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16 Nov 2009I killed a worm 3 Frontyard gardenWhile digging in my front garden yesterday, I found a really big worm —...16°C / 61°F
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15 Nov 2009Fall cleanup 7 Tiny Farm garden , Frontyard garden , and Leeks, LancelotToday was a beautiful day — sunny, warm and dry. So I cleaned up my fr...Sunny 17°C / 62°F
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11 Nov 2009Grounds of Eastern State Penitentiary 1 3 Visited gardenEastern State Penitentiary is one of the oldest prisons in the US. It was in...Rainy 7°C / 45°F
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09 Nov 2009My lightbulb moment (re: compost/cover crops) 6 16 Tiny Farm gardenI’ve been reading Second Nature by Michael Pollan, and a book about com...14°C / 58°F
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09 Nov 2009Goddess slug killer of doom 4 3 Tiny Farm gardenI went outside this morning to make my morning slug killing rounds (I try to ...14°C / 58°F
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06 Nov 2009First Frost 1 5 Tiny Farm gardenJust to update my records. My first light frost this year was Friday night, ...21°C / 69°F
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06 Nov 2009Compost remodel & Freeze warning 5 6 Tiny Farm gardenMy average first frost date is October 15. Here we are 22 days past that dat...Sunny 6°C / 42°F
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26 Oct 2009Notes on fall greens 5 4 Tiny Farm garden , Cabbage, Tokyo Bekana , Mustard, Ruby Streaks , Mizuna , Creasy Greens , Corn Salad , Ar...In theory, I should have amazing fall gardens — I live in zone 7, in th...Sunny 20°C / 68°F
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23 Oct 2009Fed 1 African Violet garden , African violet, fuscia/purple Fertilising, African violet, Rose pink with backside ...Just a note that I fed my homemade brew to the AVs just now. Just before I a...19°C / 66°F
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22 Oct 2009Food for my AVs 2 2 African Violet gardenI just mixed up some food for my African Violets. Here’s the recipe: 1...Sunny 16°C / 61°F
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22 Oct 2009Osaka Purple mustard, greening 2 Mustard, Osaka purple (self-sown)During the time my Osakas were flowering, I tried hard to not let other musta...Sunny 17°C / 63°F
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16 Oct 2009Fruit flies in the worm bin 5 6 Worm Poo gardenAbout 6 weeks ago, I noticed these tiny bugs in the worm bin. They have wing...Cloudy 4°C / 39°F
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14 Oct 2009Salad harvest 6 Chinese cabbage, Tokyo Bekana Harvesting, Mustard, Osaka purple (self-sown) , Mustard, Asian baby leaf mix ...I harvested some beautiful salad greens a few minutes ago, including my fall ...Rainy 8°C / 47°F
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13 Oct 2009African violet photo update 5 12 African violet, fuscia/purple , African Violet garden , African violet, Rose pink with backside surprise , ...All of my African violets are blooming. They are all so pretty — I rea...Sunny 13°C / 55°F
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12 Oct 2009To mulch or not to mulch, that is the question 3 18 Tiny Farm gardenI have a ready supply of as many leaves as I want, and I just found that I ca...Cloudy 8°C / 46°F
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11 Oct 2009Probable last basil harvest 8 6 Basil in long container HarvestingIt’s getting cold at night, in the 40s, and my backyard isn’t get...16°C / 60°F
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20 Sep 2009Soup starter and preserving 5 1 Tiny Farm garden and Tomato, Beef Master HarvestingI really want to learn to can, but I never bother because it doesn’t se...Sunny 26°C / 79°F
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20 Sep 2009(herb) Log Rolling 10 10 Tiny Farm garden , Basil in long container Harvesting, Chives Harvesting, Garlic Chives Harvesting, Sage, p...I made herb logs today. I read about them on A Way to Garden. Basically, yo...Sunny 26°C / 79°F
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15 Sep 2009Artichoke photo 10 11 Frontyard garden and Artichoke, Cal Green Globe (WS)My artichoke is starting to look really great. I think it struggled in the h...Overcast 26°C / 79°F
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12 Sep 2009Today's work 5 3 Tiny Farm garden and Beans, dragon's tongue HarvestingI removed the dragon’s tongue beans from the backyard garden. I plante...21°C / 69°F
