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Homemade Marinara Sauce from Fresh Roma Tomatoes: A Simple, Flavorful Batch

Homemade Marinara Sauce from Fresh Roma Tomatoes: A Simple, Flavorful Batch

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Tom’s Tomatoes

Tom’s Tomatoes

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Happy Independence Day 2025 and God Bless Our Great Country

Happy Independence Day 2025 and God Bless Our Great Country

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Some Like it Hot - Garden Salsa

Some Like it Hot - Garden Salsa

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Vegetable Plants and Sunshine

Vegetable Plants and Sunshine

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Peppers and Tomatoes

A few salsa ingredients matured enough to harvest. Less tomatoes will make for a peppy salsa, which my husband will immensely enjoy. These lovely peppers are Serranos and jalapeños. Things are beginning to really heat up so hopefully more to come soon.

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Cucumbers and Ranch Dressing

Cucumbers and Ranch Dressing

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Cucumbers and Ranch Dressing

Cucumbers and Ranch Dressing

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Got Peppers?

It’s our first homegrown pepper harvest! What we have here is a mixture of Jalapeño and Serrano peppers. You know? They smell delightfully peppery and will add some heat to fresh salsa for sure. Hmmm… might be time to post my salsa recipe! Jalapeños and Serranos

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Father’s Day 2025

Father’s Day 2025

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A Garden Update: Tomatillo Wisdom, Baby Artichokes, and Drip System Insights

Hello, garden lovers! Today, I’m sharing a quick update from my backyard oasis, complete with some sage advice, a peek at my growing baby artichoke, and thoughts on my drip irrigation system. First, a huge shoutout to my friend Margaret C. for her gardening wisdom. She warned me to remove the fallen tomatillos or else I’ll have volunteer tomatillo plants sprouting all over my garden. One plant…

A Garden Update: Tomatillo Wisdom, Baby Artichokes, and Drip System Insights

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Tumbling Composter

Composting is one of those things I’ve heard about, read about, knew people who’ve done it, and always wanted to try. So, here we are. I pulled the trigger and ordered this 43-gallon Vivosun Outdoor Tumbling Composter with the orange doors. It arrived promptly and sat in the garage for a few days until my husband and I assembled it. I wouldn’t say it was difficult to assemble. The pieces were…

Tumbling Composter

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Captain Jack’s Deadbug

This is what I use for pest control. It works very well! Captain Jack’s Deadbug is a non invasive liquid that you mix with water. I know it works because I’m finding dead bugs on my vegetables.

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June 8 - Cucumbers or Summer Squash?

June 8 - Cucumbers or Summer Squash?

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June 2 and Summer is Here

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May 30 - Let’s harvest!

May 30 - Let’s harvest!

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May 28

May 28