EvilChicken's journal
Member since: Jun 10 | Last seen: Aug 12 | Years gardening: 5 | Organic gardener
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25 Aug 2012
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Unfortunately, my husband and I separated. I have to archive all my gardens. I’ll be back once things get worked out.Rainy 31°C / 88°F -
16 Apr 2012Raised Bed #9 (behind the garage) garden , Raised Bed #8 (behind the garage) garden , Raised Bed #7 (behind...
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what the title saysSunny 31°C / 88°F -
16 Apr 2012
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should have sprayed one more time
Pepper, Sweet Pimento 'Apple' , Pepper, Bell 'Ace' (divided) , and Houseplants gardenThe aphids are back. Lost one of the peppers from delaying treatment for so long last time. I don’t know which kind it is. The others are recovering – the one the ladybug lived on for a bit is doing very well and blooming already. If it weren’t for those darn aphids i could ...Sunny 30°C / 86°F -
13 Apr 2012
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Lost some that hurt, but most pulled through
Houseplants garden , Porch garden , and Seed Starting gardenWe got home last Sunday, but have spent most of the week recovering from an absolutely awful experience. It would take pages to tell you about all the ways Amtrak messed up our trip but it culminated in them dumping us on a platform in the middle of the desert thousands of miles from our destina...Sunny 17°C / 63°F -
08 Apr 2012Yarrow, Sibirian , Yarrow, Common , Poppy, red , and Porch garden
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I posted this elsewhere but wanted to note it with the plant – the poppy which gamely came up didn’t get watered for the two weeks I was gone and was a dried out hunk of soil when i got back. The other two wintersown, the two yarrows, were also DOA. I don’t know if they ever s...Sunny 30°C / 86°F -
24 Mar 2012
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I’ve been saving up for two years to go back to California with Zoie and visit my relatives, and to go to Texas to see our relatives on my husband’s side. Because Texas gets so hot during the summer, I decided her school’s spring break would be an ideal time to go. We’ll...Rainy 18°C / 64°F -
22 Mar 2012
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Oh no. Please tell me I didn't get them mixed up.
Pea, Sugar Snap 'Sugar Snap' , Pea, Snow 'Snow Sweet' , Pea 'Tall Telephone' , and Stuff in Pots That Are N...Overcast 25°C / 77°F
It’s so warm this year that instead of chitting them as usual (I learned that word here on Folia!) I soaked the seeds overnight and then direct sowed my peas. Only, I have this sinking feeling that I may have gotten the ‘Tall Telephone’ and ‘Snow Sweet’ varieties mi...
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18 Mar 2012Raised Bed #9 (behind the garage) garden
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Overcast 18°C / 64°F
Finished bed #9 today. My first hugelkultur bed! I have come to the conclusion that it may be good for my health to do it all by hand, but a saw that plugged in would make this go so much faster (and ache a lot less).
Basically, I have a bunch of maple tree branches from that big storm last fa...
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17 Mar 2012
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hugelkultur - sounds like a brass instrument you'd go to a concert hall to hear
Raised Bed #9 (behind the garage) gardenTonight we’re featuring the great hugelkultur soloist Evilchicken. She shall also entertain with her multifaceted abilities on the spade and saw. BTW, she just learned the hugelkultur yesterday. But you shall be amazed and delighted at the results in bed #9! (hmmm… now this is sound...Cloudy 18°C / 64°F -
14 Mar 2012Turnip 'Hakurei' (2006) , Turnip 'Hakurei' (2005) , Poppy, red , and Porch garden
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Between using a seed starting mix I’m unfamiliar with, and leaving town for four days, the red poppy seeds I “wintersowed” (I started a little late) totally dried out. I soaked them yesterday. The seeds looked in bad shape to begin with, and now this… don’t think t...Sunny 20°C / 68°F
