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05 Nov 2009First Frost 2009 Veggie, Fruit, Herb & Flower garden , Radishes 'White' Harvesting, Radishes 'Easter Egg' Harvesting, a...Frost was predicted for Friday night, so I stopped by my garden on the way to work and picked a bunch of radishes and carrots to share. (I was busy right up through our morning meeting, so I didn’t get a chance to photograph them before they were eaten.) When I went out on Saturday morning...Sunny 7°C / 45°F
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03 Nov 2009Finally planted my garlic! 2 2009 Veggie, Fruit, Herb & Flower garden , Garlic 'Georgian Fire' Sown, and Garlic 'Russian Red' SownCloudy 5°C / 41°F
One porcelain variety (Georgian Fire) and one rocambole variety (Russian Red), both hardnecks so that I can harvest scapes in June. I LOVE garlic scapes!!
Received 0.5 pounds of Georgian Fire (4 heads of garlic = 21 cloves = one 10-foot row) and 1 pound of Russian Red (8 heads of garlic = 72 clo...
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27 Oct 200910/28/09 Harvest 3 3 2009 Veggie, Fruit, Herb & Flower garden , Carrots 'Touchon' (2nd Planting) Harvesting, Radishes 'Easter Eg...Overcast 4°C / 40°F
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20 Oct 200910/21/09 Harvest & Photo Updates 4 Carrots 'Touchon' (2nd Planting) Harvesting, Provencal Mix , Kale 'Red Russian' , Spinach , and 2009 Veggie...Overcast 4°C / 40°F
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13 Oct 2009Amazing Salsa Verde! 7 9 2009 Veggie, Fruit, Herb & Flower garden , Tomatillo 'Toma Verde' Harvesting, and Cilantro 'Delfino' (2nd P...4°C / 40°F
In my household, I grow food, and my husband cooks. Gotta love it.
Tonight he made salsa verde, using a small subset of the tomatillos and cilantro that I harvested on Monday. It’s delicious!
A gardening friend recommended this recipe. We used the roasting method (2a).
The success of thi...
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11 Oct 200914 pounds of tomatillos + 4 pounds of green tomatoes + lots of updates 7 7 2009 Veggie, Fruit, Herb & Flower garden , Tomato 'Sungold' Harvesting, Tomato 'Red Grape' Harvesting, Toma...Overcast 11°C / 51°F
There’s a chance of frost later this week (unusually late for Boston which is a nice treat), so I decided that today was my best chance to harvest the remaining warm-season fruits & herbs.
The harvest = 14 pounds of tomatillos, 4 pounds of (mostly) green tomatoes, the last of the cilant...
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05 Oct 200910/6/09 Harvest Notes + Leaf Miners in Beet Leaves 2009 Veggie, Fruit, Herb & Flower garden , Tomato 'Black Prince' Harvesting, Tomato 'Sungold' Harvesting, T...Overcast 14°C / 58°F
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03 Oct 2009Photo Updates: Backyard Apartment Garden 4 3 Group Backyard Project garden , Catmint , Emperor Runner Beans , Legume: Dutch White Clover , and Pulmonaria13°C / 56°F
The catmints have expanded nicely, the scarlet runner beans climbed the trellis and then the chain-link fence and are currently producing both flowers and beans, the clover is looking lush, and the baby Pulmonaria I received from a friend is thriving in its new home.
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03 Oct 2009Photo Update: Apartment Side-Strip (new daylilies & clover) 2 Stella de Oro Daylily Budding, Dutch White Clover Showing True Leaves, and Group Backyard Project garden13°C / 56°F
My husband (after a quick cell phone consultation with me since I was out of town) purchased a grocery-bagged-clump of daylilies from a fundraiser up our street for a nurse who’s heading to Central America to volunteer for a few months.
I divided the clump into 3 smaller clumps, and planted...
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28 Sep 20099/29/09 Garden Update (w/ Photos) 6 2009 Veggie, Fruit, Herb & Flower garden , Tomatillo 'Toma Verde' Harvesting, Tomato 'Sungold' Harvesting, ...Overcast 17°C / 62°F
The marigolds & violas & borage are still blooming, the beets and carrots are maturing, the radish & scallion & provencal mix & tatsoi & toi choi & kale & spinach sprouts all have exciting potential, the cherry tomatoes are still producing (although most of the rip...
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