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Bell Pepper and Front garden
28
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2009
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Cloudy 16°C / 60°FIs this what a California Wonder bell pepper looks like?
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Simplicity garden and Cabbage, Derby Day (4 transplants, Pers C1 & Prov B2,C5)
28 Jul 2009
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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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Jul
2009
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I have a small columbine plant and a Thrift plant both bloomed really nicely whe i first planted them but have since turned brown they have nice green leaves around the bottom should I trim off the brown stems and see if they bloom again for should i leave it aloneSunny 23°C / 73°F -
16 Lychnis flos cuculi - Ragged Robin and 2009 Winter Sowing garden
26
Jul
2009
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Sunny 29°C / 85°FThe seeds that were sown in this container were supposed to be for Lychnis. Clearly that is not what is growing in the container. I have no idea what it is, but it kind of looks like Rhubarb. I’m not sure what to do with it, so I’m just leaving it for now.
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26
Jul
2009
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I am new to the United Kingdom having moved from the U.S. I have never seen slugs like this.They are HUGE! and hungry….. I dont like to use chemicals – does anyone have a suggestion before they eat my whole garden?Sunny 15°C / 59°F -
Little Visitors garden
25
Jul
2009
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Sunny 22°C / 72°FI have never noticed any flying bugs like this before in the yard. They were BIG – about 1.5 inches (3.8 cm) long. The legs and abdomen were bright orange. The upper body was yellow, couldn’t tell if it was hairy. Black wings. Couldn’t get any better pictures than these. Anybody...
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24 Jul 2009
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Cloudy 25°C / 77°FHere is another beauty that needs identifying.
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Seascape Flowering
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Cloudy 26°C / 78°FI just had a harvest of strawberries from this plant. Will I have another one? Is all this rain and cool weather got it’s clock screwed up?
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23
Jul
2009
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Is there any good use for wood ash (summers are chilly here, the fireplace is in use) in the garden? Add to compost? Add to soil? Acid or alkaline? How much? Thanks for any help you can offer.Cloudy 14°C / 57°F -
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Jul
2009
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Plum problem, leaves brown edged and curled--Any help?
Santa Rosa Plum tree "Prunella" garden and Santa Rosa PlumOvercast 12°C / 54°FWhat might be up with my Santa Rosa Plum? It’s been a cold foggy summer here, if that makes a difference. It just went in the ground in January, and has been shooting up lots of new branches and generally looking well until this. It’s been getting regular deep watering, but not too mu...
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