Spring Garden
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STORY: I grow for farmers market and got my start the moment I was married as the hubby is a real worker as I am. However market didn’t start until 30 years later. Love love love working with plants.
Growing out of my depression.
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STORY: In 2014 I lost my brother who was just a couple years older than me, shortly after his return from deployment in Afghanistan. From 2014-2018 I was severely depressed. I had lost my best friend and brother. During that time in 2016, my husband and I had another child together, but that pregnancy was really hard on my body and I ended up in the hospital for 3 months straight, at one point having to choose between my life and
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How I Started Gardening &the Garden in My Roots
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STORY: Being decendants of farmers, it is no surprise my parents always had a garden. This lead to my growing up pulling weeds, picking fruit and vegetables, and watching mom do her canning. When I moved into this home where I am, I immediately needed to start gardening, you could say it was in my roots. I have several gardens here, but my favorite is my kitchen garden, right across the driveway from my kitchen. I raise all my own vegetables
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Love OverFloyeth
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STORY: I would say my love of gardening started with my grandma Floy. Traveling to Amherst, WI, to visit my mom's mother included harvesting from her large garden and enjoying her flowers. Always helping her make raspberry freezer jam as a child and watching them can their produce was a favorite of mine. The harvests, recipes, and outcomes were fun and delicious! My love of gardening still continues to this day!
Lifetime learner
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STORY: Well, I started gardenening on the 4th of July 2013. My boyfreind's daughter was kind enough to let me use her garden. She said, "stuff doesn't usually grow in my backyard but if you want to try it, knock yourself out. It might be too late," she added. Well, since it was late, I used a post hole digger to dig holes for everything. I planted a small garden in less than 1 hour. By fall, I had corn on
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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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Janes garden
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STORY: I bought a new house on 4 acres this winter. The deceased owner, Jane, created a wonderland. But in the middle of our deep freeze this winter, I couldn’t tell what was going to become of the bare dirt I saw. It didn’t take long to see the beauty. Flowers everywhere, as well as rhubarb, asparagus, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, grapes and peach and pear trees. The land for which I am now a steward, used to be rolling pastures for
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