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Member since: Jun 08 | Years gardening: 2 Organic gardener

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03 Oct 2008
Mint vs Elwing Neutral Side Vegetable garden
The mint’s winning. I’ve even resorted to Round Up to try to get rid of it. I’ve gotten most of the larger plants out of the box, but I know there are still some roots hiding under the ground. Tonight is the first attempt at mowing the yard, and once that’s done, I̵...
Sunny 21°C / 69°F
22 Jul 2008
Really Large Zucchini Backyard Garden garden
We went away for the weekend and came back to a very large zucchini on the plant. Until last week, we’d only gotten really small fruit (still good to eat), but last week we got a good sized one, and this week we got this huge one. It was really hot over the weekend, and I was a bit worrie...
Sunny 30°C / 86°F
21 Jul 2008
Raccoon thief Tomato 'Cherry' and Backyard Garden garden
When we came home, a raccoon thief had knocked the plant over and taken all the ripe tomatoes and a few of the green ones. Lucky, he left us some green tomatoes to keep growing.
Sunny 34°C / 94°F
22 Jun 2008
First Zucchini Summer Squash 'Burpee's Golden Zucchini' Harvesting and Backyard Garden garden
We got our first Zucchini Squash this past weekend. There are about 7 more on the plant as well, and I’m not sure when to harvest them all. They’re not as large as the zucchini that I get at the grocery (they’re only 3-4" long), and I’m not sure if they’ll get ...
01 Jun 2008
Transplanted Tomato 'Cherry' Transplanted
01 Jun 2008
Transplanted Tomato 'Brandywine' Transplanted
01 Jun 2008
Transplanted Rosemary Transplanted
01 Jun 2008
Transplanted Summer Squash 'Burpee's Golden Zucchini' Transplanted

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