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28.08.13 | Ilona Erwin | No Comments

News In A Nutshell

Garden Stories and Memories + using garden tools + weeding

The corn as it tasseled in late July We are finally getting summer season weather- at the final ending days of August . Not that I’m complaining, because I thought all those pseudo June days were simply glorious. But I’m not getting much weeding done with those new tools I bought, now that heat and…

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30.07.09 | Ilona Erwin | 1 Comment

My Rural Garden

Garden Stories and Memories + the rural story

Or How I Got To Be Here …it all begins somewhere.I had been gardening in the city for some years. I don’t remember ever wishing to move into a country place, particularly, but my city neighborhood was deteriorating and my family size was increasing. My interest in history, and then gardening, began to branch towards…

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16.07.07 | Ilona Erwin | 2 Comments

Rural Observations

July + the rural story

This week I traveled from mid-Ohio to mid-Indiana, and there is quite a bit of rural landscape to be enjoyed along such a route. I keep track of how the farm crops are doing since I live in the midst of corn and soybean country here. As might be expected, even with the rain we…

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