Lynn A. Ford

About Lynn A. Ford

I am a retired cancer survivor from Marshfield, MA. I started gardening at 57-years old. I now have 24 raised beds, 7 apple trees, 2 peach trees and a cherry tree, 4 grape trellises and 55 blueberry bushes.

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Your Third Crop – Cool Season Fall Planting
Your Third Crop – Cool Season Fall Planting
When I first decided to start gardening, it was very late summer. I thought for sure I was too late to get into the game that year. I was astonished to learn that there is something called a cool season...
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Planning For Blueberry Success
Planning For Blueberry Success
Planning For Blueberry Success July is National Blueberry Month. If you already have blueberry bushes, you are in the thick of harvest season. Yay! Three of my great childhood memories are all about the blueberry. My grandparents had a cottage...
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Freeze Drying Your Bumper Crops
Freeze Drying Your Bumper Crops
Freeze Drying Your Bumper Crops I have been gardening for about 4 years now. I had a vision for a massive garden that could meet my produce needs for more than just the summer. I looked at all my options...
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Vego-Garden-Edimentals
Edimentals : Ornamental and Edible
I was watching a gardening show and the designer said to the host that he was planning on using lots of “Edimentals.” The host of the show, who was not a gardener asked, “Did you just make up that word?”...
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Stagecoach and Raised Beds | Vego Garden
A Story About a Stagecoach, Uneven Terrain and Garden Beds
Uneven land can make it tricky to garden, but with raised garden beds and a little creativity, you can make it work.
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Starting A Legacy Garden – Out With The Old And In With The New!
Starting A Legacy Garden – Out With The Old And In With The New!
When I first started gardening four years ago, I certainly didn’t have money for expensive garden beds. I thought I was so clever to construct my beds out of recycled pallets. I watched a couple YouTube videos and was on...
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Creating a Healing Garden!
Creating a Healing Garden!
I never imagined I would even grow tomatoes on my patio, never mind becoming a serious gardener. At the age of 58 that all changed in dramatic fashion. I had been diagnosed with cancer in 2012. After conventional treatment failed,...
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Lynn A. Ford

About Lynn A. Ford

I am a retired cancer survivor from Marshfield, MA. I started gardening at 57-years old. I now have 24 raised beds, 7 apple trees, 2 peach trees and a cherry tree, 4 grape trellises and 55 blueberry bushes.