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24 Jul 2008The God in the Garden 10 1Sunny 36°C / 97°F
Frequently, I ask myself why I’m gardening, and I always come up with a different answer every time.
Certainly there’s the issue of a rising food crisis around the world, and the Victory Gardener in me feels the obligation any parent and spouse should feel to ensure their family is fe...
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22 Jul 2008What Grows Around, Comes Around 5 5Overcast 33°C / 92°F
After a long heart to heart with the wife, the household harmony has been restored, and new life has been introduced to both our relationship and our garden. Perhaps the most important thing we learned from all this is that just because you’re not doing anything wrong, doesn’t mean yo...
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20 Jul 2008Your Garden, Or Your Wife! 1 11Storms -46°C / -50°F
“If I were a stamen, would you show as much interest in me as you do the garden?” my wife inquired. To my folly, I responded with humor “Of course not, honey; I’m a pistil man!” Eight words too late, I realized that was the wrong answer. Eight hours later I could har...
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17 Jul 2008Parenthood vs Gardening 9 12 Victory Veg & Fruit gardenSunny 36°C / 97°F
The joy of carrying my babbling baby boy to the garden each day is nothing short of magical.
Every day, I pick him up from daycare on the way home from work, and when we get home, the puppies (now dogs, but they’ll always be puppies in our hearts) leap about eagerly to get a whiff of us bot...
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16 Jul 2008Unknown and Known Squash -- New Yields Victory Veg & Fruit gardenCloudy 39°C / 102°F
I love it when another plant starts to produce its first fruit or veg. Here’s some photos of what I’m currently growing.
First off is a mystery veg. I’m not sure if it’s yet ANOTHER Pumpkin vine that’s grown, or if it’s the beginning of a really fat zuchinni. I...
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15 Jul 2008The Overall Picture 1 Victory Veg & Fruit gardenOvercast 35°C / 95°F
This is currently the description for my Victory & Spicewall Garden, but as I’m about to update the description, I figured I’d archive what I already have in a journal entry. Enjoy! New journal entry and description of the garden to come soon.
This is the garden overall. Early on ...
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14 Jul 2008Libra's Pumpkin Enchilada Soup 1 1 Victory Veg & Fruit gardenOvercast 27°C / 80°F
Well, as part of my Victory Garden experience, my goal is to try and find a use for everything in the garden. I finally harvested my pride and joy, an 18-pound (8.16kg) pumpkin, which, to be perfectly honest, I have no idea what I’m going to do with, because it’s too much to cook, and...
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09 Jul 2008Gad-Zukes! Fresh Zucchini and Libra's Ratatouille Recipe 2 Victory Veg & Fruit gardenSunny 36°C / 96°F
Part of my incentive to begin a Victory Garden is that nothing tastes better than veg straight from the garden. The difference between herb and veg bought from the store, versus harvested from the garden is night and day. Previously, I was not fond of pumpkin pie. All I’d ever had was the s...
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28 Jun 2008Transplanted Agave Americana Transplanted
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27 Jun 2008Transplanted Two Aloe Vera Plants Transplanted and Front Xeriscape garden
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