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Ambers garden :)

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       Whew! What a productive week it has been in my garden. I am officially done with planting, now I just have to focus on making sure all of my plants are watered thoroughly so they can grow and produce as many fruits, flowers, and vegetables as possible. I've enjoyed being outside all day tending to my plants despite how outrageously humid it's been.          I added a couple of vegetable plants to the garden this week such as, banana peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, lettuce, carrots, and beets (which are for my Papa, as I am not a fan of eating something that taste like dirt). In reference to my previous blog post, where I talked about companion planting and what it is, I've added another pair of plants that are companions, I planted green beans next to my sunflowers (which started as seeds and are now thriving being over 3 feet tall)! I waited for my sunflowers to be tall that way I can use them as a natural trellis for the green beans to ...
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Starting up my garden

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My Grandma has always loved flowers and enjoyed the process of taking care of them. She has quite the variety of flowers all throughout her yard, some bloom during spring and some during summer. It's nice that some bloom during different times so you always have something to enjoy! My grandma, and seeing the joy that she gets from gardening, is the reason I myself, have started to garden. This is only my second year, but I already feel like I have learned so much!      A couple weeks ago I started my garden back up, I spent hours in the sun, pulling weeds, and preparing to sow (plant) my seeds into the ground. I enjoy the entire process of gardening, from breaking the dirt up and making it loose, getting my hands dirty and having dirt under my fingernails, taking plants out of their pots and breaking their roots up to prepare them for their forever home in the ground, and of course, I enjoy watering my plants and seeing how happy that simple act, makes them!    ...
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