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Member since: May 08 | Last seen: Aug 11 | Years gardening: 10 | Organic gardener
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13 Aug 2010Sage Harvesting
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Overcast 22°C / 72°FI tend to think of sage as a wintery herb – probably because of its prominence in turkey, gravy and stuffing – and rarely use it in my summer cooking, but I have such and abundance in the garden right now, I set out to find out what to do about all this sage. A few general points to s...
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12 Aug 2010
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The Quest for the Perfect Tomato: Taste 1
Kitchen garden , Tomato 'Maltese' Harvesting, Tomato 'Sandia Gem' Harvesting, Tomato 'Joffre' Harvesting, a...Overcast 21°C / 70°FWe had our first – of many more to come – tomato tasting of the year last night. It’s interesting to taste tomato varieties side by side because you really notice the differences between them. As usual, we tasted each variety on it’s own, as well as on crostini with basil....
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06 Aug 2010Morning Glory 'Heavenly Blue' Blooming, Cone Flower 'Fatal Attraction' Blooming, Hibiscus - Lavender Chiffo...
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20°C / 68°FPhotos below. Not blooming (that should be) … Belotti passion vine! Really struggling this year … so sad:( & Clematis … Will Goodwin
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06 Aug 2010Tomato 'Harbinger' Setting Fruit, Tomato 'Ferris Wheel' Budding, Tomato 'Black Sea Man' Flowering, Tomato ...
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18°C / 64°FSince I’m running short on time these days, I keep putting off a garden update because I can’t do it ALL at once, and therefor it never gets done. I’ve decide to try to break it down into sections and see if I can get it done that way. These are the seven plants in ground in th...
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26 Jul 2010Kitchen garden , Tomato 'Stupice' Harvesting, Bean (Bush) 'Delinel' Harvesting, Bean (Bush) 'Mellow Yellow'...
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18°C / 64°FThe first Official Summer Harvest!!! “Summer”, as in tomatoes and beans (not peas and radishes) and “official”, as in it required a bowl and wasn’t eaten out of hand in the garden which I have already done with a few cherry tomatoes and beans. Yep, still eating beans...
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22 Jul 2010
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A Peck of Pickled Pepperocini Peppers
Pepper 'Pepperoncini' Harvesting18°C / 64°FOk, well it’s not really a peck (I wish!), and no they aren’t pickled just yet … but they will be soon! I’m so happy to have enough to fill a jar, given my last few attempts at growing pepperocini failed miserably. There are still more peppers to be picked, but I’ve ...
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18 Jul 2010African Devil Chilli Budding, Pepper 'Ancho' Setting Fruit, Pepper (Chili) 'Jalapeno' Setting Fruit, Pepper...
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Overcast 25°C / 77°FPeppers are growing very well this year. Did a quick (approximate) count of fruit and flowers on each plant for comparison. African Devil – Medium-large plant, 10 buds, 5 tiny fruit. Ancho – Very large plants, well over 30 buds, flowers and tiny fruit. Jalapeno – smallish plan...
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17 Jul 2010Kitchen garden , Tomato 'Stupice' , Tomato 'Maltese' , Bean (Bush) 'Royal Burgundy' Setting Fruit, Pepper (...
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Overcast 23°C / 73°FI hope everyone’s gardens are growing well – and I’m off to find out exactly that by reading through at least some of the 600+ journals I’ve missed after a quick update of my own!!! So, yes … if you’re curious, I have been gardening – lots of gardening, I...
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07 Jun 2010African Devil Chilli Planting Out and Indoor Seedling garden
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06 Jun 2010Kitchen garden , Pepper (Chilli) 'Marbles' Planting Out, Pepper 'Ancho' Planting Out, Pepper (Chili) 'Jalap...
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Cloudy 13°C / 55°FWe spent the weekend getting the garden in…we’re so late this year! I’m still not entirely done, but close enough that I can see the light and today is supposed to be a stellar garden day. Yesterday, was awesome! Lately my gardening efforts have been stressfully squeezed in bet...
