My First Garden
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STORY: I recently bought a house in Hudsonville, MI. It is known as the "Salad Bowl" of Michigan. It was as inspiration. My sister and I palnted a lot of flowers. I wasn't really thinking about planting a vegetable garden this year. However, my wheels started turning when I spotted two galvanized basement egress window wells in the neighbors yard. He was just about ready to take them to the scrap yard. He said I could have them. I repurposed them
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Mini-me.
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STORY: When I fractured my ankle she took 9ver.
How it all began
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STORY: My husband & I started our vegetable stand several years ago by simply putting our extra vegetables at the end of the driveway on a table with an umbrella over it. We have grown so much over the last few years. It is taking us into retirement to our property.
A Generational Pastime
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STORY: Since at least the 1800s, each generation has taught the next how to garden including how to use greenhouses. I learned from my mother and I now am teaching my daughter.
Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
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STORY: I was feeling a bit discouraged and for so long I admired the Santa Rita prickly pear. I decided to turn a yard full of weeds into a beautiful landscape to have this beautiful plant to look at. It's Beauty inspired me and when my first bloom appeared, I felt like a proud parent. This is my first bloom. It became more than just wanting the plant, through the process, it opened my eyes to other beautiful plants and the
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The Friendship Garden
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STORY: How I started gardening? That’s an easy answer! One flower, one bush, and one tree at a time! When I look back 26 years ago after buying the house I am still living in, I can see all the colors of a garden where there was none before. I wanted a simple garden of flowers to enjoy while sitting in my backyard. With the help of my late husband Bob we started with bushes in the front of the house
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Flower Happy
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STORY: My interest in gardening was planted by my great grandmother. She had the proverbial green thumb and grew the majority of her plants from cuttings she collected as we visited neighbors gardens. I remember being gobsmacked the first time I saw her small garden overflowing with luscious greenery and flowers. My love for her and flowers continues over half a century latter.
Enjoying Nature
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STORY: I started gardening as a hobby and it grew as the years went by. Love working outside and also enjoy home grown vegetables and flowers. I also enjoy seeing the different critters and insects etc. enjoying the plants. The photo here is a hummingbird moth feeding on a petunia. It is also called a hawk moth. Interesting to learn all about plants and watch them grow. This is one hobby I hope to be able to continue enjoying for a
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Our first little garden
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STORY: I've always helped my mother garden as a child but now that I'm older and have my own child, I wanted to have our own garden! It's a great way for my daughter and I to spend time together and she's also learning tons! We're starting off small, tomatoes, bell peppers, corn and sunflowers!