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09 Jun 2009*@$%^ Mosquitos! 1 6 Backyard gardenSo, clearly it is bug time again. I always face a dilema with the mosquitos, as I’m allergic to their bites (get nasty quarter size, hot welts and if I get too many, a fever and throw up) but I try to be organic. I’ve tried almost EVERY mosquito product on the market. None of the s...Sunny 26°C / 79°F
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08 Jun 2009Moved to a pot 1 Hosta 'Tortilla Chip' Potting Up and Holding Zone garden‘Tortilla Chip’ is another of the hostas that I removed from the raised nursery bed, as they did not seem to be growning there at all. The roots have really dwindled down to not much, so I hope it will survive. I’ve potted it up in an individual pot and placed it next to ̵...Overcast 27°C / 80°F
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08 Jun 2009Rescue Hosta 'Diamond Tiara' Potting Up and Backyard gardenI had to dig up both my ‘Diamond Tiara’ plants as both were dwindling down to almost nothing, due to too much root competition. The planting under the tree thing is just not working for me and unfortunately, my raising holding bed seems invaded by roots as well. When I dug the hosta...Overcast 27°C / 80°F
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08 May 2009Hanging baskets up! 1 Front Yard gardenI am back out of town again this weekend, after hoping I would be home to work in the yard. Oh well… that is what happens when you try to do too much. I got the yard cut this evening, cutting around the daylilies. Unfortunately, the boys who cut my yard mowed down my ‘Chorus Line&#...Sunny 24°C / 75°F
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05 May 2009Seeing sprouts 1 Bean 'Bush Blue Lake 274' Sprouting and Vegetable gardenChecked on the bush beans this PM and all but one of the seeds I planted has started to sprout. I’ll plant out more beans in a few weeks.Rainy 18°C / 65°F
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05 May 2009growing away 1 Vegetable gardenI was out of town for three days this past weekend and it was too late to look at the yard last night. I had hoped to do some work outside when I got home from work today, but it was raining, which the garden really needs. Finally around 8:30 it wasn’t raiinng, so I ran out to quickly chec...18°C / 65°F
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05 May 2009leggy already Tomato 'Ananas Noir' aka 'Black Pineapple' Sprouting and Vegetable gardenI do not have an ideal set up for starting seeds, which I think is one reason I put it off for so long this year. I did plant up some ‘Black Pineapple’ seeds before I left for vacation and when I got back last night, they had sprouted and were already looking pretty leggy. I now have...Rainy 18°C / 65°F
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05 May 2009First sprout 2 Cucumber 'Lemon' Sprouting and Vegetable gardenSo, when I was in my frantic rush to get things potted up before leaving for vacation, I must have not tagged all my pots. I was looking over the veggie gardens today and saw a pot full of fresh soil, but no tag or anything and that confused me. I was just about to reach down and pluck off the o...Rainy 18°C / 65°F
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28 Apr 2009Suffered a few loses over the winter Holding Zone garden , Hosta 'Golden Prayers' Dying, Hydrangea 'Forever and Ever Red' Dying, Hosta 'Orange ...Now that warm weather really seems to be here and everything is coming up, it looks like I did suffer a few loses this winter. I’m saddest about the beautiful dark purple hellebore, but I guess I should have tried harder to find the right spot for it. I lost two small hydrangeas and have o...Sunny 25°C / 77°F
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28 Apr 2009Trying to make up for lost time Vegetable gardenSo, I’ve been travelling a lot this winter and spring. The good part is, I’m having tons of fun, the bad part is I’m gone so much everything at home is suffering a bit. I am VERY far behind on getting anything done in the vegetable garden this year. All my yard time has been ...23°C / 73°F
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