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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal: Insect-Repelling Plants
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal. I am recording my trials and errors. This year will be lots of new ways I am learning. Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Basil - Flies, Mosquitoes, Asparagus Beetle. Borage - Tomato Worm. Calendula - Asparagus Beetles, Tomato Worms. Catnip - Ants, Aphids, Cockroaches, Flea Beetle, Japanese Beetles. Chrysanthemum - Mexican Bean Beetle. Cosmos - Mexican Bean Beetle. Dandelion - Colorado Potato Beetle. Dead Nettle - Potato Beetle. Flax - Potato Beetle. Horseradish - Potato Beetle.
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal: Harvesting Cranberry beans and Dwarf Grey sugar peas
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal. I am recording my trials and errors. This year will be lots of new ways I am learning. Monday, July 20, 2015. Harvesting Cranberry beans and Dwarf Grey sugar peas. For seed the other for food and seed. Pea (Dwarf gray sugar). You are doing so good in the garden. Will you be preserving some of the harvest to have during the winter. July 20, 2015 at 9:03 PM. Thank you, Angela. When this2nd crop harvests. I will eat some and save some to replant next spring. Chart for Soi...
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal: COMPANION PLANTING CHART
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal. I am recording my trials and errors. This year will be lots of new ways I am learning. Saturday, April 11, 2009. Tomato, Parsley, Basil. Onion, Garlic, Potatoes. Corn, Tomatoes, Spinach, lettuce, rosemary, summer savory, dill, carrots, brassicas, radish, strawberry and cucumbers Eggplant, Summer savory. Chili peppers, sunflowers, alliums,Beets,(onions, garlic, etc), kales (cabbage, broccoli, etc)pole beans may choke Tomatoes,. Dill, Kale, Lettuce, Potatoes, Sage. Engli...
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal: Beneficial Insects
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal. I am recording my trials and errors. This year will be lots of new ways I am learning. Wednesday, April 15, 2009. Assassin Bug - Caterpillars, Flies. Big-Eyed Bug - Aphids, Caterpillars, Leafhopper, Mites; attracted by Clover, Goldenrod, Soybeans. Braconid Wasp - Aphids, Army worm, Cabbage worm, Corn borer, Codling Moth, Elm Bark Beetle, Horn Worm; Attracted by Dill, Parsley, Yarrow. Damselbug - Aphids, Caterpillars, Leafhopper, Thrips; Attracted by Alfalfa. Three meth...
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal: Plant spacing
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal. I am recording my trials and errors. This year will be lots of new ways I am learning. Wednesday, April 15, 2009. You can use this for both in ground and container. How deep should a container be? How far apart should your plants be? These are minimum guide lines. Plants like space. 12” apart 14” some are 3ft apart. 4” to 16”. 16” to 18”. 9” to 12”. 12” apart 12” to 14” wide. 12” to 14”. 9” to 18”. 12” to 14. 1ft apt in 3 ft wife rows. 16” to 18”. 14” to 16”. Vegetable...
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal: January 2015
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal. I am recording my trials and errors. This year will be lots of new ways I am learning. Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Basic Lunar Moon Grardening. From the beginning of farming our ancestors used the moon phases tell them when to plant. They split the cycle up into blocks of 7 days. Last7 days days of waxing moon. Gravity pull is less but light is stronger. This time is best for fruiting plants, trees do the best if planted 2 or 3 days before the full moon. Http:/ pecancor...
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal: June 2015
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal. I am recording my trials and errors. This year will be lots of new ways I am learning. Tuesday, June 30, 2015. Growing Oca in summer heat. This is an experiment to see if. 1 Oca can grow in my climate. 2 Be planted late in the season. The Oca has been in the 4 inch pots for a week now. They were started indoors.Then places in filtered shade a few days. I have place them in the sun for a little bit yesterday. temps were 84°. 64° no rain. I will post more photos soon.
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal: August 2015
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal. I am recording my trials and errors. This year will be lots of new ways I am learning. Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Bush green pod Slenderette 52 days. Blue lake Pole string less 65 day. Blue lake (Bush) 58 days. California Blackeye (cow pea) 75 days. Swiss Landfrauen pole bean (TL) 8-10 foot vine Main Use: Snap Maturity: Midseason. Cherokee Trail of Tears Pole Bean. 65-85 days.(HCG) Green 6" pods with purple overlay,black seeds. Good for snap beans and dry beans. Laure...
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal: How the Moon affects plant growth
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IT'S GREEN DAY @ my garden journal. I am recording my trials and errors. This year will be lots of new ways I am learning. Thursday, April 2, 2009. How the Moon affects plant growth. Lunar gravity pulls water up, and causes a seeds to swell and burst. This factor, coupled with the increasing moonlight creates balanced root and leaf growth. In the second quarter. The gravitational pull is less, but the moonlight is strong, creating strong leaf growth. After the full moon. In the fourth quarter. There is d...
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