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Raised Vegetable Gardening Container Constructed – Knowing When to Call in The Pros
April 13, 2011 | 
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Not only did the people I hired support 'local' businesses like I do myself - the mom and pop shops for mindful spending, but their work ethics, affordability and professionalism outweighed what I initially experienced when I first moved into this home and hired the wrong contractors to do some fixing up around the home. So yes, I could have bought the materials all myself, but the longer than anticipated time and over-extended effort it would have taken me would have far outweighed the success I would experience so quickly had I not delegated this task of constructing my raised vegetable garden container to a pro contractor. Read the rest of this entry »
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Spring has Sprung in Chef Maven’s Garden
I am already relishing in the feeling that Spring will soon be here. I so miss the leaves on the trees at this stage of March. It's the third week of March, with it's fickle weather patterns where it might snow one day (as it did already on Monday) and will again this Wednesday but be bright, warm and fuzzy like it was last Friday when I heard that NYC temperatures nearly hit 80 degrees. Really?! Yes Really.
So while reading a few interesting things I learned that when lilacs start budding, it's a good time to start sewing your cold weather vegetables like spinach, peas and bush beans. Who knew? Well, instead of doing that in the snow the other day (do ya blame me?), I did cut some forsythia from the yard and put them in a vase where they quickly bloomed. I also did this four weeks prior with the same results, though the forsythia took a few weeks to generate their blooms. Read the rest of this entry »