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Yay! Welcome back Erin! What an amazing summer you’ve had. We traveled too much this summer to grow anything, and our garden had been torn up anyway for another project so hopefully next year….. looking forward to more updates!

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Thank you, Sabrina! I'll have to catch up on your writing. 💕

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A possum *and* a SKUNK???

But first…wonderful to see you back! And what a great post 😊 Your garden pics were just gorgeous, and I loved your Japanese scenes too. I imagine your family was happy to be reunited!

Congratulations on your successful solo beekeeping!! And productive food garden! It sounds like you coped really admirably this summer despite the unusual weather—a bit tropical, to have rain every day. Plus having your homestead crew down by half had to be challenging.

Especially when it comes to the wildlife adventures! You sure have one gutsy teen! You and she, the two Suburb Farm possum wranglers! Honestly, I would have absolutely flipped out to deal with a skunk. And having to clean up your dog, well, that’s heroic. I can imagine all the critters in the neighborhood come to your house, where all the food is!

Thanks so much for sharing…I’m already looking forward to your next post 😊

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When you put it that way, it *has* been an adventurous summer! Handling the possum was all adrenaline-based for me and a task to be carried out calmly for my daughter, who's a very practical soul. Thankfully, my parents came to the rescue after the skunk incident. My dad arrived in a mechanic's jumpsuit with a bucket and long-handled scrub brush, and my mom drove to the store for dog shampoo.

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You have an amazing daughter…and dad! Both are my kind of heroes 😊 I’m so glad you had backup through the skunk and possum adventure!

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Welcome back!

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Thanks 😊

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I was wondering what happened to you. Glad you're back, and with such fabulous pics!

Wow, you have so much going on in your garden. The only things that have survived our summer with the accompanied microbursts and monsoons are my cactus and succulents, and one basil plant with a strong will to live.

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It's good to be back. Hurray for basil! I unfortunately killed off my son's succulent plants that I was supposed to take care of while he was out of state. So you had monsoons too? Such a summer of extremes.

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It was one long extended spring here in central Minnesota. More rain than I ever remember, little sun and little heat. I had peas into mid August! but melons, tomatoes and peppers, beans are marginal to nil. Plenty of garlic, carrots, onions, beets and strangely, cukes and squash. Potatoes died back very early. It is the exact opposite of last year, all heat, all sun, no rain. And lots of weeds.

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That's so interesting! So you had rain like we did, but not the heat. Good for peas & root veg, and a lower water bill! Our nights have been pretty cool, even after the scorching days, so I expected more tomatoes than we've got. You're right, it is the opposite of last year. Keeping my fingers crossed for a decent last frost date, so at least our beans can be harvested. I hear you on the weeds-- they win.

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