Saturday, May 22, 2010

it is well into spring, tomatoes in the ground today

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        and so far, the garden, she is looking good. This year, the layout, the method, it's all changed a bit. Lessons learned, and pu...

garden pics continued...

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        More pics And we have a box of strawberries too. I took two boxes out of the shady area, to more sunny spaces, and those two boxes ...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

something keeps cutting leaves

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...off of my pepper plants. ...and off of the garden beans. ...and something ate the corn when it was 8 inches tall... sheared off the whole...
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54 degrees at 6:30am on July 15th

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Why does weather.com have a forecast of a low of 65 degrees today Forecast Conditions Today Jul...

Building a Trellis for the garden

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In hopes for great things this year in the garden, I wanted to have several solid trellis built. The hope, no the expectation is for tomato...
Sunday, June 21, 2009

weeding

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I always ONLY do my weeding with a martini. I highly recommend it.
Friday, June 12, 2009

something has cut down my sprouting okra and muskmelons

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Leaves completely cut off of the sprout. Bah! Not sure what it is. Didn't see anything nearby asleep or crawling in the soil. Except...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

dead red pepper and good sprouts

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One of my red peppers is gone. The leaves pretty much shriveled and either fell off or drooped so that they weren't useful anymore. We...
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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Planted: jalapeno, okra, tomatoes

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4 okra: Box 4 - DB, DC and Box 5 - AB, DB 2 jalapeno (seeds) - Box 4 CB and Box 5 CB 16 chives: Box 4 DD 2 Tomatoes (San Marzano) - Box 4 - ...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

More on Swiss Chard sprouts

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After a little digging around, I came across this swiss chard page on growingtaste.com . A chard "seed" is actually a cluster of s...
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Swiss Chard sprouts

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For the swiss chard, I am pretty sure I planted a total of 8 seeds, four per square, each 6" apart. The seeds are pretty big, so I thi...

Planted: Radishes, Lima Beans, Garden Beans, Raab

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16 Radishes: Box 3 CA 18 Lima Beans (Baby Fordhook): Box 4 CB, Box 5 CB 18 Garden Beans (French Filet): Box 4 BB, Box 5 BB 3 Broccoli Raab: ...
Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Rainy day today

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We look like we're getting the rain and cool air today. Nothing but 50-something degrees, gray skies and fat ol' rain drops. This ...

Planted: Cilantro, Basil, Muskmelons, tomatoes???

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8 Cilantro - Box 3 AA, AB 8 Basil (Genovese Italian) - Box 3 BA, BB 16 Basil (Genovese Italian) - Box 1 Row C 4 Muskmelon (Earlichamp) (Cant...
Sunday, May 24, 2009

Memorial Day Weekend

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Look at the garden and our pine needle walkways! Cedar Run Landscapes sells pine needle mulch which Lauren and I took a shine to. There i...
Saturday, May 23, 2009

Planted: Salad Bowl, Butterhead, Carrots, Parsley

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8 Lettuce Leaf (Salad Bowl): Box 3 BC, BD 8 Lettuce Butterhead (Tom Thumb): CC, CD 8 Flat Italian Parsley: Box 3 AC, AD 16 Carrots (Carnival...
Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Planted: Swiss Chard, Fennel, Cucumbers, Garden Beans

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8 Swiss Chard: Box 2 CC, CD 8 Fennel: Box 2 DC, DD 8 Cucumbers (Marketmore): Box 3 Column D 32 Garden Beans (Pole) (Kentucky Wonder): Box 6 ...
Saturday, May 2, 2009

radish envy

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What it is is not what I was going for.   Common wisdom places this as either a lack of sun or too much nitrogen in the soil. Let's ass...

garden under construction

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Thursday, April 30, 2009

rise and fall of the cucumbers - part 1

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I started seeds a week ago. 15 tomatos (that's a lot) - 5 sugar sweeties (cherry), 5 brandywine, 5 san marzano. 5 cucumbers - marketmore...
Saturday, April 25, 2009

Layout

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So, the planned layout for the boxes is in my mind. Essentially, it will be something along these lines: 1 2 3 6 5 4 I decided to figure thi...

First Planting

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With a clear sense of impatience, I went ahead and planted radishes and carrots and tomato plants and lettuces. In Box 1 (see Layout post), ...
Wednesday, April 15, 2009

what I don't know...

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... could fill many books. Early/mid April I trekked around to the hardware stores with the thought of putting together boxes for a garden...