Marigolds journals
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Zucchini '8 ball' Setting Fruit, Summer squash, tatauma/tataume Harvesting, and Squash, Table dainty Dying
04
Aug
2012
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So first, an update on stink bugs. So far, I’ve got 5 traps deployed along the perimeter of the yard. The 4 along the back fence line, particularly the ones in the silver maple and choke cherry trees, are bringing in a lot of bugs. Despite the early start, I’m still seeing mostly nymp...Hazy 32°C / 90°F -
Rooftop Pot Veggie garden
18 Oct 2011
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Sunny 15°C / 59°F
Autumn is arriving in a few days so I have to be ready, and on top of things. I have harvested some of the crop plants I am growing, there is more to be done though.
Aubergine/Brinjal/Eggplant/whatever has given two fruit and another two are ripening, there are a few other smaller plants, which ...
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Ooooo my goo'ness! I have been slacking!
Rooftop Pot Veggie gardenCloudy 17°C / 63°F
Well, there is a lot to report and pictures to show and all kinds of wonderful goings on at the Rooftop Terrace Garden this month.
First item to report is flowerings: Black Beauty, no, not the novel by Anna Sewell, my variety of Aubergine/Brinjal/Eggplant has flowered and I got a couple of nice p...
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Overcast 25°C / 77°F
There are not many times when a person can look at their efforts and feel proud to be rewarded by healthy and colourful growth. Looking at my Rooftop Veggie Garden, the one with a few flowers growing around in it (so why shouldn’t the bees and other fertilising insects have a fair selection...
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Cold Frame Container garden and West wall garden
24 Jul 2011
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Sunny 32°C / 90°FI just wanted to log the state of these – all in pots of John Innes no 3 and J Arthur Bowers Multipurpose 50:50;rotted horse muck in bottom + torn comfrey leaves – at different locations around the garden, for comparison in coming years. By house wall (west): 1 non-bell ‘Marco...
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Jun
2011
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zinnias, marigolds, and cosmos planted out
marigolds Planting Out, zinnias Planting Out, Cottonwood garden , cosmos Planting Out, and Container garden17°C / 63°F -
05
Jun
2011
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zinnias, marigolds, and cosmos potted up
marigolds Potting Up, zinnias Potting Up, cosmos Potting Up, and Container gardenSunny 18°C / 64°F -
zinnias Showing True Leaves
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May
2011
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Rainy 22°C / 72°F -
marigolds Showing True Leaves
20
May
2011
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cosmos Showing True Leaves and Container garden
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May
2011
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Other Plantings Around the House in July
Kingsburg 2010 gardenRainy 19°C / 66°FI originally wanted this journal to be about the herb and vegetable garden, but I thought I’d share with everybody what else was happening in other parts of the land around the house. My plants on the front porch and walkway are doing great. On the left side of the sidewalk, we have ferns, ...
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A more colorful garden in July
Kingsburg 2010 gardenSunny 37°C / 98°FHere, we enjoy the garden on the morning of July 8th. =) Things are growing bigger and fuller and the herb garden is more colorful. Some new things in the herb garden are another basil plant, a different kind of purple leaf basil, boxwood basil, chamomile, and another cilantro plant. We used that...
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May
2011
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zinnias, marigolds, and cosmos
Container garden , zinnias Sprouting, marigolds Sprouting, and cosmos Sproutinghave sprouted and are now on the windowsillCloudy 13°C / 55°F -
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Sep
2010
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Garden Update - Post-Hurricane Edition
2010 Container gardenI have been absolutely awful about updating this season – I never even got my new plants into my little plant database. But despite my technological neglect, the garden is doing pretty well this year. I bought most of my plants because I was away when I normally would have started seeds. I ...Sunny 26°C / 79°F -
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Aug
2010
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Caterpillars are eating my flowers!
Foundation Garden garden , Zinnia 'Profusion Mix' , French Marigold , Coneflower "White Swan" , and Coneflo...24°C / 75°FI am having a BIG problem with little green & black “inch worm” looking caterpillars infesting and devouring my flowers and some buds too. First my Coneflowers and now my Zinnias and Marigolds. I’m really not sure how to address this issue because I have a lot of bumble bees...
