Author: Allie Zottola

Let the gardening begin!

Jimmy and I finally got around to planting our garden! We learned a lot from last year’s garden, so we were excited to get to work.

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If any Pittsburgh readers are interested, we bought our seedlings from Bedner’s Farm and Greenhouse. Will tilled, weeded, sprinkled the garden with Preen Organic Weed Preventer and mixed in a few bags of manure and compost about a week before we planted.

We planted San Marzano tomatoes, red grape tomatoes, early girl tomatoes, broccoli, zucchini, cucumbers, orange bell peppers, green bell peppers, eggplant, swiss chard, and cucumbers.

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We gave the vegetables a big drink of water and placed some stepping stones within the garden.

Then we got to work on the fence. We had quite a few rabbits and deer eat and step on some of our crops last year, so we decided to install higher fencing. We aren’t quite finished because we’re also going to add another layer of fencing around the bottom so rabbits can’t slip through.

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So, that’s where we’re at right now with the garden! Almost done with the initial setup. Next up will be lots of watering, studying how much everything has grown, and weeding. Lots and lots of weeding 😉

Do you grow a garden?

What is your favorite vegetable?

From Lola with Love

Hi everyone! It’s me, Lola. I haven’t posted on my fur mom’s blog in a while, so I figured it was time to share some pictures.

Have I mentioned that I’m a pretty relaxed little gal? I’m content to sit around and watch my fur parents eat dinner each night. This is one of my favorite sitting positions…

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My fur parents laugh at me for some reason? I don’t get it.

Anyways, I sat on my fur dad’s lap the other night and it was awesome. I usually snuggle with my fur mom, but she was out pet sitting that night. I get kind of huffy when she comes home and smells like other dogs. Rude.

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The only time it’s okay with me that my fur mom pet sits is when she brings my friends over for a play date. This week she brought Haley over and we went on a walk. We’re basically twins, except her fur is brown and mine is black.

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Wherever there’s food, I’m there. My fur mom was eating her lunch on the couch the other day, so I hopped up next to her and waited patiently to see if she would feed me any crumbs. Sometimes I get lucky, sometimes I don’t. I never steal food, though. I used to back in the puppy days. I’m way more sophisticated now.

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Well, I better get going. I have a long day ahead of me. I need to eat my breakfast, nap, and protect the house while my fur parents are working. I’ll leave you with one last picture of me. I was on a walk this week and just wanted to soak up the sunshine.

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It was a great day. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

From Lola with love ❤