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Member since: Apr 10 | Last seen: Apr 11 | Years gardening: 6 | Organic gardener
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12 Jul 2010
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Heritage Park harvested 5 pounds (squash, tomatoes, strawberries, chard). something has eaten the winter squash and pumpkin leaves. cucumbers being nibbled. need animal deterrents!Rainy -
11 Jul 2010
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+*Thurman Brisben":": Harvested 10 pounds (squash, tomatoes, and cucumbers). Blossom end rot on Roma tomatoes. There are lots of Japanese beetles. Asparagus beans beginning to appear. +*Fredericksburg Food Bank":": Pulled 2 squash and 1 zuchini plant destroyed by squash vine b... -
27 May 2010
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Theses are coming up very nicely. The heads are showing wonderful growth. There did seem to be a little groundhog damage, or something else that took a few bites of green, but not completely damaging. Things are going well. Just a few more days.Overcast 26°C / 78°F -
02 May 2010
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This morning I drove up to Thurman Brisben for their garden hours. I was gardening solo although a few folks came by to see what was going on and chat. Thurman got two very large donations of tomatoes, peppers, herbs, flowers, melons, cukes, and squash. I planted a bed of tomatoes and peppers tod...Cloudy 28°C / 82°F -
05 Apr 2010Heritage Park garden
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Today we worked on two of the beds at Heritage Park. It was funny, we worked composted manure and some pro mix into the soil and the kids were on board—I think they like laughing at me when I talked about cow poo helping the veggies grow (and the importance of washing veggies!). As soon as ...32°C / 90°F -
30 Mar 2010
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We went out to the New Kent office for a Vermiculture Workshop. We had 5 participants. One brought a bin as instructed, the others used extras that we had. This is a lesson that the information should say, bring your own tub or a donation to cover the cost of the tub. We went out to check on the ...19°C / 67°F -
23 Mar 2010
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We brought supplies to build a deer fence as well as new broccoli seedlings. No signs of growth from the seeds planted yet. We used a 100ft roll of plastic mesh deer fencing that is 7ft high. We hammered 8 ft stakes into the ground and zip tied the mesh to the stakes. We replanted broccoli after ...19°C / 67°F -
17 Mar 2010
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The whole QR staff came together to build 4 4×8 and 1 4×4 raised bed for the office garden. We used 2×10 untreated pine from home depot (not the best source!) and filled the beds with the basic topsoil from Gillie’s Creek. They have great soil with a nice amount of organic ma...19°C / 67°F
