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:: Garry's Garden Gnus ::: April 2012
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Garry's Garden Gnus :. Random thoughts about my gardening and beekeeping experiences in Northern California's El Dorado County. Monday, April 30, 2012. And it starts now. Early saturday morning saw me out in the garden, roto-tilling the beds. 2 bags of chicken poo per bed and 10 minutes with the mantis tiller and these beds are ready to grow. 11 of the 12 beds were raked smooth and ready for planting. Picture #1 - garden in flight, weeds piled up, beds roto-tilled but in disarray. Monday, April 23, 2012.
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:: Garry's Garden Gnus ::: grafting made simple
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Garry's Garden Gnus :. Random thoughts about my gardening and beekeeping experiences in Northern California's El Dorado County. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. I have been a grafter for sometime now, albeit - not active. my grandpa taught me how to graft in my learning orchard at my old house. it was successful. i grafted a wild variety of apple as a bud graft and also with the typical end of the limb type grafts. So how do you fit in the scion? Simple - quickly run it thru a pencil sharpener and you have an ...
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:: Garry's Garden Gnus ::: first tomato for 2015
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Garry's Garden Gnus :. Random thoughts about my gardening and beekeeping experiences in Northern California's El Dorado County. Thursday, July 9, 2015. First tomato for 2015. And the winner is. cherokee purple. i have had a few sun golds, but according to farmer fred's rules - those dont count. no worries. so far watering once a week has worked out OK. the coir and alfalfa mulch seem to be doing their jobs and we have had a string of very hot days. July 29, 2015 at 1:23 AM. Visitors From Around the World.
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:: Garry's Garden Gnus ::: i am now no-till
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Garry's Garden Gnus :. Random thoughts about my gardening and beekeeping experiences in Northern California's El Dorado County. Wednesday, April 29, 2015. I am now no-till. I have been a tiller since i have been a gardener. its just the way its supposed to be. so every spring, i would rip out the weeds and use the mantis to roto-till a bag or two of chicken poo into each bed - to prep for the impending growing season. An example of my typical roto-tilling task:. So this week, 4 tomatoes were planted - 1 ...
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:: Garry's Garden Gnus ::: October 2011
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Garry's Garden Gnus :. Random thoughts about my gardening and beekeeping experiences in Northern California's El Dorado County. Thursday, October 27, 2011. Other projects this summer. Well, i finally fenced in the back property line. the neighbor wanted the fence in, i hadnt prioritized it - we did some horse-trading. And thats my boat to the far right. 75 gallons - hmmm baby. As of this week i have applied the winter prep medicine to reduce the varroa mite and have 6 strong hives. i do have 1 hive (...
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:: Garry's Garden Gnus ::: May 2013
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Garry's Garden Gnus :. Random thoughts about my gardening and beekeeping experiences in Northern California's El Dorado County. Wednesday, May 8, 2013. Well, well, well - he decides to show up. Yup - i have been a bad blogger. bad, bad, bad. But what really gets me going on this blog is when the new growing season starts. and start, it has. So heres essentially day one for the 2013 garden. i do have hopes of keeping things updated here. Heres hoping you have a green year too! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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:: Garry's Garden Gnus ::: tomato endeavor 2015
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Garry's Garden Gnus :. Random thoughts about my gardening and beekeeping experiences in Northern California's El Dorado County. Monday, April 27, 2015. Drought continues to plague california and our local irrigation district is now requiring 25% mandatory reduction in water use (compared to 2013 usage). 2015 rolls in, the drought continues. how do i sync that with the need for fresh home grown tomatoes and maintain a 25% reduction in water usage? Come mid august, we will see. May 4, 2015 at 1:15 PM.
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:: Garry's Garden Gnus ::: yup - i am a weather geek
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Garry's Garden Gnus :. Random thoughts about my gardening and beekeeping experiences in Northern California's El Dorado County. Thursday, April 30, 2015. Yup - i am a weather geek. Finally ponied up some bucks for a high-end weather station. my buddy alan has had one for years and i had to have one. it is wirelessly linked to the console in the house so i can track temp, wind, humidity and rain totals. April 30, 2015 at 9:14 PM. From one weather nerd to another, the Davis Vantage Pro 2 is my dream. Read ...
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:: Garry's Garden Gnus ::: November 2011
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Garry's Garden Gnus :. Random thoughts about my gardening and beekeeping experiences in Northern California's El Dorado County. Monday, November 28, 2011. Our house - as google sees it. Its amazing to me the detail that our satellites can ferret out from way out in space. this is the latest google earth photo of my house. it was taken sometime in summer of 2009 - as i can tell from what is done and not done in the photo. The boat is hitched to the truck and looks like i just got home from a fishing trip.
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:: Garry's Garden Gnus ::: February 2012
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Garry's Garden Gnus :. Random thoughts about my gardening and beekeeping experiences in Northern California's El Dorado County. Sunday, February 5, 2012. Meet bob t. squirrel. he lives in our backyard. Orchard prep for 2012. Spent the day planting some bare root fruit trees and doing general orchard cleanup to make her all pretty for the year. 51 fruit trees in that little orchard. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Visitors From Around the World. Weather at the Garden. Garden Blogs I Enjoy. The Farmer Fred Rant.
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