An Organic Urban Yard in Less Time Than a Sit-Com

Jim’s straw gardening hat has seen better days.

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Earlier this week, I successfully engaged in some good, old-fashioned bartering with my teen-aged daughter. She was hoping for a ride — another ride– somewhere, and promised an exchange: she would take a couple dozen pictures of anything in the garden with her new digital camera, and I would transport her to her destination.
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The black raspberries are almost ripe.

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We scooted out of town yesterday on a 4-day jaunt to Cincinnati. Although we first planned the trip 9 months ago, we were almost caught unaware by the sudden arrival of our departure date. We hastily made arrangements for a friend to pick up mail, another friend to pick up our daughter when she gets back to town ahead of us, and a car to be repaired whilst we were gone.

We left the garden to its own devices.
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If you visit our home in the season that runs from approximately mid-May until at least early October and express any interest whatsoever in our garden, you get The Garden Tour.
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