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elcome to our July issue, “Summer Food Watch and Summer Fun”! I hope you have some fun highlights planned for this summer of 2013. We have plans for wed- dings, graduations, the state fair, a visit to the arboretum and the zoo, maybe a day trip to Stillwater or Duluth, and some weekends away with friends who have cabins. Those are all normal summer things that we do, at least at this stage of our lives.


What’s new for us this summer? My husband


and I have planted our first garden! Unfortunately, it didn’t get planted until early June, as we wanted a raised-bed garden and didn’t get it built until after Memorial Day. We’re


calling this our “learning year” as we both work full-time and neither of us knows much about gardening. However, we have friends and relatives and neighbors whom we can ask for advice, guidance and help.


Since we are not gardeners at heart, at least not yet, our decision to plant a garden


was initiated by our desire to have some of our own fresh vegetables. It was helped along by the fact that we have a large, fenced yard and certainly have the space to ac- commodate a garden. People who love to garden are quick to ask us several things, and here are our


answers: “How large is your garden?” Eight feet by four feet “Flowers or vegetables?” Vegetables “What did you plant?” Lettuce, tomatoes, zucchini, radishes, green peppers “Did you start from seeds or buy plants?” Lettuce and radishes are from seed, every-


thing else was replanted “Why did you go with a raised bed?” The soil in our area is very sandy and this


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seemed more manageable somehow. Being good stewards of the Earth can show up in many ways. For us this year, it is decreasing the expanse and care of our large yard by adding a garden. It wasn’t that long ago that we brought in a compost bin, followed the next year by a rain barrel. Maybe next year we’ll add a second garden bed or possibly a butterfly garden. But, for now, we’ll manage our vegetable garden and enjoy the bounty on our table from our own Summer Food Watch.


Here’s a peek at the Flaherty Garden and Villa (sans villa).


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