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Sheri K
Dec 27, 20231 min read
My Favorite New Gardening Tools
As gardeners, we rely on recommendations from fellow gardeners for products that work. In the past year, I've had the opportunity to try...
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Sheri K
Oct 1, 20221 min read
The coming of autumn
The squirrels know, the geese go, the light long, beauty abounds. Take a stroll through my garden. Late bloomers! The bunnies got to this...
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Sheri K
Aug 3, 20222 min read
Natural Garden hacks for weeds
Tools and tips to get rid of weeds without chemicals. Cobrahead, boiling water and mulch.
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Sheri K
Jun 29, 20221 min read
#GBFling2022 WOW!!!
Best vacation ever for a gardener! Four fun-filled days visiting 20 vastly different amazing spaces. What a wonderful experience to visit...
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Sheri K
Jun 5, 20221 min read
Growing Sweet Potatoes in Straw
Using second year straw for growing sweet potatoes and other root vegetables. Straw Bale Gardening Part 4
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Sheri K
Jun 5, 20222 min read
ORGANIC HOMEGROWN ECSTASY - My Beautiful Compost
Organic Homegrown Ecstasy - My Beautiful Compost.
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Sheri K
Apr 27, 20222 min read
Bees, Birds & Butterflies
Building a Pollinator Garden It's the last week of April in Wisconsin, the biting damp wind chills my bones. I miss Colorado, it feels...
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Sheri K
Apr 20, 20221 min read
Straw Bale Garden Life Cycle
I love the versatility of using straw in the vegetable garden. The benefits of strawbale gardening are many as seen here . Perhaps my...
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Sheri K
Jan 27, 20222 min read
It's Easy Being Green with battery powered lawn and garden tools.
Contrary to Kermits melancholy tune, it's easier to be green than you might think. We can compost our waste, practice organic gardening,...
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Sheri K
Jul 17, 20212 min read
Cornflower, Chicory, Curly Endive
A beautiful maiden refused the advances of the Sun and was turned into a chicory flower
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Sheri K
Jul 9, 20211 min read
For the Love of Carrots
Carrots are food for people, bees, birds, butterflies and bunnies as well as fertilizer for compact soil.
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Sheri K
Apr 20, 20212 min read
Straw Bale Gardening - Part 3
Last week my bales were delivered! We are still two months away from planting in Wisconsin and I haven't even started my tomato seeds or...
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Sheri K
Apr 16, 20211 min read
My First Attempt at Table Top Mushrooms
It's always fun to try something new. I indulged in a tabletop mushroom kit. Easy to grow indoors. I guess I assumed they could grow in a...
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Sheri K
Apr 16, 20214 min read
Are you being hosed?
Let's talk about money. Each year I try to curb my expensive addiction to gardening. I have spent hundreds of dollars each spring,...
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Sheri K
Aug 15, 20202 min read
Organic Pest Control - a review for Wondercide.
After much research, I decided to try Wondercide. I wanted something that wouldn't harm bees, butterflies and birds.
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Sheri K
Aug 15, 20202 min read
Straw Bale Gardening - Part 2
This is my 3rd year of organic vegetable gardening with straw bales.
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Sheri K
Aug 7, 20201 min read
Gardening hacks for Rabbits
Best bunny hack - plant bush beans in a straw bale! Easy to pick and protection from the rabbits. As a test, I planted eggplant and peppers
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Sheri K
Apr 22, 20202 min read
Happy Earth Day! 50 Years Old Today!!!
What can you do to celebrate Earth Day? Look around at what needs to be done in your neighborhood. Plant some seeds, get involved, create a
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Sheri K
Apr 19, 20202 min read
Growing Mushrooms
Most gardeners need to go through the work of seeding and sowing every year. This year I decided to try growing mushrooms.
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Sheri K
Apr 8, 20202 min read
Starting Seedlings in a Grow Tent
My watermelon seeds sprouted in 10 days.
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