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On January 20, 2009 we planted several dozen onion sets in our garden. It is now approaching the end of May and the onions are nearly ready for harvest.

They vary in size from golf balls to tennis balls. They are ready for harvest because the green tops are laying down.

We have [...]

Forty years or so ago I purchased my first hoe. It was part of a package including a lawnmower, rake, shovel, and edger. All implements required by a new homeowner to maintain the lawn and garden. About ten years later the hoe broke. It broke at the point where the metal [...]

We have had a privacy fence around our backyard patio ever since we moved into this house back in 1979. The original fence was not constructed of first rate prime grade fencing. It was cobbled together using materials that had been salvaged from some other construction.

Some time after we moved in my mother [...]

I believe this is the fourth gardening post this spring. I also think it is the most important of the four.

Recall our disappointment at the high prices at Calloways in Plano. Maybe you don’t recall. Well drive up to Plano and look. You will see what we mean.

Those prices were so [...]

We have come to a new appreciation of rain. We have not had enough of it in the recent past. Minor drought conditions have prevailed.

This week we got plenty of rain. Although we only recorded about two inches, parts north of here got as much as ten inches.

Spring rains are important. [...]

This years season started out as every other season. We made the rounds. First to a real nursery. Then to the home improvement center. Then back home to plant our purchases.

As usual the nursery was still specializing in annuals and high prices. On the way back from the nursery we [...]

Home Run roses. Found them at Sam’s. Nice, large, flowering plant in a 5 gallon container for 12 dollars. Non-stop flowers, no pruning, thrives in any soil.

Got two of them one for the front garden and one for the side garden. Funny looking petals for a rose. They look more [...]

About five years ago I bought fifteen dusty miller plants. I was very proud of my purchase because each pot seemed to contain three plants. Well, maybe not, but I was still able to separate the plants in each pot into three small dusty millers.

I planted them around the border of a new [...]

You may be wondering what this is doing on a website seemingly devoted to ham radio. Is it a joke? Could be. I was toying with the idea of using YARD DONTCARE as the title. This topic is here to save you some time, effort, and money. Resources better spent [...]