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05 May 2009

First sprout 2 Cucumber 'Lemon' Sprouting and Vegetable garden

So, when I was in my frantic rush to get things potted up before leaving for vacation, I must have not tagged all my pots. I was looking over the veggie gardens today and saw a pot full of fresh soil, but no tag or anything and that confused me. I was just about to reach down and pluck off the o...

Rainy 18°C / 65°F

05 May 2009

leggy already Tomato 'Ananas Noir' aka 'Black Pineapple' Sprouting and Vegetable garden

I do not have an ideal set up for starting seeds, which I think is one reason I put it off for so long this year. I did plant up some ‘Black Pineapple’ seeds before I left for vacation and when I got back last night, they had sprouted and were already looking pretty leggy. I now have...

Rainy 18°C / 65°F

05 May 2009

growing away 1 Vegetable garden

I was out of town for three days this past weekend and it was too late to look at the yard last night. I had hoped to do some work outside when I got home from work today, but it was raining, which the garden really needs. Finally around 8:30 it wasn’t raiinng, so I ran out to quickly chec...

18°C / 65°F

05 May 2009

Seeing sprouts 1 Bean 'Bush Blue Lake 274' Sprouting and Vegetable garden

Checked on the bush beans this PM and all but one of the seeds I planted has started to sprout. I’ll plant out more beans in a few weeks.

Rainy 18°C / 65°F

28 Apr 2009

Trying to make up for lost time Vegetable garden

So, I’ve been travelling a lot this winter and spring. The good part is, I’m having tons of fun, the bad part is I’m gone so much everything at home is suffering a bit. I am VERY far behind on getting anything done in the vegetable garden this year. All my yard time has been ...

23°C / 73°F

19 Jul 2008

biggest harvest yet- 3 1/2 lbs! Tomato 'Roma' Harvesting and Vegetable garden

I have been harvesting off the romas for a few weeks now and have made tomato cream sauce with them twice now. I have been wanting to try a roasted tomato sauce and was planning to do that this weekend. Today I had a huge harvest, 3 1/2 lbs, so I’m changing the plan just slightly and IR...

Overcast 31°C / 87°F

09 Jul 2008

harvest for 7/8/08 2 Vegetable garden

Today was my biggest harvest of heirlooms so far. I picked 5 Cherokee Puple, leaving me with only some baby Cherokee Purples, and 2 German Pinks. I have a few more German Pinks that are close to ripe. I also got 1 1/4 pound of romas today, which puts me closer to the 3 lbs I need to try out on...

Sunny 24°C / 75°F

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