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31 May 2009Taking Down the Towers 1 Swiss Chard 'Verde a Costa Larga Argentata' HarvestingI have quite a few chard that had bolted. Like, more than a dozen. Some reached really high heights because they got in a lot of growing while the weather was still cool. Anyway, I needed to plant some of the snow pea sprouts and the place on the backside of the existing one doesn’t get eno...Cloudy 16°C / 60°F
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29 May 2009Today's Haul 6 White Mulberry 'Pakistan' Harvesting, Strawberry 'Sequoia' Harvesting, Tayberry Harvesting, Olallieberry 'O...Sunny 16°C / 61°F
8 Pakistan mulberries
3 Sequoia strawberries
1 Tayberry
8 Olallieberries
2 of what I now believe to be Boysenberries (1 more dropped and I couldn’t find it despite risking thorns to do so)
A bit short of a half pint of Else’s Choice raspberries
5 Carouby de Maussane snowpeas
6 stalks ...
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29 May 2009Replacements Arrived 1 Persimmon 'Chocolate' Potting Up, The Waiting Room garden , and Persimmon 'Nishimura Wase or Coffee Cake' P...Sunny 18°C / 64°F
Raintree Nursery offered to replace the trees that were DOA. UPS arrived late last night so I potted them today. I kept the rootstocks from the other ones (the rootstock was still alive). If I were able to afford to stay at my home, I’d graft different persimmon varieties on them next Janu...
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28 May 20093rd Try 1 Cucumber 'Lemon' Transplanted and EarthBox gardenOvercast 11°C / 51°F
Here goes the 3rd attempt at growing this variety this year. Hopefully it’s big enough the slugs won’t completely kill it. I transplanted it from its pot to an EarthBox.
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28 May 2009Out in the Bed Watermelon 'Sugar Baby' Transplanted and The Waiting Room gardenI planted one of the 3 out in the southwestern bed near the center. Not sure whether I’ll plant the others nearby or somewhere else.Overcast 11°C / 51°F
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28 May 2009Slug Control 2 Party in the Back gardenOvercast 11°C / 51°F
I bought a Slug-X from Wiggly Wigglers. It’s the ol’ beer trap, just a little easier to maintain and more sightly. The hardest part for me is getting cheap beer. I don’t drink beer so I have to make a point of picking it up somewhere cheap. The liquor store near me will be more ...
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28 May 2009Hitting Their Stride 3 Olallieberry 'Olallieberry' HarvestingOvercast 11°C / 51°F
Getting enough to provide a decent portion, now. When I see enough at one time, I’ll make a low-carb crumble of them using almond meal rather than flour.
Olallieberries not only taste great but achieve a really nice size.
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28 May 2009Deep Purple 2 2 Bush Bean 'Royal Burgundy' HarvestingOvercast 11°C / 51°F
Havested the first of these today. They are not particularly tender but they’re not bad. Very pretty.
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27 May 2009Pop Snow Pea 'Carouby de Maussane' Sprouting and The Waiting Room gardenThey’re up.Overcast 11°C / 51°F
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27 May 2009Sprouted Snow Pea 'Carouby de Maussane' Sprouting and The Waiting Room gardenSproutedSunny 17°C / 63°F
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