Here are a few pictures I recently took in my garden. The weather here in Texas has started to get warm, so my garden is really growing. My basil was tiny sprouts back on March 31st and just six weeks later it is a small healthy plant. My first spring cucumber is a little misshapen [...]
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Few things in life are as much fun or amazing as being a grandmother. My new baby granddaughter was born a few weeks ago and is so precious. My grandma name is Mimi. The story behind the name is my oldest child had a little blanket that I made for her. It was made of [...]
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I have never grown flowers before, but after planting some bulbs in my winter garden, I decided to dedicate a box just for flowers. It will be nice this summer to have flowers in vases to decorate the house and I am going to love seeing them in my garden. I planted sweet pea, sunflower [...]
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Last summer I tried watermelons, cantaloupes, and honey-dew. I made hammocks, beds out of t-shirts, mesh beds and all sorts of ways for them to hang from my trellis. All the melons grew misshapen and were small. I have an idea! I am growing melons this summer in my raised boxes but I hope for [...]
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My green beans are blooming and climbing. I planted these from seeds and noticed today that there are several bean pods. I took these pictures about a week ago and am just getting around to posting them. I love to check my garden to see how everything is growing and it seems like the beans [...]
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I was able to spend the day yesterday with my amazing mom! After 30 years of going to night school, day classes and an online completer program, I finally graduated from college! We drove to Stephen F. Austin University in East Texas for my graduation. My mom has been my biggest advocate for me to [...]
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