Garden Gazing
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In April, a Colorado gardener built four new 4×8 raised beds using straw, native clay, grass clippings, topsoil, and mushroom compost over existing drip irrigation. She also planted a homemade peach-pit orchard of 14 trees and is experimenting with corn and pumpkins as companions. The backyard is transforming into a productive food forest.
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I had already ruled out piranhas. They were never on the list. Imagine if they had been. That is one for-sure way to not have a toady mess pond.
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“The man who has planted a garden feels that he has done something for the good of the world.” – Charles Dudley Warner
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I had already given up the duck pond with pier and boat dock and to consider a smaller pond?… unthinkable! I might as well just take a mixing bowl out back and put it on a dirt pile and call it good.
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“A pond is a silent storyteller, narrating the journey of seasons in gentle waves.” – Mehmet Murat Ildan
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I have dug in our dirt in Pueblo West and let me tell you, you can go from a walk in the park to a murderous jack hammer needin’, pick axe wieldin’ mad minute in under two seconds.
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The boss was not thrilled. Frogs, toads really! I don’t want a toady mess in our backyard, again!
