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TJs Things

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  • Hot Plant Summer.

    In the months since my last post, I have assisted in my local demonstration garden doing everything from sowing seeds to transplanting seedlings to trimming plants to watering plants to digging up weeds. I have also completed exams for about 600 pages of material on shrubs, trees, pests, fire safe(r) landscapes and more. I also Read more

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  • About those plants…

    A while back I wrote about how I grew up around a lot of trees and vegetables and fruit that my folks grew and about how, over the years, I’ve grown a thing or two myself. I am currently enrolled in the Master Gardener Program and I am learning a whole lot of things about Read more

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  • Hello, Summer!!

    I had a very light jacket, sunblock and a hat blocking out the sun on my walk today, and I am on the hunt for shaved ice. Yesterday I made and bottled simple syrup to have on hand for lemonade, limeade, tea, etc. I almost can not believe that I had a coat on last Read more

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  • Father’s Day.

    Sometimes I wish I could call my Dad up and ask him about stuff going on in my life. He was a very good person to go to for advice. He was very smart. He told me so many things that I have carried with me all of these years. About working hard. About the Read more

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