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Member since: May 08 | Last seen: Mar 12 | Years gardening: 10 | Organic gardener
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09 Jun 2008Tiny Farm garden
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It’s been brutally hot here the last few days. The temperature has been over 100 (F) for the last two days, and will be again today. It’s also been very humid, over 80%. I’ve lived where it gets hot and dry (in Arizona) and where it gets hot and humid (Washington DC suburbs) ...Storms 25°C / 77°F -
08 Jun 2008Genovese Basil Harvesting and Tiny Farm garden
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I just cut one of my two Genovese stems. I read somewhere that one of the mistakes new gardeners make with basil is to wait until they need it to harvest it. This causes the plant to get overgrown and bitter. Instead, you should harvest it when it is ready, when the stems are about 8 inches ta...Storms 38°C / 101°F -
08 Jun 2008Red Swiss Chard Planting Out and Tiny Farm garden
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Two of my swiss chard plants (one Oriole and one Vulcan) failed to germinate. So when I saw some small transplants of red ruffled Swiss Chard at my church’s yard sale for $1.50, I scooped them up. I planted two of them to replace my failed chard. I’ll hang on to the others until I ...Cloudy 23°C / 74°F -
08 Jun 2008Royalty Purple Beans Sown
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07 Jun 2008French Breakfast Radish Harvesting and Tiny Farm garden
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I just harvested my first tiny radish. It was a French Breakfast radish, and it was almost entirely white, with just a bit of red at the tip. I was anxious to eat one before our current heat wave hit, so I pulled just one. This is my first harvest from my new garden, and I couldn’t be ha...Storms 28°C / 83°F -
07 Jun 2008Red Swiss Chard Sown
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05 Jun 2008Cherry Belle Radish and Tiny Farm garden
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Sunny 27°C / 81°FI’m having a hard time bringing myself to write about radishes. I love them, and I’m looking forward to eating them — but they just aren’t that interesting! They are doing very well. I’m thinking they will be ready in 3-5 days.
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05 Jun 2008Bull's Blood Beets Showing True Leaves and Tiny Farm garden
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Storms 27°C / 81°FThe one seed that sprouted from my original sowing is doing well.
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05 Jun 2008Purple Kohlrabi Showing True Leaves and Tiny Farm garden
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Sunny 27°C / 81°FOne of these did come up, but the other did not. It doesn’t seem fair to call this a 50% germination rate, because it’s based on such a small sample! But the one that emerged is doing very well.
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05 Jun 2008New Zealand Spinach and Tiny Farm garden
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Storms 28°C / 82°FI didn’t realize the seeds for this plant were clusters, but they must be because two of them have sprouted, and I only planted one seed.
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05 Jun 2008Vulcan Swiss Chard Showing True Leaves and Tiny Farm garden
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Storms 28°C / 82°FOnly one of the two Vulcan chard seeds I planted grew. This one is doing fine so far, but I will have to replant the other one.
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05 Jun 2008Wax Brittle Beans Showing True Leaves and Tiny Farm garden
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These have germinated much faster than my blue lake bush beans — I’m probably going to have to replant those.Sunny 28°C / 82°F -
05 Jun 2008Debaro Plum Tomato and Tiny Farm garden
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This tomato is interesting. The plant is very strong and sturdy. It has a much thicker stem than my other tomatoes and it’s stiffer — the branches don’t bend as easily.Sunny 28°C / 82°F -
05 Jun 2008Madras Podding Radish Showing True Leaves and Tiny Farm garden
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Storms 28°C / 82°FI’m keeping a close eye on these radishes since they are completely new to me. It’s interesting that the sprouts so closely resemble root radishes.
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05 Jun 2008Dragon's Tongue Beans Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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Storms 28°C / 82°FMy dragon’s tongue beans seem to be sprouting at different rates. Some are barely out of the ground, while others are already showing their true leaves. I took all these pictures just a few minutes ago — and look how different these two plants are! I think these beans are really pre...
