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21 Mar 2008Goodbye shadehouse garden 1 zz previous house shadehouse gardenWe’ve moved. Just before moving I harvested four okra and four cherry tomatoes. The zucchini and the squash are entirely overrun with powdery mildew, but still not finished producing fruit. Goodbye shadehouse garden. I learned a lot from you. Thank you.Sunny 28°C / 82°F
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27 Jan 2008It's a jungle in there... 1 zz previous house shadehouse gardenI’ve just come back from a two week work trip to discover that everything in the shadehouse has gone completely feral. I built garden beds in the shadehouse originally to give the plants some relief from our relentless summer heat (1). As a bonus, the shadehouse is also significantly more...Storms 32°C / 90°F
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31 Dec 2007Flowers, flowers, flowers Zucchini 'Lebanese' and zz previous house shadehouse garden
All my squishy vegies are flowering like crazy. I’ve got a huge number of male flowers and a few female flowers and i’m already starting to get partially formed, green vegies. At six weeks old, I’m loving these plants a lot.
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31 Dec 2007Growing beautifully Tomato 'Burke's Backyard' and zz previous house shadehouse gardenThey’re growing beautifully. Still a little small to start flowering, but doing very well indeed.
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31 Dec 2007quick little buggers, aren't they? Bean 'blue lake' and zz previous house shadehouse garden
At six weeks old, the little bastards are longer than the sunny garden beans ever got and are intent on reaching for the stars.
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07 Dec 2007Random curcubit update zz previous house shadehouse garden
It’s only been three weeks since planting, but everything is taking off. D and I planted in a joyous haze of having finally completed the no-dig beds, so we’re a little flaky on what actually got planted where.
Suffice it to say, this set of curcubits are very, very happy indeed.
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07 Dec 2007wiring up Bean 'blue lake' and zz previous house shadehouse garden
It’s only been three weeks since planting, but already the fastest growing bean is knee height or better.
Spent a little time stringing wire back and forwards across the bed to give them something to climb. Hopefully the snap peas and the greenfeast will also grow up the same wires.
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