sandhillsis on January 26th, 2011

To everything there is a season,  and a time to every purpose under heaven:  a time to be born, and a time to die;  a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted.    Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 Hello and howdy good friends and neighbors. If you stumbled upon this blog looking [...]

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sandhillsis on March 23rd, 2010

So last year I posted Gardening 101: Get a plan (click here to read). This year after coming back from spring break or AWOL as I call it, and looking at last year’s garden plan, I’ve decided this year I’m going rouge, cutting the apron strings, being a rebel and going against everything my mom and [...]

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sandhillsis on October 12th, 2009

I can tell it’s fall. We’ve been chasing around here trying to get all the ‘got to’s’ done before it freezes, like tearing down old buildings, planting grass seed, and a whole lot of other things. The kids really don’t get too excited about another garden chore, but they know when we get down to clearing the [...]

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sandhillsis on July 22nd, 2009

Here we are midsummer and gardens across the nation are producing wildly, including mine for the most part. I’m worried about my broccoli and cauliflower though… It doesn’t look so good. It seems my broccoli has been stripped naked and my cauliflower is suffering from…oh I don’t know squatters. In my garden, squatters don’t have [...]

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