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Member since: Dec 10 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 2 | Organic gardener
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15 Feb 2013
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Paint spill in the garden! Any ideas?!? Please help!
So I woke up this morning to discover that the workmen my landlord hired to renovate the lower unit emptied a bucket of somewhat diluted water-based paint into my garden. On top of my sprouting garlic and blackberry plants. I am none too pleased about it. So the question is: what can I do about i...Clear 18°C / 64°F -
10 Sep 2012
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Harvest Update - tomatoes, cukes, peppers and more!
Charentais melon Dying, Cucumber Delikatesse Preserved, Zucchini Costata Romanesco Dying, Tomato Red Cushio...Sunny 22°C / 72°FThere has been so much going on in my life this summer, I barely have time to water, let alone to write about the garden goings-on. I am trying to buy my first home, and if all goes according to plan, I should be a home owner in about 75 days! The new place will bring a whole host of new issues (...
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23 Jun 2012
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Tomato forts and other victories
Cloudy 18°C / 64°FIt has just occurred to me how long it’s been since I posted a journal on Folia. My work life has been crazy and my landlady is a nut job, and I’ve been left with very little time and latitude to garden the way I would like. But enough about that; let’s talk plants! In the sprin...
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13 Dec 2011
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So I had this shiny idea that I would plan all of my cold season crops, start them inside while prepping the soil, and get them in the ground by November to be bountiful and delicious. Well, I did just that, and alas, even the best laid plans of plants and gardeners often go awry. It turns out th...Cloudy 14°C / 58°F -
15 Sep 2011
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The French Round Squash Pumpkin
Re-Up Backyard garden and Summer squash 'Round French'Cloudy 17°C / 63°F
Our french round squash plants went nuts this year and made us tons of tasty squash, so we decided to let a couple of them grow for seed. Well, more accurately, we couldn’t quite keep up with harvesting and cooking the squash, and by the time we noticed the squash it was well on its way to ...
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15 Sep 2011
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What a cold, cold bloomday this turned out to be!
Re-Up Backyard gardenCloudy 17°C / 63°F
What a chilly couple of days this has turned out to be! Highs in the Bay are in the low 60s right now. I’m not stressing on it, because the overnight lows are still above 50, but it is a little frustrating as my tomatoes are finally just starting to ripen.
There isn’t much for me to d...
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30 Aug 2011
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Package on its way from Hawaii! Tropical plants! Yeah!
Seed Starting gardenMy sistah from another mistah, Candice, has been living in Hawaii for the past few years in a noni forest. They make all kinds of great organic stuff like coconut crisps and noni powder. She’s been telling me about the noni tree and its impressive list of uses. Apparently the fruit smells a...Sunny 19°C / 67°F -
30 Aug 2011
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I really, really, REALLY don't want to have to move again
Container gardenSunny 19°C / 67°F
Oy, where to even begin. We’ve been in our new house for about 5 months now, and until recently we hadn’t had many problems with our landlady living beneath us. Alas, times have changed. Last week our landlady came upstairs and informed us that she will be refinishing the fence and th...
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10 Aug 2011
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I just want some tomatoes, man!
Re-Up Backyard garden , Tomato Flamme , Tomato Riviera , Tomato Black Krim , and Tomato Pink Ping PongSunny 21°C / 70°F
Things were going along sooooo nicely with the tomatoes this year, but the last week or 2 has been pretty miserable weather-wise. Heavy, misting fogs and temps barely climbing to mid-60’s. Next week is looking a little better (upper 60’s) but I am finding it reeeeeally hard to not get...
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10 Aug 2011
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Something is eating my red ripe strawberries...
Container garden , Dwarf Grapefruit 'Oro Blanco' , Lemon Meyer , and Strawberry 'Quinault'Sunny 21°C / 70°F
…and I have it on good authority that it is NOT a big hungry bear. For the last week I have been waking up to my potted strawberries being tipped ove. This is also the week when one of my best pals was visiting me -sans her 2 year old. So at first I thought our drunken shenanigans were the ...
