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02 May 2013Yellow Currant Flowering
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Clear 2°C / 36°FAnother spring storm dropped 11.5" of snow in the yard yesterday… and on the flowers and plants trying to get growing. These yellow currant flowers are indicative of the struggles that the plants have been having this year. The snow and the cold temperatures set a record here. 11.5&quo...
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19 Apr 2013Tomato 'Spudakee Purple' 2012 , Tomato 'Cirio 49' 2012 , Tomato 'Sun Gold' , Tomato 'Amazon Chocolate' 2012...
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Clear 6°C / 43°FThe Tomato seedlings are looking good. Some are starting to show true leaves, all that are going to sprout are sprouted I think. I see some roots starting to stick out around the edges, which means things are good at this point. These will likely need transplanted by early next week.
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16 Apr 2013
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I measured an even 12" of snow on our table behind our house this morning. The crocuses have already declared that it is Spring here, but the snow has other ideas. The last I saw the daffodils they are up about 6 inches with big, fat buds. I suspect that they will emerge from the snow and bl...
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06 Apr 2013
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Crocus Blooming with a Vengeance
Yellow Crocus Blooming and Frontyard Kidney gardenThe Yellow Crocus are in full bloom and are continuing their spring show. No daffodils or tulips yet, but the crocuses are definitely doing their part.
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17 Mar 2013Frontyard Kidney garden and Yellow Crocus Blooming
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The first flowers of spring are declaring that it is time to plant. Let’s see if I can get myself motivated to sow something this week…
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03 Nov 2012
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Hot Peppers - Taste Test and Dehydrating
Bhut Jolokia , Hot Pepper 'Yellow 7 Pod' , Trinidad Scorpion 'Morouga Blend' , Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T" ...(catching up on old journal entries .. this is from Nov 3, 2012. Today is March 10). Preparing the Peppers for the Dehydrator today. I saved samples of each for taste and heat testing. We’ll see how far I get before I blow out my tongue. Sample # Variety Planting Size Descripti...
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30 Oct 2012Corn 'Oaxacana Green Dent' Harvesting and Main garden
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(catching up on old journal entries. Finally entered this one from last fall today, Mar 10). Harvested the Oaxacan Green Dent corn. Overall, good uniformity, with a total yield of 31 ears that weighed 3 lb 1.5 oz when shelled off of the cobs. Saved 2 ears of corn for seed. One had very nice, gree...
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23 Oct 2012Bhut Jolokia Harvesting, Trinidad Scorpion "Butch T" Harvesting, Trinidad 7-Pot 'Brain Strain' Harvesting, ...
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Clear 10°C / 50°FWith the weather forecast calling for snow tomorrow, I decided to put an end to the nightly “put the peppers in the garage”, and “put them back outside in the morning” routine and pick all of them. Overall, there was one Earthbox left and about 14 pots of peppers, so it to...
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07 Oct 2012
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Grafted Tomatoes... inconclusive results.
Tomato 'Lime Green Salad' , Tomato 'Lime Green Salad' (on Celebrity) , Tomato 'Opalka' , Tomato 'Opalka' (o...(catching up journal entries…this is regarding final harvests of tomatoes in October 2012) The home grafting experiment was inconclusive at best. My hypothesis was that heirloom tomatoes would be more vigorous, and more disease resistant if grafted onto disease resistant rootstock of robust...
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07 Oct 2012
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Aji 439400 - The Miniature "Pumpkin Candy" Pepper
Aji 'PI 439400' (eggplant garden)Clear 2°C / 36°FI was taking pics to document the peppers that were harvested on Oct 3 before the freeze, and think that I have a new name for the un-named PI 439400 Aji pepper. Aji “Pumpkin Candy” They are about the same size as the ubiquitous mallow creme pumpkin candies that are plentiful around t...
