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rake shovel hoe: fall garden '09
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This year, thanks to teresa (or her husband? I am getting the fall garden started early. we are moving to a different house on august first, and were told that we can start gardening there any time. since it is just across the street from our place, i have taken advantage of that offer. Yesterday, with some rare time to myself, i cut a path in the new garden space, and planted beets, lettuce, bush beans, basil, cilantro and peas. hopefully i can find some broccoli plants at the farmer's market, and m...
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rake shovel hoe: September 2008
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Cold frame construction is as complicated as you make it. my plans simplified once i realized that the purpose is to warm the soil and block wind. i was wondering if i needed to bury the sides into the earth, and if so, how far? For more on that). I've been covering the broccoli and kale with floating row cover, to keep the cabbage moths from laying eggs on them. i had been pulling dozens of those green cabbage worms off of the half eaten leaves, every time i took a look at them. my summer kale w...Crazy...
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rake shovel hoe: May 2009
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A few weeks ago, i saw someone at the farmer's market selling sweet annie. Seedlings. they looked just like those mysterious plants on my porch. then, i put it all together: i had hung the dried sweet annie. That shawn and denise gave us last year, out on our porch light. It had been inside all winter, but had lost its fragrance, and was beginning to annoy me. i hung it outside in the early spring. the seeds had blown down, into that pot, and sprouted. voila! Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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rake shovel hoe: June 2009
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As soon as i finish writing this, i'll need to up-date again immediately, with fresh photos. these are so. We have had so much rain and warm weather, that the plants are growing inches every day, right before our eyes! First off, let me say that this is the year of the lettuce! Our lettuce, all 4 varieties, did remarkably well this spring, and we still have some that has not quite bolted. We had heads,. Of buttercruch, and a variety of romaine (i guess. Skimpy pea harvest to lack of proper sun. still...
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rake shovel hoe: fancy
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You may recall me waxing poetic about the humble husk cherry. I planted them, they grew, we have been harvesting the fruit all summer, and they just keep coming! Cosmo loves them, and enjoys hunting for them on the ground under the plants. he leaves of pile of "wrappers" around the garden bed. Our favorite thing to do with them is to dip them in chocolate. Ive never heard of them before. Ill have to show dh. We love checking out new crops. August 20, 2009 at 10:49 AM. You know whats funny?
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rake shovel hoe: October 2008
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First frost is upon us (it happened last night), a full 7 days past the official predicted date of october 20. i grabbed these zinnias and cosmos for a final bouquet, and brought the container plants inside. i'll try to get the garlic planted today. As a consolation prize, we get to look at this beautiful thing from our back porch:. Links to this post. Anybody else out there doing some fall/winter gardening? Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Grow it. eat it.
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rake shovel hoe: November 2008
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Just as compost bin #2 is filled to capacity, compost bin #1 is ready to begin again. We "harvested" our first batch of compost! We started bin #1 about a year ago, and this week, we scooped it out, and spread it on some garden beds (i learned from carol. That the best time to prepare spring beds, is in the fall). the compost is probably not completely. We also dug into our leaf mold compost pile, and that stuff is delicious. No, i didn't taste it.)! Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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rake shovel hoe: flower power
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Considering that flowers aren't really the focus of my gardening efforts (i'm all about the food, ya'll), i do have a few scattered about the yard(s), and can't help photographing them! I love all the bees and butterflies they attract, and appreciate the splashes of color from spring to late fall. feast your eyes upon all of this summer color. Cosmo between the edamame and the black-eyed susans. My zinnia circle (in our old yard). A small poppy, in my mixed flower bed (old place). Two varieties of cosmos.
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rake shovel hoe: July 2009
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Not exactly three sisters. My current favorite garden view:. Featuring, edamame (front). And pole beans, dutifully climbing their trellis (not to mention offering yummy green beans). Links to this post. This year, thanks to teresa (or her husband? I am getting the fall garden started early. we are moving to a different house on august first, and were told that we can start gardening there any time. since it is just across the street from our place, i have taken advantage of that offer. Yesterday, with so...
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rake shovel hoe: mon cheri
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Indoors, i've started brandywine. Tomatoes (from seeds i saved last fall), cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers and hot peppers, poppies, and husk cherries. I found out later that the poppies could have just been direct seeded outside. they germinated quickly, and are growing like weeds. besides the poppies, the brandywines. Were the first to come up (let's hear it for heirlooms! The last one to germinate was the husk cherry. I decided i had to try to grow them. i figure, if they can grow in chicago, they ...