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Mother Earth’s Garden

Archive for March 2008

March 9th, 2008

Contests Galore!

This list is courtesy of Jennifer at Tree Hugging Family, and Offbeat Homes (two of my favorite blogs). Thanks Jennifer for letting me “borrow” this great list!
Tree Hugging Family is giving away an amazing gift package to one lucky reader - smooth organic baby soap and an organic, bamboo, cotton, adorable onesie.
Deb at She Knows […]

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March 8th, 2008

Garden Gadgets: Leatherman Hybrid

I’m a huge fan of the Leatherman Hybrid Gardening Multitool , it’s a great tool for the gardener (and I’m all about gardening gadgets and tools). It has an open tooth saw, a weed remover, a pruner, screwdrivers, a bark lifter and grafting tools.
It’s great to have handy for those last minute simple jobs. I […]

By linette -- 2 comments

March 7th, 2008

Starting Your Own Seeds

Since we’ve had no electricity the last day or so I’ve been working on starting a few more seeds. I started some toward the end of February, but I started a few more this morning.
Why start your own plants from seeds?
1. Cost is the main reason I start many of my own plants from seeds. […]

By linette -- 5 comments

March 6th, 2008

Ice Storm Aftermath

We’ve had no electric for almost 24 hours now courtesy of the ice storm. It’s really sad that the main thing I miss is being able to go online and post to my blogs (and a hot shower). Other than that my son and I have played games, listened to a little AM/FM radio, and […]

By linette -- 4 comments

March 6th, 2008

March Ohio Weather

We’ve had two days of rain, now ice and snow. Monday it was in the 60’s tonight (Tuesday) it’s below freezing and icy. Check out these photos of the tree limbs laying on the power lines, these limbs are normaly several feet above the power lines and not even close to touching them.
 
 
The middle photo […]

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March 4th, 2008

$30 Cash Giveaway at Mother Earth’s Garden

This month the Lifestyles Network here at b5media is having a contest. Mother Earth’s Garden has already met the criteria for the contest but one. I need to make some extra posts this month.
Part of the prize is $30 I can pass on to my readers. I decided I’m going to give $30 to one […]

By linette -- 136 comments

March 3rd, 2008

Spring Garden Clean Up Time

This photo shows what our yard looked like last weekend.  Snow on the ground, and ice on the trees.
The weather is warmer this weekend, about 48 degrees today, and sunny. The snow is melting!  It was great to get outside and check out the garden. Of course we have a chance of more snow later […]

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March 2nd, 2008

The Results Are In

The poll results are in. Where do you get your garden seeds?
35 % said they order their seeds online.
35% said they get their seeds from the local garden center.
15% said they save their own seeds.
10% swap seeds with friends.
5% order from a printed catalog.
This months poll?
Do your children like to garden?
My son loves to […]

By linette -- 1 comment

March 1st, 2008

Leap Day Links

Hope everyone had a great leap day (it’s Friday, that always makes it good). Here are some fun links to start off your weekend:
May Dreams Gardens doesn’t like having an extra day in the winter, she has some other suggested dates for Leap Day that would work better for gardeners. Jodi at Bloomingwriters agrees […]

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