Home Grown:
Tips On Watering Trees And Shrubs.
How do you know how much water your plants need during the growing season? One way to find out is to check the soil moisture.
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Food Festivals:
Vista Strawberry Festival. May 26.
Once considered the strawberry capital of the world, the town of Vista in California hosts an annual festival with live music, entertainment, local craft beer, eating contests, and more
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Sunday is a market day @ Lincoln City Sunday Market in Lincoln City, Oregon 9am - 3pm
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Now in review with the Outrider Reading Group - Markets and Power in Digital Capitalism by Philipp Staab. A critical examination of how tech companies yield market power. outwriterbooks.com/index

Blue Crab Festival 🦀 Palatka, Florida #foodfestival #bluecrab #florida youtu.be/JsvnazrVwps?si… via YouTube

Rural Delivery:
Good Fences, Bad Neighbors.
There are good neighbors and there are bad neighbors, I admit, but you cannot be one if your neighbor is the other. No one can be a neighbor alone; the word 'neighbor' should always be plural.
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Food Holidays:
Strawberries And Cream Day.
Celebrated in peak strawberry season, this May 21 food holiday honors sliced strawberries and homemade whipped cream. Quick and easy to make, this refreshing dessert tastes like spring.
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VICTORIA DAY 🇨🇦 May 20 #holidays #canada youtu.be/Ppsrk-6IVQs?si… via YouTube

Home Grown:
Is Container Corn Such A Corny Idea?
Some corn varieties are smaller than others and worth a try in containers. They taste great, they're fun to grow, and you'll have neighbors slack-jawed in disbelief...
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Home Grown:
Protect Vegetable Garden Pollinators.
Some vegetable plants are self-pollinators or don't produce fruit, but many others need bees and other insects to spread their pollen around in order to produce fruit.
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Here's How To...
Cook With A Dutch Oven.
Heat management rather than recipe preparation is the real key to successful Dutch oven cooking.
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Home Grown:
Trellising gets the plant and fruit up off the ground. This makes for better quality fruit and less disease. It also helps maintain order in the garden and makes harvesting easier.
Trellis Home Vegetables For Better Fruit, Bigger Harvest.
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Saturday is a market day @ Oelwein Farmers Market in Oelwein, Iowa 8-11am outwriterbooks.com/open-air/oelwe…

Food Holidays:
Cherry Cobbler Day.
This May 17 food holiday is designed to show appreciation for the delicious baked treat known as cherry cobbler.
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Home Grown:
Preventing Thatch. Thatch is a layer of living and dead roots, crowns and lower shoots that often develops in lawns. It can weaken and even destroy a lawn if not prevented or removed.
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Wednesday is a market day @ Cameron Park Farmers Market in Cameron Park, California 8am - noon outwriterbooks.com/open-air/camer…

South Cariboo Farmer's Market

Food Holidays: May 15 is Chocolate Chip Day. outwriterbooks.com/food-holidays/…

with Peaches:
Peach Pitter.
Removes pits from peaches, plums, nectarines and more.
Sharp, stainless steel, coring head with flared teeth easily glides around any size pit.
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with Snacks:
Chocolate Covered Fruit Sticks.
Made in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Soft, orange flavored centers blanketed in milk chocolate.
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