they are looking for more buried treasures. Little pests.

Also check out the beginnings of another small garden.  We still need to put up fencing…both the chicken wire kind and the tall kind. There are bunnies that live under the shed so we have to keep the from getting into the all-you-can-eat smorgasbord. The tall fencing is to keep the deer at bay.

Stop by Kimmies for the list of Tea Tuesday players.

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