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15 Aug 2008Starting over African Violet #1 Dying and Houseplant gardenThis plant had some leaf damage that I thought was caused by water droplets, but the problem seems to be more serious than that. I went to trim off some yellowing leaves at the base, and the entire plant came up out of the soil. It seems to have had some kind of problem with root rot. Since most ...Sunny 24°C / 75°F
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15 Aug 2008Six baseball-sized squash Patty Pan Squash 'Sunburst' HarvestingSunny 21°C / 69°F
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13 Aug 2008The true leaves look chamomile-like German Chamomile Sprouting and Rhubarb Farm gardenThey took longer than expected to germinate, and I was worried that I wouldn’t be able to tell them from weed seedlings.Sunny 16°C / 61°F
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13 Aug 2008Lettuce in August! 2 1 Kitchen gardenCloudy 17°C / 63°F
I can think of two good things about this eerily cold summer: 1) the sweet peas are seven feet high and abundant, and 2) we are harvesting lettuce in August.
Despite the fact that some of this lettuce has been in the ground since last winter, it is completely bitter-free, a bit tougher than IR...
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12 Aug 2008Fully open today Dahlia 'Nutley Sunrise' Flowering and Kitchen gardenCloudy 17°C / 63°F
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11 Aug 2008Sprouting Kohlrabi, Purple SproutingCloudy 17°C / 63°F
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11 Aug 2008Sprouting Kohlrabi, White SproutingCloudy 17°C / 63°F
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08 Aug 2008First Harvest Bush Bean 'Royal Burgundy' Harvesting and Rhubarb Farm gardenCloudy 14°C / 57°F
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07 Aug 2008Removed suckers; staked Mystery Tomato FloweringSunny 21°C / 70°F
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07 Aug 2008First of the overwintered varieties to flower Dahlia 'Ruskin Marigold' Flowering and East gardenSunny 21°C / 70°F

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