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05 Jun 2009First harvest 1 D1 Salad mix Harvesting, Square Foot Vegetable garden , and D4 Parsley HarvestingNot much of a harvest, only about 1/2 bowl of salad greens, but still it was something.24°C / 75°F
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02 May 2009Repotted the amaryllis 1 Amaryllis Repotted and Indoor gardenOK, actually I just potted it. After several years of struggling with the cheap plastic pot that came with it (why did I even bother), I gave up and unpotted it. Well, bulbs being bulbs, that sure didn’t stop the amaryllis, so when it started putting up leaves the other day, I decided it wa...Sunny 16°C / 60°F
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28 Apr 2009Starting to move potted plants outside Spider plant Moved and Indoor gardenThe spider plant is always first. It seems much hardier and resistant to abuse, mistreatment, etc. Also, it’s just a spider plant. It has no sentimental value, and if necessary, could be replaced at little to no cost. So it’s my guinea pig.Rainy 16°C / 60°F
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21 Mar 2009Fighting back the sugar maples Yard weeds gardenThe previous owners of our house seem to have been generally well-intentioned regarding maintenance and repairs, but they did a cut-corner poor DIY job on a variety of things. One of the results of this is a lot of medium-sized sugar maples growing in unfortunate places. Last summer I cut down fi...Sunny 10°C / 50°F
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01 Oct 2008Brought potted plants inside Indoor gardenIn anticipation of low temperatures in the mid-30s tonight, I brought all my potted plants inside for the winter. My mother suggested that potted plants should be brought in when lows dip into the 40s, but that happened in mid-July this year!Sunny 9°C / 48°F
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10 Aug 2008Pulled them up 1 mystery plant (pumpkin?) and Frontyard (driveway-side) gardenIn addition to getting very mildewy, they were pretty well infested with borers. I didn’t plant these, they were volunteers, and I didn’t want to spend much time on them. Also, there was only ever one flower open at a time, which made pollination pretty unlikely. So yesterday morning,...Overcast 16°C / 60°F
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07 Aug 2008Summer storms 3 Rosemary and Indoor gardenSeveral heavy storms blew through the area yesterday afternoon and early evening. In a fairly bizzare freak accident, my rosemary, which was in a plastic pot on the top (4th) step coming up to my porch, flipped over completely, came out of the pot while in the air, and landed upright, taking most...Sunny 16°C / 61°F
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03 Aug 2008Maybe I'll get some zucchini after all... Zucchini Flowering and Square Foot Vegetable gardenWe went out of town for the weekend to visit my mother-in-law (pictures of her amazing garden coming soon), and came back to find the zucchini flowering. I’m still a little dubious about getting much from them – I put them in pretty late, and they’re a lot smaller than they real...Sunny 26°C / 78°F
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30 Jul 2008Flower is finally opening 1 3 Black Eyed Susan Blooming and Butterfly gardenOvercast 30°C / 86°F
Finally! It figures that it would be right before I leave town for the weekend.
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23 Jul 2008Great big buds! Black Eyed Susan Budding and Butterfly gardenThe large black eyed susan is getting ready to just burst with flowers. If it gets there soon enough, I might have almost every plant in the garden blooming at once!Sunny 17°C / 63°F
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