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Compost Matters: The Pumpkin Patch Proof
You want proof that compost matters in your garden? Check this out. A year ago next week, I moved from Ohio to Maine and promptly started filling up a compost bin. Two weeks ago, I turned out my first...
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Pumpkin Patch Compost Test: An Update
Back in the middle of June, I decided to put compost to the test by planting some pumpkin seeds in some soil freshly mixed with compost, and planting some other pumpkin seeds in nearby soil that I...
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Compost Challenge Pumpkin Patch Postmortem
The compost test I’ve arranged in my garden this year has come to an end with the long-drawn out death by nibbles of the pumpkin sprouts I planted as seeds in plain dirt in June: Just a few feet away,...
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Pumpkins Are The Real Funkins
Today, in preparing for my family’s annual Halloween fun, I ran across a new idea for the holiday: Funkins. Funkins are just like pumpkins. They look like pumpkins, and they can be carved like...
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Putting the Pumpkins to Bed
One of my favorite ways to watch the seasons turn is to put the family’s jack o’lanterns at the edge of the woods right off the side of the house. Every few days as we walk to the bus stop or over to...
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