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15 Aug 2009First harvest Eggplant 'Black Beauty' Harvesting and Food gardenThe eggplant and tomatoes are starting to be harvestable.Sunny 33°C / 92°F
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09 Aug 2009Oddly cool, damp midsummer = powdery mildewI pulled out the pumpkin vines and threw them in the trash. Tons of it. So ...Sunny 28°C / 83°F
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26 Jul 2009Changing of the guard Cucumber 'Pepino' Dying and Cucumber 'Pepino' Hardening OffThe first round of cucumber vines has been extracted from the garden, and a f...Sunny 27°C / 80°F
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03 Jul 2009Raspberry harvest peak (yay!) and little gray inchworm? 1 Red Raspberry Harvesting and Food gardenI’m certain I’ve just made the largest raspberry harvest of the s...20°C / 68°F
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28 Jun 2009Out with the cabbage worms, in with the flea beetles Collards 'Georgia' , Cabbage 'Dutch Flat' , Cabbage 'Red Acre' , Cucumber 'Pepino' Harvesting, Pumpkin - Ja...I successfully got rid of the cabbage worms through a shock & awe campaig...Cloudy 19°C / 67°F
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14 Jun 2009&^%(*<) cabbage worms Collards 'Georgia' , Cabbage 'Dutch Flat' , and Cabbage 'Red Acre'Pulled 19 cabbage worms off the collards, and another 13 (plus a friggin̵...Sunny 24°C / 75°F
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06 Jun 2009FertilizerOne bottle of the Miracle Grow liquid fertilizer across the entire veggie gar...Sunny 22°C / 72°F
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01 Jun 2009Getting close to done! Tomato 'Brandywine' Planting Out, Tomato 'Yellow Pear' Planting Out, Eggplant 'Black Beauty' Planting Out, ...Rick helped me get pepper, watermelon, swiss chard, and tomato seedlings out....Sunny 20°C / 68°F
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25 May 2009Flowers Marigold - Dwarf French Double Mixed Colors Planting OutToday was marigold-transplanting day—I didn’t count how many plan...Sunny 22°C / 71°F
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23 May 2009Transplanting! Sweet Corn Planting Out, Cucumber 'Pepino' Planting Out, Squash - Early Prolific Straightneck Planting Out,...The garden is definitely underway. Lots of things happening, and Rick helped...Sunny 24°C / 75°F
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19 May 2009Shifting outside Cucumber 'Pepino' Hardening Off, Zucchini Hardening Off, Squash - Early Prolific Straightneck Hardening Off...Sunny 3°C / 38°F
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09 May 2009Weeves. Twoo weeves. (The Princess Gardener? The Gardener Bride?) Tomato 'Yellow Pear' , Tomato 'Brandywine' , Marigold - Dwarf French Double Mixed Colors , Bell Pepper 'Chi...The seedlings are really going gangbusters now. My tomato seedlings experienc...Overcast 21°C / 70°F
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30 Apr 2009More under-the-desk sprouting 1 Swiss Chard 'Rhubarb' Sprouting, Sweet Corn Sprouting, Zucchini Sprouting, Cucumber 'Pepino' Sprouting, Pum...I checked the seeds last night and found that corn, swiss chard, and some of ...Overcast 16°C / 61°F
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26 Apr 2009A giant leap forward Food garden , Backyard garden , Cabbage 'Dutch Flat' Transplanted, Cabbage 'Red Acre' Transplanted, and Col...Saturday morning turned out to be the best time for starting to transplant th...Sunny 22°C / 71°F
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18 Apr 2009More springy progress Pepper (Serrano Chili) Sprouting, Food garden , Collards 'Georgia' Showing True Leaves, Marigold - Dwarf Fr...I’ve found a few more sprouts here & there, and a few true leaves!*Sunny 23°C / 74°F
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15 Apr 2009Moved to window Marigold - Dwarf French Double Mixed Colors Showing True Leaves, Food garden , Tomato 'Brandywine' , Tomato...The seeding flat has been moved on top of a new shelving unit by my only sout...6°C / 42°F
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11 Apr 2009expenses to date (spending the tax refund) 1 1Anchor pins mulch landscape fabric Trees, one each: Golden delicious apple, b...14°C / 57°F
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10 Apr 2009Sprouting! Tomato 'Brandywine' Sprouting, Food garden , and Tomato 'Yellow Pear' SproutingAll my tomato seeds have sprouted! SQUEE Five days! I love this part. Now ...8°C / 46°F
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08 Apr 2009Sprouting! Marigold - Dwarf French Double Mixed Colors Sprouting and Food gardenOMG, the marigolds sprouted after only three days. That’s got to be a ...8°C / 46°F
