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Pumpkin Peduncles
It’s the hallmark of poor writing: using a fancy-pants word like ‘peduncle‘ when a simpler word like ‘stem’ would do. Honestly though, weren’t you just a little curious when you saw the title? Would...
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Final Score: Pumpkins, 8, Squash Bugs, 2
Things got a bit dicey in the pumpkin patch last month. Nearly a dozen pumpkins grew happily on the vine until disaster struck. A rapidly producing colony of squash bugs moved in and things turned...
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What’s on Deck?
With the ‘rainy’ season behind us (ahem), I’ve pulled out the seat covers and the mat for our front deck. The deck feels like an extra room for about six months of the year. We generally put up an...
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Pumpkins: Something Old, Something New
Did you know that pumpkins have been around since 7000 BCE? Now *that* is something old. Something new is planting out pumpkin seeds in EarthBoxes® on our front deck. Most years, the pumpkins start...
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Decoy Pumpkin Fail
Did you hear that long exhale? It’s been one of those weeks in the garden. A squirrel shredded my garden swing cover. My decoy pumpkin died… …and the dreaded squash bugs descended on my beloved...
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For the Love of Pumpkins
I love my pumpkins. After a good night’s rest I’ve decided that I won’t take it lying down. Their demise that is. In case you missed yesterday’s post, my nemesis the squash bug recently moved in. You...
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Nymph: Science vs Mythology
A mythological nymph is: a minor female nature deity typically associated with a particular location or land form. Different from goddesses, nymphs are generally regarded as divine spirits who animate...
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Operation Dill and a Harvesting Quandry
Squash bugs, you’re on notice: Operation Dill is under way. My lovely little pumpkins are ripening but it’s a race against the clock. With less and less vine for the squash bugs to eat, my trio of...
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Here a Squash, There a Squash
Everywhere a squash-squash. Operation Dill and a Harvest Quandary sparked lots of great suggestions. A quick read of the comments section here and you’ll be up to date. The onslaught of squash bugs...
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Musings of a Gardener Returning to her Nest
The strangest thing happens when I first return home from a trip. It’s subtle. It doesn’t happen when I’m gone for just a day but if I’m gone a weekend or longer I notice. If I lived with Sheldon from...
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Pumpkins in July?
Seriously. After my squash bug infestation a few years ago, and a follow on year resembling squash bug Armageddon, I stopped planting pumpkins for a few years. With little rain over a four-year period,...
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