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30 Jun 2008Tomatoes very happy Tomatoes and Super Plot of Doom gardenOvercast 25°C / 77°F
The tomatoes are looking very busy and happy. There are small green tomatoes on many of them.
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30 Jun 2008Old strawberries aren't bearing Strawberries and Super Plot of Doom gardenThe old strawberry patch at the back of our half of the plot aren’t really producing any fruit. Guess they’re worn out. The other half of the plot with the new strawberry plants is doing well.Overcast 25°C / 77°F
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30 Jun 2008Purple pole beans very happy Purple pole beans and Super Plot of Doom gardenOvercast 25°C / 77°F
They’re not too good at climbing our trellis, but they sure do look pretty!
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30 Jun 2008A peck of purple peppers? Purple peppers and Super Plot of Doom gardenOvercast 25°C / 77°F
The purple peppers are starting to form fruits! The plants look a little bunchy at the top like they’ve got a virus, but they’re making peppers so I don’t see how it matters.
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30 Jun 2008Victorious potatoes! Potatoes and Super Plot of Doom gardenCloudy 26°C / 78°F
The potatoes have emerged victorious! Beetles cannot bother them now! There are a few fat, jabba-the-hut larvae there and there, but they are easily squished. The plants look really healthy, and most of them are blooming. Hilled them with straw and dirt.
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30 Jun 2008Peas still sad Peas! and Super Plot of Doom gardenCloudy 26°C / 78°F
The 3-4 plants that survived are still trucking.
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30 Jun 2008Well, who needs more than 3 leeks, anyways? Leeklets and Super Plot of Doom gardenThree of the 4 leeks have survived.Cloudy 26°C / 78°F
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30 Jun 2008Again, the strong survive Carrots and Super Plot of Doom gardenThere are maybe 5 carrots growing from the 4 rows we sowed. Shall we re-plant?Cloudy 26°C / 78°F
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30 Jun 2008Looking good Bush beans and Super Plot of Doom gardenCloudy 26°C / 78°F
Green beans are looking nice. The beetles don’t seem to have killed them. We planted two more beds of green beans so we’ll have more than one harvest. Nice.
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30 Jun 2008Barley summary Barley - cover crop and Super Plot of Doom gardenWhen we first started gardening this spring, ripping out chunks of barley in some places, furiously squashing it in others, I really thought that this whole barley cover crop thing was kind of a wash. However, it effectively kept weeds down in the areas where we weren’t ready to plant yet, ...Cloudy 26°C / 78°F
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