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Member since: Jun 08 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 12 | Organic gardener
Member since: Jun 08 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 12 | Organic gardener
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Loading journals...Bloom Day: May 2013 (... and falling behind)
Passiflora incarnata (Maypop / Native Passion Fruit) Flowering, Pineapple Guava Flowering, Banana Growing, ...
Started a new job 1.5 weeks ago (intense but cool) and am studying for comprehensive oral exams for next week and am trying to keep up in the garden. I’m doing pretty well with all of those things. My folia record-keeping and journal-reading is suffering, though…
But it’s bloo...
The Sugar Ann peas are almost done, and with perfect timing the Cascadia peas have started producing like crazy. I probably picked about 2 pounds of peas this weekend, mostly Cascadia with a few late Sugar Anns mixed in. DH and I LOVE peas, so we’ve been happily munching away, having no p...
The warm season vegies are hitting their stride
Amaryllis Flowering, Tomato 'Mortgage Lifter - Red' Growing, Basil 'Superbo' Bolting, Cucumber 'Spacemaster...
Photo #1: The first baby pepper of the season!
Photo #2: The first flowers on the crookneck squash (fingers crossed that I’ll get some squash before the vine borers kill my plants this year)
Photo #3: The first flowers on the bush cucumber plants
Photo #4: Wow – that basil grew fast!!...
Asparagus: Supported with stake-tied cucumber fences
Asparagus 'Jersey Supreme' Growing
Twine wasn’t strong enough to hold up the asparagi last year, so I’ve upgraded to metal fences. Next winter, when the asparagus goes dormant again, DH and I will probably dig some post holes and string a set of plastic coated wires between posts so that I can use these fences for oth...
School has been very intense over the past couple of weeks, which led to my falling behind in my garden and on folia. But I’m back! Although it will probably take a few days for me to catch up on everyone’s journals during this busy gardening season…
I spent most of today out ...
Flower updates: Irises, clematis, coral honeysuckle
Clematis (by blue fountain) Flowering, Coral Honeysuckle Flowering, Coral Honeysuckle Growing, and Irises F...
The first irises have started to bloom, along with the first clematis, and the coral honeysuckle is continuingi to put on a gorgeous show. :)
Edibles Update: Blueberries, blackberries, passionflower, veggies
Peas: Cascadia Ripening, Peas: Sugar Ann Harvesting, Tomato 'Mortgage Lifter - Red' Growing, Summer Squash ...
My blueberry bushes are covered in (green) berries, the first few (green) blackberries are starting to develop, the crookneck squash and passionflower vines are growing rapidly, of my tomato plants ‘Mortgage Lifter’ is looking the best, the Sugar Ann peas are at their peak, and the Ca...
… due to bolting. Still quite tasty, though! None of these leaves will go to waste. :)
My Sugar Ann snap pea plants are really starting to pump out ripe peas – YUM!! :)
Jack-in-the pulpit update, ferns, elephant ears, and our neighbor's cat
Hydrangea (by front walkway) Growing, Colocasia Growing, Southern Wood Fern (native) Growing, Sensitive Fer...
DH and I spotted a blooming jack-in-the-pulpit at Magnolia Plantation a few weeks back, and since my plant hadn’t yet broken dormancy at that point I thought that he was a goner. But he’s just slow. :) I spotted him while weeding the other day, and I think that the plant behind and ...