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Oldest son helped me plant an apricot tree and a tart cherry tree. We also planted a concord grape vine to replace one that died.

Some of the pansies we planted last year came back again. One is blooming and several more have buds on them.

Spring is coming!

My children all had chicken pox. One of my nephews that got the vaccine because the doctor insisted, got the chicken pox worse than his unvacinated siblings. Google says before the vaccine there were around 4 million cases of chicken pox annually, with 100 - 150 deaths per year. That means 3,999,850...

When I was in school, the chicken pox and measles made its rounds. Classmates were out for a week and everybody came back afterwards. I don't recall there being any fear of these diseases. It was just something that happens. And once you had them, you were immune to them. I had chicken pox before I ...

The deer let the potatoes alone, and trimmed off the sweet potatoes.

Try to find a 'meaty' tomato, with less seeds in them if the seeds are a problem.

Valerie, grow some yellow or orange tomatoes. They have less acid than red ones and some people say they can eat those without causing problems. The deer left our tomatoes and peppers alone as well as the fuzzy leaved things like pumpkins, cucumbers and squash. They ate my beans & peas and they ...