Tomato Growing Tips – Part 1

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This is part 1 in a three-part series about growing tomatoes and maximizing your space. I love to grow tomatoes. My plants always produce an over abundance of fruit because I plant them in direct sunlight and make sure the soil is perfect for tomatoes. Below are some invaluable (and unknown) tips I’ve discovered along [Read On]

Day 25 – Something Pink

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TESHA My goddaughter is beautiful, isn’t she? When we went on the Tangletown Garden Tour last month, we decided to take advantage of some of the prettiest gardens in Southwest Minneapolis and use them as backdrops for my niece’s 6-month photo shoot. She wore her own lovely flower, and captured the attention of most of [Read On]

What’s for Dinner? July-in-a-Bowl!

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Garlic Scapes from Mill City Farmer’s Market If you’re a fan of healthy eating, you might enjoy my vegetarian cooking blog, Pepperoni is Not a Vegetable. The site features my original vegetarian recipes, interviews with people eating less meat (for many different reasons), and news from the veggie/locavore world. This week, I’m bringing the blog to you [Read On]

30 Days of Creativity

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You like to make things, but time gets in the way. You can’t remember the last time you sat down and made something new, or finished a project. Enter 30 Days of Creativity.  It’s a fantastic idea: every day, for the month of June, make something. Anything. Whatever you love to create – do it. [Read On]

DIY: Raised garden beds in an hour

My first garden bed is now home to four pepper plants, and a variety of seeds.

Did it HERself, in fact. And I feel very proud of myself. The husband has been traveling a lot lately for work. We’ve recently moved into a new house, and yes, there’s a lot to do. I was determined to put in a garden this year. During one of our over-the-fence chats, my neighbor asked [Read On]

Garden Fever

Tomatoes that didn't fit in our basement room, which currently houses 77 tomato plants and 70 pepper plants.

The hardest part of living in Minnesota, despite what you may think, is not the cold snowy winter.  It’s the long, cold, dragged-out spring.  Last year at this time I had a ton of tomato and pepper plants in the basement, the gardens were dug up, I had peas, onions, lettuce and spinach in the [Read On]

New Opportunities

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My name is Nicole Navratil, and I’m the newest contributor at Wine Mommies.  I am incredibly excited about this opportunity and can’t wait to write and connect with you.  As a sort-of introduction, I want to share with you what’s been in my soul lately. My sister and I haven’t had a vacation together in nearly [Read On]

There’s a garden there somewhere…

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Is it spring yet? We have 13 mounds of snow spread across our backyard; each one of them filled with treasure. A treasure I can’t wait to sink my hand into come spring. My cut-proof glove-covered hands, because God forbid I touch a bug while I dig. Well, that and I tend to run into [Read On]

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