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Member since: Jul 09 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 3 | Organic gardener
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16 Jul 2012
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Seranade spray concentrate: for one quart sprayer, 1.5 tablespoons for one quart of water.Cloudy 31°C / 88°F -
14 Jul 2012
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-3 tomato plants in long raised bed not as big as the other tomato plants elsewhere in the garden. Last year this spot held lacinato kale. -Glacier tomato ripening, lots of tomatoes on this one! -Sprayed red russian kale a few days ago with neem oil solution for imported cabbageworms, kale leaves...Sunny 31°C / 88°F -
12 Mar 2012
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This journal is a catalog of my gardening magazines. Specific Plant Guides Asian Greens (Bok Choy, Chinese Cabbage, etc.): Mother Earth News Aug/Sept 2010 Asparagus: Mother Earth News Dec 2010/Jan 2011 Mother Earth News Guide to OG Gardening May 2010 OG Gardening Dec 2010/Jan 2011 Beans: OG Gard...Cloudy 12°C / 54°F -
11 Jul 2011Marjoram Harvesting, Oregano Harvesting, Peppermint Harvesting, Sage Harvesting, Lemon Thyme Harvesting, Co...
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7/6-7/10 Re-sowed soybeans in the same spot- 6 failed to germinate the first time. Two, 2 feet by 6 inches rows of Danvers carrots sown next to Amish Paste & Gold Medal Tomatoes. Asiatic lilies from Mom blooming. 1 pale pink-yellow, the other is bright yellow. Discovered those damn beetles ...31°C / 88°F -
28 Jun 2011Basil 'Italian Large Leaf' Growing, Daisies Flowering, Asparagus 'Purple' Transplanted, Asparagus Dying, Li...
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As always! I’m doing some Major weeding in the new flower bed today. The Stella D’Oro daylilies are blooming, the lilies that my sister sent me are growing (yay!). The asparagus (purple) was transplanted in the bed where I had my asparagus I started from seed (died). We need to make a...Partly Sunny 27°C / 81°F -
13 Apr 2011
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I wish I had raked last fall...
raised flower bed garden , Sedum , Daffodils Budding, Lupine Sprouting, Oregano Sprouting, Iris Sprouting, ...Rainy 4°C / 40°FBut I’m glad I didn’t! In the fall, the last thing I want to do is rake. But in the spring, my body and soul feel like they are aching for the outdoors and raking is a hard chore but so satisfying! I get to uncover all of those plants that are starting to pop up! Monday and Tuesday we...
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07 Apr 2011raised flower bed garden , Chives Sprouting, Tulip Sprouting, Daffodils Sprouting, and Bleeding Heart Sprou...
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Sunny -4°C / 24°FTravis & I have started going on morning walks around our neighborhood & yard. It’s so nice to see the changes happening in our gardens, yard, and in our neighborhood! I noticed that the chives, day lilies, bleeding heart, tulips and daffodils are starting to come up! My raised beds...
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29 Mar 2011
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3°C / 37°FIt’s been a cold, snowy winter up here in the North Country. Most of our yard is still covered in several inches of icy snow. But one of our flower beds gets enough sun during the day that it is not covered in snow! And here are our first bearers of the spring season! The green shoots are e...
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16 Jul 2010Garlic Harvesting
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23°C / 74°FMy garlic has done really well this year. I harvested a bunch this morning (mostly smaller bulbs). Most of the ones I harvested had this tiny bunch of small onion like growths, around 3-4 inches from the ground. They reminded me of the small bulbs that my walking onions grow on their tops (in the...
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28 Jun 2010Garlic
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Overcast 20°C / 68°FLast night, we had a get together at our house. My friend Kim (a really good gardener!) says “You NEED to snap those scapes off, right now! The bulbs won’t grow otherwise!” We went & did it pronto, but why did no one tell me that? I’ve been searching and nowhere did I ...