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05 Apr 2009Boundaries. Borders 1 Food gardenMaking progress in the Veggie garden’s appearance. A few weeks ago I l...Sunny 20°C / 68°F
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05 Apr 2009Squee! This is my favorite part Cabbage 'Red Acre' Sprouting, Food garden , and Collards 'Georgia' SproutingGardening is a heck of a lot of work, but I LOVE when seeds sprout. It’...Sunny 7°C / 44°F
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29 Mar 2009Oops - forgot to note last year's harvest! Garlic and Food gardenSo, this looks like it has been out for more than a year. Well, I did dig up...4°C / 39°F
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29 Mar 2009Mulching and paths Food gardenSpent a couple of hours laying down paths in my veggie garden with rubber-mul...15°C / 59°F
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10 Feb 2009Just a bit of a trim European Pear Pruning and Backyard gardenThe pear made it through our ice storm pretty well. I just pruned enough to ...Sunny 5°C / 41°F
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01 Jan 2009If 2008 was the year of the crab grass, what will 2009 be? (The year of mulch.)Some specific techniques I will do to try to keep from repeating the Jungle E...Sunny -2°C / 29°F
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30 Nov 2008Harvest soup! 1One of my favorite things to do on the Saturday after Thanksgiving is to make...Cloudy 3°C / 38°F
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23 Nov 2008Last chance Food gardenI don’t know if it will be edible or not, but with temperatures dipping...Sunny 1°C / 34°F
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10 Nov 2008In again for another winter Garlic Sown and Food gardenI wanted to wait a bit longer this year before planting the majority of the g...Sunny 1°C / 34°F
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12 Oct 2008Harvested a few tender greens Food gardenSix weeks is plenty for getting a first decent crop of tender leaves for cook...Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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12 Oct 2008One of our most prolific plants Tomato 'Yellow Pear' Harvesting and Food gardenI don’t know how it happened, but this little straggler came back to be...Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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12 Oct 2008Nummy! Swiss Chard 'Rhubarb' Harvesting and Food gardenSix weeks seems perfect for getting reasonably-sized, tender leaves. yay!Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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12 Oct 2008Flowers are about done Sunchoke 'Stampede' Dying Down and Food gardenWe’ll be able to harvest these before too long. Haven’t yet eaten...Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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12 Oct 2008Garlic beetle-be-gone planted at base Rose and Front Yard Accents gardenIn hopes that garlic will help us to ward off the Japanese Beetles next year,...Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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12 Oct 2008Did pretty well in the back yard 1 1 Penstemon 'Scarlet' and Backyard gardenI enjoyed the penstemon, although it seemed a little finicky. I think an ent...Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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12 Oct 2008Harvested greens Food gardenChopped off several, though not all, greens. 6 weeks seems to be plenty for ...Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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12 Oct 2008Harvested about a month ago...? Navy Beans Harvesting and Backyard gardenLooks like I neglected to note when I finally pulled up those plants and harv...Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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12 Oct 2008Beautiful and cute Lettuce 'Tom Thumb' Harvesting and Food gardenI harvested the greens garden yesterday and the lettuce came out so beautiful...Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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12 Oct 2008I hate cole crops Food gardenGEEZ THE BUGS LOVE THIS STUFF. I’ve half a mind to plant kale, which I ...Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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12 Oct 2008End of season Hosta Dying Down and Front Yard Accents gardenThe hostas can tell it’s getting cooler and darker out there. No dividi...Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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12 Oct 2008First planting (beetle be-gone) Garlic Planting Out and Food gardenSelected my ‘seed’ cloves and planted the first few around bluebe...Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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