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22 Nov 2009Not a great year for gardening, but I'm fruiting 39°C / 48°F
It’s been a fruitful year.
It rained so much the tomatoes didn’t do much. We had a lot of peas, though. And some of the basil I forgot to water came back due to the rain.
The crazy squirrel-feeding neighbor made it so all the broccoli and Brussels sprouts died as the pests dug up ever...
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28 Jun 2009Flowering a second time 1 1 Snowbird peas Fruiting and Dominick's Tomato gardenThese peas fruited early, and then flowered during the rainy spell. We’re now on our second round of peas from these plants. Something is nibbling the leaves, but otherwise, we’re good.16°C / 60°F
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28 Jun 2009Green! 1 Tomato, sun gold Fruiting and Dominick's Tomato gardenWe have evidence of tomatoes16°C / 60°F
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28 Jun 2009Did it rain while I was gone or are the zucchini pleased to see me? 1 2We left for five days to visit a family member — we picked all the peas and strawberries and packed them in the car. We came back to find zucchini about six inches long, some blossom-end rot on the yellow squash, and the snow peas have flowered again. Goodness, we even have some cherry toma...16°C / 60°F
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04 Jun 2009Vegetables, damnit 1 1 Pepper, Red , Miss Laurene's garden , Pepper Cubanelle , and Pepper, JalapenoOur landlady has a benevolent attitude toward our front yard. First it was “just pink and blue flowers,” then “weeded and neat” and now that has devolved into “you guys seem to keep things up. Just pull it up when you leave.” I’ve now taken that to mean &...20°C / 68°F
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03 Jun 2009Can't type, mouth full 2 Snowbird peas Harvesting and Dominick's Tomato garden20°C / 68°F
These are delicious.
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24 May 2009Old gardener said milk jugs would do it 2 2 Dominick's Tomato gardenOvercast 20°C / 68°F
I didn’t know what to do after rabbits or the porcupine ate the broccoli and the Brussels sprouts.
My mom called around and found a gardener, this old school teacher who now has a landscaping business. He said cut out the bottoms of milk jugs — the rabbits can’t reach into them,...
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24 May 2009Bloomed Deion's gardenOvercast 20°C / 68°F
The giant irises and lilies are starting to flower in Deion’s patch
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24 May 2009OK, well now that I've gone and done it, what do I fill the hole with? 2 Backyard garden and Freaky shrubOvercast 20°C / 68°F
You asked for photos, so here they are.
To recap: Things are nuts at work, took a few days off to sort it out. Child (in photo) got stuck in the giant shrub/bush/juniper thing trying to help me clean out trash before we have a Kat-planted-everything-barbecue. I figured I’d just trim back th...
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21 May 2009Oops 1 4 Backyard gardenSo I’m on holiday, and I’ve been ordered to stay off email and have fun. Which means garden, right? Tuesday afternoon, I was playing with the kids in the yard, trying to figure out what I’d do next. Tomatoes have to go in, I need to weed the front, I should replace the broccoli ...22°C / 72°F
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