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28 Jul 2009Cabbages and heat 1 Simplicity garden and Cabbage, Derby Day (4 transplants, Pers C1 & Prov B2,C5)We are at the beginning of a week of 100 degree weather. I have 4 Derby Day cabbages forming heads. One is two are baseball sized, one is softball sized, and one is approaching a size where I might consider harvesting it, perhaps 4 inches in diameter. But I feel certain these will get a lot bigge...Sunny 19°C / 66°F
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27 Jul 2009Hot 1It’s been getting warmer for a while, but we have just had the first really hot day. I harvested all the lettuce from my mesclun square a couple of days ago and had a good salad. There are still the little dark red lettuce I bought at the farmer’s market a few weeks ago, but I sampled...Sunny 23°C / 73°F
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21 Jul 2009Revelation and Resolution 3I lay in bed early this morning hoping to fall back asleep, but pondering big important things like how to teach my son to actually live instead of how to lie around on the couch and play on the internet. He only has two more years to spend with me before he goes off to college (at least thatR...15°C / 59°F
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18 Jul 2009First meal 4 2 Simplicity garden , Beet, Chiogga (Providence C3) Harvesting, Radish, Watermelon (Persistence, A3) Harvesti...Sunny 16°C / 60°F
I added 2 eggs, some rice, cheddar cheese, and a dash of vinegar and soy sauce to turn tonight’s harvest into dinner. Only thing missing was someone to share it with. Son is at dad’s and he would probably have an allergy attack just reading this journal.
4 baby French Fingerling pota...
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16 Jul 2009Watermelon Radish hits the plate 4 Simplicity garden and Radish, Watermelon (Persistence, A3) HarvestingSunny 27°C / 81°F
I pulled up just one of my watermelon radishes.
I know, I’m making a big fuss here for one radish. But I think it’s “some radish.”
Big photo is the radish sliced up with cheese. Next is the square foot with 9 radishes in it. Next is the radish stretched out across 2 sheets...
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15 Jul 2009May Dreams Gardens Entry - Nasturtium blossoms 3 2 Simplicity garden and Nasturtium, Trailing Single (Pers D1, Prov B1)Sunny 22°C / 72°F
My current obsession. The blossom on the plate was part of my breakfast on the 15th. (Click on the small photo below this box for a better view of it.) Potatoes, onion, yellow squash, radish, nasturtium bloom and leaf. Potatoes and onions from store, squash and radish from neighbor gardener, nas...
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15 Jul 2009grumble grumbleJust found more mosquito bites, along the neck of my shirt in the back. The others were all on my hands and wrists.Sunny 29°C / 84°F
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15 Jul 2009Cranky 4 Simplicity garden and Radish, Watermelon (Persistence, A3)Weeds make me cranky. I didn’t do all the prevention work I meant to do earlier this year, and now I am chopping them down with a hoe. I meant to put down cardboard, mulch the paths with wood chips, and plant buckwheat in unused sections of the garden. I went and watered last night. Poked a...Sunny 28°C / 82°F
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15 Jul 2009Dandelion is a non-starter 1 Simplicity gardenDandelion failed to germinate in both my raised beds and in a starter tray at home. I give up. I’ll try next year with fresh seeds. Who would believe dandelion could be hard to start?Sunny 19°C / 67°F
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11 Jul 2009Killdeer 3 1In addition to the duck and blackbirds, we have killdeer in the garden. They dart around between the plots and across the surrounding lawn. I was lucky last night and saw a mama killdeer with four tiny babies running after her. I’ve never succeeded in catching one on camera. I only have a 5...Sunny 23°C / 73°F
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