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05 Jun 2008French Breakfast Radish and Tiny Farm garden
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These radishes are almost ready to harvest. Maybe this weekend, maybe next week — but sometime soon, these radishes are toast. Urm, I mean, they’ll be on toast. With butter and a bit of salt. MMMmmmmmmm…… I can’t wait.Sunny 29°C / 85°F -
05 Jun 2008New Zealand Spinach Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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I noticed a teeny-weeny little sprout this morning, just barely above ground. I’m glad this plant is finally making an appearance.Cloudy 23°C / 73°F -
05 Jun 2008Oriole Swiss Chard Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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One of the two Oriole chards I planted has finally sprouted. It was slower than the Vulcan. I will replant the missing plant.Cloudy 23°C / 73°F -
05 Jun 2008Bush Blue Lake Beans and Tiny Farm garden
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These have not yet sprouted. I’m starting to think I should plant something else in their place — other beans (the Dragon’s Tongue) that I planted later are coming up already.Cloudy 23°C / 73°F -
05 Jun 2008Scallions Sown and Tiny Farm garden
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I just planted more of these seeds. I read that this kind of onion will form a bulb that’s quite tasty. It can’t be stored, but it can be used. :) So I planted 8 more this morning.Cloudy 23°C / 73°F -
05 Jun 2008Dragon's Tongue Beans Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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These are starting to sprout. I think beans look like arms reaching out of the soil as they sprout. These germinated very fast — faster than the blue lake bush beans. Those still aren’t up, and I planted them 7 days before the Dragon’s Tongues.Cloudy 23°C / 73°F -
03 Jun 2008Rat's Tail Podding Radish Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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Like the Madras radish, these sprouted very fast.Cloudy 23°C / 73°F -
03 Jun 2008Madras Podding Radish Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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These sprouted so fast! I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw them peaking above ground. They are even faster than my root radishes.Cloudy 23°C / 73°F -
03 Jun 2008Nasturtium Vine Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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Both seeds I’ve planted have sprouted, although one moved from where I planted it. I don’t know how to make my seeds stay where I put them. They move when I water them!Overcast 26°C / 78°F -
03 Jun 2008New Zealand Spinach and Tiny Farm garden
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How do you avoid floating your seeds away when you water? I water my garden by gently pouring water out of a cup onto the ground. First my kohlrabi seeds shifted, and now this one came totally out of the ground. It’s a very strange seed with a pointy end, and I found it sitting on top of ...Cloudy 26°C / 79°F -
03 Jun 2008White Kohlrabi and Tiny Farm garden
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Cloudy 26°C / 79°FWhen I planted these seeds, I decided to cover one with a mini-greenhouse made by cutting the bottom off a pop bottle. I wanted to see if the covered one would germinate any faster than the uncovered one. If you look at the large size pictures, you’ll see that the covered seed did germinat...
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03 Jun 2008Purple Kohlrabi Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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I believe these have sprouted, but I’m not sure. These seeds are small, but not tiny, like radish seeds. I think they must have migrated a bit when I watered my bed, because while they haven’t sprouted where I planted them — I have two tiny plants coming up near where I plante...Cloudy 26°C / 79°F -
03 Jun 2008Cosmic Purple Carrot and Tiny Farm garden
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Only one of the first four cosmic purple carrot seeds I planted have sprouted.Overcast 26°C / 79°F -
03 Jun 2008Bull's Blood Beets Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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I’m having some problems with these seeds germinating. I know that beets are hard to germinate, but I’m having only a 25% success rate. I just replanted the missing beets with new seeds — this time I scuffed them up with a nail file before soaking them, then planted them. Wis...Overcast 26°C / 79°F -
03 Jun 2008Tiny Farm garden
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Overcast 26°C / 79°FI’m feeling a bit stumped with my garden. I’ve filled it up with veggies, but I still have some blank spots. One of the rules I set for myself when I started this was “no trellises in year 1.” I’m starting to realize that my blank spots are where trellised plants ...
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31 May 2008Rat's Tail Podding Radish Sown
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31 May 2008Madras Podding Radish Sown
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31 May 2008Dragon's Tongue Beans Sown
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31 May 2008Scallions Sown
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29 May 2008Vulcan Swiss Chard Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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These plants just sprouted. They are doing much better than my Oriole Chard, which I think I might have to replant.Cloudy 26°C / 79°F -
29 May 2008Cosmic Purple Carrot Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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Sunny 17°C / 62°FMy cosmic carrots are peaking up above ground.
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28 May 2008Nutri-red carrots Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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These seeds are sprouting well, at 100%. This is ironic, because I almost immediately after purchase regretted buying these seeds!Overcast 26°C / 79°F -
28 May 2008Tiny Farm garden
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Even though I started my garden late, things are sprouting. Little radish sprouts, a bit squash sprout and the teeniest beet sprouts. It’s so exciting to grow things!Overcast 19°C / 67°F -
27 May 2008White Kohlrabi Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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One of these two plants has sprouted.Sunny 17°C / 62°F -
27 May 2008Purple Kohlrabi Sprouting and Tiny Farm garden
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One of my two purple kohlrabi seeds has sprouted.Sunny 17°C / 62°F
