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<title><![CDATA[ Go On. Hug a Tree. – Live a Little! ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  Have you ever been called a “tree hugger?” If you’re of a particular age (and I am), you may remember this term and that it wasn’t a nice one. Tree huggers of ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ Sage: Because Adulthood is Hard ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  This weather is tormenting me. Really. Rain is important but, come on. Enough is enough. The humidity gives me a headache; it’s too wet to mow so the grass is ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ The New Victory Garden – A Backyard Revolution ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  They say time flies when you’re busy, and that sure seems true this month. I almost missed that this weekend is Memorial Day. This is a thoughtful time and thi ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Herb Garden or Apothecary? What’s in your garden? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  Last week, I planted a pharmacy. Yep, what looks like an old-fashioned herb garden bed is really an old-fashioned apothecary – filled with plants that soothe, ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Honoring the Original Mother – Mother Earth ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  This weekend is Mother’s Day, a holiday to honor mothers for their roles in creating, sustaining, and nurturing life. Motherhood is messy, chaotic, loving, pr ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Rural Life: Talking About the Neighborhood ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  There’s a certain kind of quiet that settles over a rural road in the evening—a calm that invites you to breathe and take in the world around you. I grew up wi ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ A Farmer’s Invisible Workforce – Who’s Really Growing Your Food? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  Bugs get a bad rap. In fact, their poor reputation has created an entire industry—lawn pesticides, insect sprays, poisons, fly swatters, bug zappers, repellent ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Hippity-Hopping Through Easter – Family Traditions on the Farm ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  Easter is this weekend, and it’s a busy one—at home and out in the world. The expectations of Easter – coloring eggs, egg hunts, candy, Easter dinner, church s ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Growing Pies – What’s your Perfect Apple Pie? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  I made apple pie today. I didn’t need to look in the oven to see the apples baking in those flakey brown crusts; the smell of baking apples, sweet, tart, juicy ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Picking Up Sticks: Supporting the Environment and Creating a Small Animal Sanctuary with Deadhedge Fencing ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  It’s that time of year when the snow melts, the wind picks up, and sticks decorate the lawn like confetti. It’s also the same time that Ohio activates the seas ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ The Not-So-Quiet Magic of Spring – The Farm Comes to Life! ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  I’m so excited this week! My two favorite signs of spring have arrived! Birds and seeds! I heard the first flock of birds twittering in our treeline this week ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[ Talking to Tomatoes – Growing a Healthy State of Mind ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  Spring is on the way, and that means the busy season on farms large and small is about to begin. For farmers, the season brings excitement—but also stress that ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:33:20 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Planting Dreams – The Dangers of Seed Catalogs ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  Well, it’s here – the most dangerous season of the year.  Spring, you wonder?  Nope, it’s that season in late winter before spring returns; seed catalog season ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 12:47:49 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Bean There, Done That ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Beans are a little like shoes. In our farm adventures, we’ve tried a bunch of different kinds, have favorites and some we’ve decided don’t fit us well and we ca ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:53:00 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Of Weeds and Wildflowers ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Our little farm is home to over 2.5 acres of Ohio native wildflowers, referred to by some folks as weed fields. As organic farmers, we discarded the idea of gol ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:18:18 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ What’s This Blog All About Anyway? ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ First, thank you to all of you who graciously indicated you&#039;d like to read about life on our little farm.Since this is the first official blog of the farm the ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2026 21:44:36 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Farm Update 2026 ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ So here we are in 2026. It&#039;s hard to believe that it&#039;s been six years since we bought the little farm and began renovations. Time has raced on, in a blur really ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Hilda Pettit ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 18:27:48 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ That Pesky Groundhog ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[  That pesky groundhog has again sentenced us to 6 more weeks of cold weather.  I&#039;ve been here in Northeast Ohio for 40 years now, and I&#039;m starting to think the ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ admin@pettitsgreenthumbfarm.com ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 16:10:27 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Happy New Year! ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Happy New Year!  The new year rings in an exciting time for me.  January is the month in which we order seeds for spring.  Scrolling through the many juicy toma ]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ Farmer Hilda ]]></dc:creator>
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<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2021 18:18:54 EST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[ Happy holidays! ]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The holidays are here and while the world seems a bleak place these days, it&#039;s good to stop and reflect on the positive in our life. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 20:34:17 EST</pubDate>
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