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25 Sep 2008Received and Planted 2 Frontyard & Porch Goodies gardenI received a lovely gift box today from Janietta. She sent along some tubers for Red Hot Poker and a cling-on oregano plant. I separated the tubers into 3 small clumps and planted them out. THANKS SO MUCH, JANIETTA!Overcast 18°C / 65°F
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24 Sep 2008Identifying The Mix: Mesclun 1 3 Mesclun Harvesting and Back Fence Garden gardenSunny 22°C / 71°F
So I sat down today and did some research to identify what exactly is in my Mesclun mix, since it can vary so much from seed packet to seed packet. It seems I have these:
Purple Mustard Green
Chicory
Mizuna
Mustard Green
and Sorrel (I have sorrel!)
They are surely delicious and a perfect compleme...
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24 Sep 2008First Taste: Vulcan Swiss Chard 3 Vulcan Swiss Chard Harvesting and Wen's Square Foot Garden gardenSunny 22°C / 71°F
I cut the two largest leaves today and put them in my fall greens salad for lunch. I did love the flavor and texture they added to the salad. Alone, however, they are a bit too much like the taste of beet for me. Beets are my least fave growing edible.
Once washed, chopped and dressed they were l...
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21 Sep 2008First watermelon 1 1 Watermelons Harvesting and Back Fence Garden gardenSunny 12°C / 54°F
Yum! Got the first of the watermelons yesterday. Brought it right in the house and cut it straight away. The kids, my own and neighbors, dug right in! It’s a good size… just enough to satisfy, none left over to sticky up the frig.
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21 Sep 2008First Royalty Purple Bean 1 Royalty Purple Bush Beans Fruiting and Wen's Square Foot Garden gardenSunny 12°C / 53°F
Yay! I think we’ll have beans before frost!! This first one is about an inch long.
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21 Sep 2008Photo Update: Mammoth Sunflower 1 2 Mammoth Sunflower Flowering and Back Fence Garden gardenSunny 12°C / 53°F
I never knew that each seed has it’s own slower. It’s quite amazing to me… that the map to do this all over again, and again, is contained within each of these seeds.
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11 Sep 2008Beautiful Purple 2 Royalty Purple Bush Beans Blooming and Wen's Square Foot Garden gardenCloudy 17°C / 63°F
The royalty purple bush beans are blooming gorgous purple flowers. Oh, I’m so excited. With 34 days left until early frost, we just might get some beans! Woot!!
These plants are just the most lovely thing ever, now the blooms too. AND we’ll edibles to boot. Really… they are just...
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11 Sep 2008Attack of the TOMATOES 3 2 Wen's Square Foot Garden gardenCloudy 17°C / 63°F
The tomatoes have slowed down, but the plants are still going. It’s fun to watch, but I think its time to top them so they can ripen up all the fruit still on them before frost. First frost will come just over a month from now.
If I had to guestimate… Mr. Stripey and Sweet 100 are eac...
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11 Sep 200824" Super Sugar Snap Branching and Back Fence Garden gardenCloudy 17°C / 63°F
The pea plants have grown to 2 feet tall and are branching quite a lot. I should start seeing some blooms soon. (crosses fingers)
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11 Sep 2008So beautiful 2 1 Mesclun and Back Fence Garden gardenCloudy 17°C / 63°F
The mesclun mix, despite the work of the caterpillars, is really filling in and giving me daily goodness for the table. It’s actually a pretty short row, but they really have produced. I just love the look of all the different leaves and the bite that they add to the salads these days.
Buzz buzz buzz!
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