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Riley's Garden: May Update No. 2
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Watch as I bend nature to my will. Sunday, May 23, 2010. May Update No. 2. Last week we did some major work in the yard which included planting the sastuma. And olive trees in the front yard. We're hoping the satsuma grows enough to take the sun off the front of the house, especially in the morning. I also built two new 2x2 boxes and am starting pumpkins and lima beans:. On to the vegetables. The Porter's Dark Cherry is growing really well also and has set about 15 fruits:. May Update No. 2. My wife and ...
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Riley's Garden: Early Starters
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Watch as I bend nature to my will. Thursday, January 21, 2010. I bought a simple Rubbermaid 24 x 12 shallow container to hold the trays. I planted the seeds in peat strips which will decompose when planted (50 individual pots in 10-pot trays). Each 5 pot strip held one type of plant, in Ladybug Seed Starter mix. Which you can see labeled on the side of the container:. This is about 2 weeks after planting. All the tomatoes have sprouted, just now the peppers, especially the Habanero, are coming up.
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Riley's Garden: Planning the Squares
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Watch as I bend nature to my will. Tuesday, February 2, 2010. Before things actually go into the ground I wanted to spend a little time planning out which veggies go in which squares. There is the issue of bigger veggies (corn) shading smaller veggies, but I also don't want everything to come up at once, i.e. I don't need 40 ears of corn on June 20th. I want to stagger my plantings so I can have certain types of veggies ripening throughout the year. Stevens kick-ass MS Paint skills. Fruit Part 2: Bushes.
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Riley's Garden: Fruits and Landscaping
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Watch as I bend nature to my will. Monday, January 3, 2011. I guess going on five months its about time for another entry, so here goes. As I indicated in a prior post. I planned to put in some berry bushes in the front bed- last week I did that, planting the two original blueberry bushes. In the bed, along with four smaller bushes of the same type (rabbiteye climax) that I bought from a guy at the farmer's market. I am going to try to do a new post in a few days on some vegetables and raised beds.
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Riley's Garden: Placing the Boxes
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Watch as I bend nature to my will. Saturday, January 16, 2010. And, the backyard:. One problem, which I freely admit may bite me in the ass later, is that because its winter all the trees are bare. I haven't been here in the summer (we bought the house in November), so I really don't know the shade/sun balance when the leaves are on all the trees. I seem to have a corridor for the sun which shouldn't be impacted too much by leaves, but who knows. Well there you are! Over the rest of the box.
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Riley's Garden: trimming trees and eating peas
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Watch as I bend nature to my will. Saturday, April 17, 2010. Trimming trees and eating peas. Since we bought the place. Secondly, there was a big, totally dead tree between our house and our neighbor's and, if this one came down, it would hit one of our houses. You can see the stump on the left side of the picture. This also gives me a ton more light on my garden during the morning hours:. You can also see in the bottom left hand corner some new plants, where there used to be. Where the buttercrunch was)...
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Riley's Garden: January 2011
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Watch as I bend nature to my will. Monday, January 3, 2011. I guess going on five months its about time for another entry, so here goes. As I indicated in a prior post. I planned to put in some berry bushes in the front bed- last week I did that, planting the two original blueberry bushes. In the bed, along with four smaller bushes of the same type (rabbiteye climax) that I bought from a guy at the farmer's market. I am going to try to do a new post in a few days on some vegetables and raised beds.
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Riley's Garden: Hot Plant Action
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Watch as I bend nature to my will. Friday, February 26, 2010. First, an update on the plants. I started in early January under the grow light. A few weeks ago I transplanted them into some simple black nursery pots filled with some of the leftover Mel's Mix. From the box. Some were starting to outgrow their little peat pots and I wanted to make the transition into the box as easy as possible. I now have them under a tent of aluminum foil to maximize the light:. Jalapeno pepper= all died. Because I love J...
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Riley's Garden: May update
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Watch as I bend nature to my will. Saturday, May 8, 2010. This is pretty much an excuse to put up some pictures. I don't really have much to say so I'll just describe the pictures I'm posting. At Great Outdoors I bought a Satsuma. The Pomegranate tree has started to flower, putting out little bell-shaped blossoms. Actually its pretty neat because we can see pomegranates blooming all over Austin as we drive around, although I think most of them are ornamental, not fruit producing. We planted the Mexican p...
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Riley's Garden: Fruit Part 2: Bushes
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Watch as I bend nature to my will. Thursday, February 18, 2010. Fruit Part 2: Bushes. Now, the berries. Blackberries grow quite well in Texas, and the "Sustainable Central Texas" website even says. That Blackberries are "the best berries for Central Texas." They need lots of sun, so I started "Ebony King". Varieties down along the chain link fence they can climb up:. I also put in strawberries of the "Chandler". For Central Texas. Of all the Rabbiteye types, I chose "Climax,". The acidity problem is more...
