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23 Jul 2009Quick Update 2 1 Little Garden on the Prairie garden , Illini Blackberry , Ozark Beauty Strawberries , Heritage Raspberry , ...Got back from Ireland and, of course, one of the first things I did was check out the garden. It’s survived the hiatus not only in tact but thriving. Here’s a quick list of what I observed: the blackberries are in full swing strawberries are et with new fruit the first year cane...Overcast 19°C / 66°F
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01 Jul 2009Random observations Little Garden on the Prairie garden , Cabbage: Early Jersey Wakefield , Broccoli: Green Goliath , Onion , G...The brassiscas next to the volunteer onions look awesome compared to the rest. Larger, healthier, less pest damage. May need to purposely plant onions in with brassiscas from now on. Trying to trellis the melons but they’re not latching onto the strings. Maybe only the newest tendrils...18°C / 65°F
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30 Jun 2009Another walk in the woods 2 1 Other People's Gardens garden and U Woods18°C / 65°F
Took another walk in the woods today. This time I remembered to take pictures inside the woods. What an idea.
Today I noticed this plant marker I hadn’t ever seen before. It’s next to a tree and says “Planted 4-17-59”. I have a hunch that this used to be a tree farm th...
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30 Jun 2009CIlantro finally sprouted Little Garden on the Prairie garden and Cilantro SproutingThe cilantro I planted on purpose finally sprouted.18°C / 65°F
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29 Jun 2009Thank your pollinators Little Garden on the Prairie garden and Onion18°C / 65°F
Given that it’s the end of National Pollinator Week, it seemed really appropriate that I found this little guy at work on my volunteer onion. I tried to get a close-up but at that exact moment my camera battery died.
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29 Jun 2009Wait, is that what I think it is?!?!?! 2 3 Lettuce: Forellenschluss , Volunteer Cilantro Blooming, and Little Garden on the Prairie garden19°C / 66°F
In the course of weeding the last couple of days, I discovered a couple of things. The one that really got me was exhibit A. Is that a volunteer cilantro? Or rather three volunteer cilantro?!?!?! In my onion/carrot bed?!?!? Where I have never planted cilantro and in a completely different plot...
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28 Jun 2009Corn and Squash -- Either falling over or not sprouting 1 Little Garden on the Prairie garden , Corn (Sweet): Silver Queen Hybrid Sown, Corn (Sweet): Silver Queen Hy...A couple of days ago DH and I weeded out the west corn/squash bed. Apparently doing so really loosened up the soil along the sides of the mounds these were planted in. When we got out to the garden today, all the corn had fallen over. We packed in the soil really tight (had to wet it down to g...18°C / 65°F
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28 Jun 2009Photo update: Potato blooms 1 Little Garden on the Prairie garden and Potato: Kennebec19°C / 66°F
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28 Jun 2009First (solanacae) fruits 1 Little Garden on the Prairie garden , Pepper (Sweet): Sweet Red Stuffing Setting Fruit, Tomato: Purple Russ...19°C / 66°F
Ok, I guess my first fruits were actually strawberries and raspberries but these are my first solanacae fruits. Out of nowhere popped several cute little sweet peppers and a few Purple Russians. Neither are anywhere near to harvest but still good to see. :-)
Also the tomatoes have all grown A ...
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28 Jun 2009Volunteer onion blooming Little Garden on the Prairie garden and Onion Blooming19°C / 66°F
My volunteer onion is blooming. Very pretty. If only I could take a picture without chopping off half the flower. Sigh.
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