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12 Jan 2009I can't contain my excitement!! 3 5It’s almost time!!!! I ordered my seeds and planned out my garden! I’m totally geeked already. I feel like a kid waiting for Santa!!! This year I will be growing: Celery Jalapenos California Wonder Peppers 300 Pepper Sweet Banana Peppers Tomato – Rutgers Tomato – Juliet Hybrid (Grap...Overcast -5°C / 23°F
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11 Nov 2008Going Stir crazy. 2Its cold. Very cold. The growing season is over. I’m bored. I want nothing more than to be outside working on my garden. Matt told me no more plants until next growing season (poopyhead). Although I understand why. We are in the middle of remodeling and that is taking up our entire life. I ...Rainy 2°C / 35°F
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03 Oct 2008Addicted to canning. 1 3Cloudy 11°C / 52°F
I canned again the other day. Made some more giardiniera. This time I made it REALLY hot! On top of the banana and jalapenos I usually add, I added serrano peppers as well. there are also some white carrots from my dad’s garden (which were GINORMOUS by the way, I should have taken pics). Th...
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01 Oct 2008I really should have brought my plants in last night Get Outside for some Fresh Air gardenBut the White Sox, Twins tiebreaker was on!!!!! I’m a die hard white sox fan. The game was giving me mini-heart attacks. Thank god they won and get to go to the playoffs! WOO! I really have to move my plants indoors tonight though. Its getting so cold out. I hope they make it!!! :/Overcast 9°C / 48°F
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08 Sep 2008its getting chilly out. Get Outside for some Fresh Air gardenWell, it’s almost time to let go. The lows have been 52 degrees at night (tonight its supposed to be 49… yikes!). I have been trying to decide which plants are going to come in for the winter. right now I have two bell peppers, two banana peppers and between 2 and 3 jalapenos I want to keep...Rainy 17°C / 62°F
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27 Aug 2008Too busy to post!/canning bonanza! 2 3Its the end of the season! and I have had so much to do in my garden and with my garden, I have had no time to post anything!!!! Its starting to cool off quite a lot, and I have been harvesting like crazy. I have found out that out of my bell peppers I have two plants that are orange, one yellow,...Sunny 22°C / 71°F
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06 Aug 2008On a rescue mission. Get Outside for some Fresh Air gardenOvercast 27°C / 81°F
As my previous journal states we had a nasty storm last night that ravaged my plants. I took a few pictures of the damage and the tomatoes I am attempting to ripen thanks to the advice of rainymountain and nax (thanks again!) I really hope they are ok. On better examination all of the various pep...
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05 Aug 2008Tragedy! 2 9 Get Outside for some Fresh Air gardenOvercast 26°C / 78°F
A huge storm hit last night with 80 mph winds. knocked down every last one of my plants (even the 80+ pound upside down mater planter). A LOT of fruit that was not ripe yet was ripped off. There are probably about 50 green tomatoes lying all over the ground. One of my Health Kick Hybrids cracked ...
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29 Jul 2008canning begins this weekend.I have so many banana peppers I don’t know what do with with them. I have been giving so many away to people its not even funny! I am going to start pickling them this weekend. Making my own pepperoncini :) yay!Overcast 27°C / 81°F
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29 Jul 2008Blast!!My camera in being funky. I took pictures of my harvest the other day (tomatoes, banana peppers, jalapenos and a green pepper) and my bright red tomatoes, but then it pooped out on me. I changed the batteries and it kept doing the same thing… booo. So, unfortunately, no pictures until I fig...Cloudy 26°C / 79°F

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