Alpha

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In the garden: replenishing the tree canopy

Posted Mon, Sep 29, 12:17 p.m.

RE: "There is no try, there is only do" -- Yoda: Yay! I love fall and the spreading of the compost. When we lived further south, we used to dig trenches in the veggie beds and just compost straight into them over the winter months. Here it tends to get ...

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In the garden: replenishing the tree canopy

Posted Sat, Sep 27, 10:15 a.m.

"There is no try, there is only do" -- Yoda: "Every day we do things, we are things that have to do with peace. If we are aware of our life…, our way of looking at things, we will know how to make peace right in the moment, we are ...

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In the garden: coffee!

Posted Sun, Sep 14, 10:03 a.m.

RE: Camellia sinensis: I don't see why not...It would probably just want a warm, sunny window to live in over the winter, like the coffee plants. I learned from Camelia Sinensis not to let it get too dry in the summer (That was further south, and I had it planted ...

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In the garden: mean girls

Posted Mon, Sep 1, 7:43 a.m.

Aphids = Mean Girls, yes!: Thanks for the tip about the water in the garden. I always have LOTS of ladybugs in the early season, but they disappear in August...right when the aphids are getting to be the worst. Ugh. The only standing water available this year was the water ...

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