The Ridiculous Redhead
July 31, 2014
Garden, Green Ideas
organic gardening, summer, vegetable gardening
One of the best things about our garden is how little upkeep it requires. Since we don’t use any pesticides or chemical fertilizers I don’t need to know anything complicated. Add compost. Add water. And things grow. There are of…
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The Ridiculous Redhead
July 9, 2014
Garden
ants, garden, nightmares, strawberries
I know this may not surprise you but I really hate killing bugs. I know they serve their certain purpose in the world and who am I to stop that. I do not like them in my house or on…
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The Ridiculous Redhead
July 8, 2014
Garden
curing garlic, garden, garlic
One of our favorite things to grow in our garden is garlic. Last year was our first year and I don’t ever see us not planting it. There are two basic types of garlic: softneck and hardneck. Softneck garlic is…
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The Ridiculous Redhead
July 3, 2014
Garden
bunny nest, garden
A few weeks ago I was out in the garden when I came upon this. That is a hole in my garlic bed. Someone was in the process of pushing away the mulch and digging a nice…
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The Ridiculous Redhead
May 27, 2014
Garden, Green Ideas
Arbor Day Foundation, baby trees, free trees
A few months back I received a packet in the mail from the Arbor Day Foundation. It was the typical ‘looking for donations’ mailer but something caught my eye. For a small donation of $10 you would receive among other…
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The Ridiculous Redhead
May 3, 2014
Garden, Green Baby
asparagus, baby food, carrots, garden, garlic, peas, shallots, veggies
You may have noticed there have been no seed starting/winter sowing posts this year. No mid February excitement about tiny leaves popping up. No posts about Opie knocking dirt everywhere. This year we changed it up a bit for a…
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The Ridiculous Redhead
September 26, 2013
Garden, Green Ideas
gardening, garlic, growing arugula, growing spinach, organic gardening, scapes, shallots
I just realized I have been really quiet about the garden this year. I have been excited about the garden and all it’s goings on but I haven’t written much. It’s been hard to have enough energy to do much…
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