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Member since: Oct 10 | Last seen: Jun 13 | Years gardening: 12 | Organic gardener
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18 Jun 2013
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I made a 4 gallon batch yesterday and now it is nice and foamy. I poured the tea into a water bucket and gave my tomatoes and peppers the entire amount. This will be the second batch of CTea they have received this year. I am going to try and give it to them once every two weeks. All plants cu...Overcast 24°C / 75°F -
16 Jun 2013
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What is killing my Pepper Plant
Partly Cloudy 24°C / 75°FSo far this year, my ‘Red Beauty’ pepper plants were growing great. Sure a few small holes from insects but nothing to lose sleep over. In the last 10 days the first plant in my row has started to die. I don’t have a clue why. Two quick questions? 1) Any thoughts on what is...
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15 Jun 2013
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Partly Cloudy 24°C / 75°FOver the years, I have just added 1-2" of compost to my existing beds and they have done a great job of negating the clay foundation. However, when every get extra compost and a boost of extra energy I will double-dig a bed down to 12-15 inches and then fill back up with pure compost and th...
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15 Jun 2013
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Only a few plants but they are flowering...
Poppy Iceland 'Nudicaule blend' BloomingClear 19°C / 66°FBack in March I sowed these seeds and for the most part, forgot about them. In the last three weeks they sprouted, grew and are now starting to flower. Very short plants, less then 9" but a beautiful, delicate flower. One of the flowers has already faded and formed the classic poppy seed ...
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13 Jun 2013
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Partly Cloudy 37°C / 98°FMy most recent compost pile had cooled down into the low 80’s and shrank to roughly 55% of the bin so I knew it was time to tip, pour out, and then reload with kitchen waste, broken twigs, the stuff from the original pile and some fresh shredded leaves and grass. What I didn’t know is...
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11 Jun 2013Basil -- Sweet Genovese (1st Batch)
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Partly Sunny 23°C / 73°FI currently have Seven plants in the ground. Two are doing great, four are doing so-so and one looks like it has a fatal disease. The two good ones are side by side just to the left of the fireplace overhang. Of the four so-so plants, they are in the raise bed, in the garlic bed, 4’ right...
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10 Jun 2013
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Survied the transplant -- Growing Great.
Butterfly Bush Purple GrowingMostly Cloudy 24°C / 75°F -
10 Jun 2013Worms -- Red Wigglers and Some Where at my House garden
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Worms are doing great. I have moved them down under my deck for the summer. I am feeding them weekly or bi-weekly. In addition, I am not covering the food with a solid square piece of cardboard which fits and covers almost all of the tray. One of the benefits of moving outside is I can leave t...Light Rain 23°C / 73°F -
09 Jun 2013
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3rd Batch Compost Tea and Productive day...
Light Rain 23°C / 73°FWow, now that I have gain confidence in making compost tea, I am making it at least once a week. I use it basically as a soak giving each plant about .5 to 1 gallon of the tea. Long term, I might try a foliar spray but it seems straining would be a pain. I use a system called ‘Dudley Tea...
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09 Jun 2013
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Watered log days before a soaking rain.
Mushroom, shiitakeBack on the 2nd of June, I gentled poured two gallons of water on the log for supplemental watering. It has been a wet spring overall, but there was a patch with no rain for two weeks so I watered the log, turning half way through the process. Then the garden gods blessed me with a slow steady t...Scattered Clouds 27°C / 81°F
