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Garden Gate:  Greetings from Sweetgrass Pond  |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
7147 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
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 Posted - Jan 29 2025 : 11:14:41 AM
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Oh eggs are like gold these days. Enjoy.
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
2509 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - Jan 29 2025 : 12:01:08 PM
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That's a great gift nowadays.
Judith
7932 FGOTM 6/21 6/24
I'm old and I wear purple |
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lovecatsandsunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
Tara
Sands of Time
SC
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - Apr 16 2025 : 4:41:27 PM
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Been long time since I posted. A lot blooming at Sweetgrass Pond. The rose smells amazing! I'll save a few petals for tea
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
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lovecatsandsunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
Tara
Sands of Time
SC
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - May 09 2025 : 11:12:29 AM
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I need to do better about sharing what is happening on my homestead. A hundred or more volunteer tomatoes in raised bed this year. I already have 30 plants I started myself. But I found room for a few volunteers. I'm hoping this year's onions produce for me. This is a batch of herbs and a red onion I had planted last year and pulled up last night. If you are growing any type of garden what's going on
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
3363 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
3363 Posts |
Posted - May 09 2025 : 12:45:11 PM
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Things are slowly warming up here. The potatoes, onion, radishes, and cabbage have been planted. My perennial herbs are waking up from their winter nap as well! More should be able to be planted next week. Looks like we might finally be warm enough. Awesome job with the tomato starts! I tried starting some seeds this year and failed miserably.
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7342 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 09 2025 : 1:04:37 PM
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Tara, your herbs look great and great you were able to find a place for some of the tomato volunteers. I grow herbs in containers on my back deck and have lemon grass and lemon thyme in a raised galvanized tub on east side of the house.
Heather it's good that your area is warming up so you can play in the dirt. I figure garden dirt under our fingernails is good for our souls.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7342 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7342 Posts |
Posted - May 09 2025 : 1:06:11 PM
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Edited by - YellowRose on May 09 2025 1:07:09 PM |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7661 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
7661 Posts |
Posted - May 09 2025 : 1:24:32 PM
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Its about the same over here as it is at Heather's. I have my potatoes, carrots, onions, radishes, beets, and peas growing outside. Inside I have some tiny chives, lavender, and rosemary seeds growing. About 1 more week and I will be able to plant the rest of my garden.
Krista
Farmgirl Sister #528
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PrairiePearl
True Blue Farmgirl
50 Posts
Jeanette
Nanton
AB
Canada
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Posted - May 09 2025 : 7:27:14 PM
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Up here, in the great white north, the perennials are starting to flower. The rule of thumb is not to plant until around the first of JUN....we usually get snow the May long weekend. Short, challenging growing season BUT zucchini's grow VERY well! The saying is that there are so many zucchinis that if you leave your car unlocked in the summer and early fall, someone will put a zucchini(s) in it! LOL. I am envious of your southern growing seasons!
Jeanette
Farmgirl Sister #8699
~Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. ~ Corrie Ten Boom
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lovecatsandsunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
Tara
Sands of Time
SC
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2025 : 6:34:43 PM
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Jeanette, your growing season must be very short?
Sadly a lot of the herbs have flowered or gone to seed. I just harvest the seed and will sow in late Aug for an Autumn harvest
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
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VegiChik
True Blue Farmgirl
127 Posts
Sharon L
Gaylord
MI
USA
127 Posts |
Posted - May 10 2025 : 6:46:46 PM
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Can relate to the very short growing season here in N Michigan. Like zucchini, kale grows very well here, but none of our friends like it. We have to threaten them: “you don’t take the kale, you do not get any tomatoes”! So they agree to one leaf!!!
When asked “How are you?”, I reply, “Better than good!” |
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7661 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 12 2025 : 2:46:10 PM
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Janette, that is a short growing season. Do you grow other things or just zucchini?
Krista
Farmgirl Sister #528
Farmgirl Of The Year 2025 |
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lovecatsandsunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
Tara
Sands of Time
SC
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - May 17 2025 : 12:20:11 PM
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Wildflowers growing in my garden. I planted a lot more flowers in garden to bring in the pollinators.