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08 Sep 2009Chipmunk versus human: score 0-0 8 3 Tiny Farm gardenI planted a bunch of seeds in my Northeast beds yesterday. I have tricky fal...23°C / 73°F
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06 Sep 2009Monster mutant tomato 10 11 Tiny Farm garden and Tomato, Beef Master HarvestingThis is a giant tomato — 1 pound, 4 ounces (~567 grams). It’s al...Overcast 21°C / 70°F
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04 Sep 2009I ripened a tomato in my fruit bowl 5 2 Tiny Farm gardenI’ve never ripened a tomato indoors before. Remember that green tomato...Overcast 20°C / 68°F
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03 Sep 2009sprouts 5 Mizuna Sprouting, Mustard, Ruby Streaks Sprouting, Tiny Farm garden , and Mustard, Mild kingdom mixI think my “mild kingdom” mustards are sprouting, but it’s ...Sunny 12°C / 53°F
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30 Aug 2009A note about dirt 6 3 Tiny Farm gardenOne reason I built raised beds is that my backyard is very rocky. On one sid...Sunny 30°C / 86°F
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29 Aug 2009New tool, bed clean-up, worm bin harvest 7 3 Tiny Farm garden , Worm Poo garden , and The Worm Factory HarvestingLast week I entered a blog contest on May Dreams Gardens to win a cobrahead w...Overcast 30°C / 86°F
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27 Aug 2009Self-sown Osaka purple mustards sprout 5 4 Tiny Farm garden and Mustard, Osaka purple (self-sown) SproutingThe self-sown Osaka purple mustards in my Southwest bed have sprouted. This ...22°C / 71°F
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27 Aug 2009Tonight's harvest 12 3 Tiny Farm garden , Plot #79 garden , Beans, Yard long purple podded Harvesting, Tomato, Beef Master Harvest...This is the first harvest of the summer that has felt bounteous. From left to...Overcast 28°C / 83°F
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25 Aug 2009New buds and blooms 6 2 African violet, Pink girl Blooming and African violet, purple BuddingThe buds on AV #2 are starting to open. They are the standard dark bluish-pu...Overcast 32°C / 89°F
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25 Aug 2009Diet over 2 Worm Poo garden and The Worm FactoryI started feeding the worms again last night. Among other scraps, they got a...Sunny 27°C / 80°F
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24 Aug 2009Purple Stalk Bok choy sprouting 5 3 Bok Choy, purple stalk SproutingI may have planted these guys too early, but that’s ok — I’...Sunny 19°C / 66°F
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22 Aug 2009First long bean harvest 8 5 Plot #79 garden and Beans, Yard long purple podded HarvestingI picked my first long beans today. They are so cool looking. Unfortunately...Overcast 24°C / 75°F
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19 Aug 2009Agretti update 1 4 Tiny Farm garden and Plot #79 gardenI planted agretti this spring in two gardens, and it never came up. I shared...Cloudy 24°C / 76°F
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18 Aug 2009The Diet of Worms 5 2 Worm Poo garden and The Worm FactoryMy worms are getting a bit behind on processing, and the scraps in the tray a...Sunny 22°C / 72°F
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14 Aug 2009Beans, chives, basil, sorrell 5 Tiny Farm garden , Beans, dragon's tongue , Garlic Chives , Basil in long container , and Sorrel, red veinedMostly a photo update. My dragon’s tongue beans are growing well —...28°C / 83°F
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14 Aug 2009A preying mantis pays a visit 9 6 Frontyard garden and MarigoldsI went outside after dinner tonight to deadhead my marigolds. I know they do...28°C / 83°F
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14 Aug 2009More African Violet buds 5 3 African violet, purple Budding, African Violet garden , African violet, Rose pink with backside surprise Bu...“Rose pink with backside surprise” is working on another flower b...31°C / 87°F
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11 Aug 2009Stuff I put in my worm bin 5 2 The Worm Factory and Worm Poo gardenThere are all sorts of things they say you aren’t supposed to put in yo...Sunny 27°C / 81°F
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10 Aug 2009Beef master broken and first harvest 3 2 Tiny Farm garden and Tomato, Beef Master HarvestingThe main growing stem of my beef master tomato broke today. The plant was be...24°C / 76°F
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10 Aug 2009Mizspoona is extremely bolt-resistant 3 Mizspoona and Mizspoona (succession #2)Just a note so that I don’t forget next year: mizspoona is extremely b...Sunny 34°C / 94°F
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