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7342 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7342 Posts |
Posted - May 18 2025 : 06:03:01 AM
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Tara, great idea to plant flowers in your garden. Hope you have a lot of bees & butterflies. So far this year I haven't seen one bee or butterfly around my flowers. So sad.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6756 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - May 18 2025 : 09:28:05 AM
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Tara,I am with you that living in the mountains of S.C. brings some beautiful wild flowers and trees that cannot survive in the warmer areas of the state that are hotter more months of the year. Your flowers and experience of this different climate has been a true example that in one state, the diversity of the topography will yield amazing differences to enjoy. I grew up in Virginia in the foothills of those same Blue Ridge Mts. and the difference between here and north central Florida was a shock to me. But, I have a Satsuma orange tree that is old but keeps giving me the sweetest oranges every late November and neighbors have lemon trees and some grapefruit trees. There are amazing plants everywhere and it is fun to become acquainted with these surprises when you move.
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
FGOTM- October 2018 |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
3363 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
3363 Posts |
Posted - May 18 2025 : 6:33:33 PM
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How pretty!
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington
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lovecatsandsunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
Tara
Sands of Time
SC
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2025 : 08:16:16 AM
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Blessings from the garden. Zero luck growing summer squash in 2024, bugs were intense.
What are y'all harvesting?
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
3363 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
3363 Posts |
Posted - May 27 2025 : 6:53:08 PM
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I pulled 2 radishes today!
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7342 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - May 28 2025 : 05:14:52 AM
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Tara your harvest is beautiful.
Heather your 2 radishes are a sign there's more to come.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
7661 Posts
Krista
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 28 2025 : 12:34:26 PM
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Tara, your harvest looks amazing! I have only been able to collect strawberries. I look forward to the rest later in the season.
Krista
Farmgirl Sister #528
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lovecatsandsunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
Tara
Sands of Time
SC
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2025 : 10:11:04 AM
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One of the raised beds. There are several different tomato varieties, Hillbilly, German Queen and Abe Lincoln. Tried not to over crowd this year .jpg?v 13664521)
Behind I planted basil. I have tomatoes scattered all over garden
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
7342 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
7342 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2025 : 10:57:57 AM
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Nice looking tomato plants. Haven't heard of the Hillbilly kind. I like your raised beds.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
7147 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
7147 Posts |
Posted - May 31 2025 : 11:12:58 AM
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I have never heard of the Hillbilly, German Queen or Abe Lincoln. Of course I still consider myself a novice gardener. Are this particular plants sweeter, bigger or just over all good? Where do you find such tomato plants like those? I do not even think I have seen them in my yearly garden catalogs but I could be wrong.
Have a Beautiful weekend everyone.
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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lovecatsandsunshine
True Blue Farmgirl
348 Posts
Tara
Sands of Time
SC
USA
348 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2025 : 05:51:28 AM
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I started the seeds. Hillbilly variety is similar to a Mr Stripey in color. This tomato is very meaty with few seeds. I'm trying German Queen again as last year plant didnt produce much. But also another meaty variety. The Abe Lincoln is a salad tomato, although I will use for soup. I live in Upstate SC. The plants can grow about 10 feet, but I'm not getting on ladder to pick tomatoes. I keep plant about 6 feet tall. This year I added water spikes to help keep soil moist. Drop irrigation not in my budget.
Just trying growing 1 tomato plant. When you are successful, you'll feel confident to grow more. I have 35 tomato plants this year. I had hundreds of volunteer tomatoes, and I only replanted 16
Today's good mood brought to you by a lot of coffee!!!
Farmgirl in SC
Farmgirl #8548
FGOTM April 2023 |
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
7147 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
7147 Posts |
Posted - Jun 01 2025 : 09:09:08 AM
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Thank you so much Tara, how interesting it all is. I do not blame you for not wanting to climb a ladder to pick tomatoes. Thank you for sharing.
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
Farmgirl of the Month September 2012, February 2018, September 2022
“My altars are My Mountains
and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
When I am Old I Shall Wear Purple, I am Old now!!
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Garden Gate: Greetings from Sweetgrass Pond |
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Greetings from Sweetgrass Pond
