Gardening Journals
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On this wet, windy and wild weather night, I decided to bite the bullet and shuffle and organize all the garden photos I have taken so far this year…and there are a LOT!! I’ve never taken so many photos, mostly because I haven’t had so much to photograph! I’ve been very lu...
This entry is about Hstupno's adventures in gardening.
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Day 36
Fruiting: Not sure this is a cherry.
I see tomatoes on the plant, but they are getting bigger than expected. Wonder what kind of tomato this will turn out to be. The leaves are getting a little wierd, but I will keep an eye on that.This entry is about Kirchren's Upside Down Tomato Volunteer in the Vegetables 2008 garden.
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Day 27
Flowering: First Flowers
Seeing the first flowers on these. They sprouted up like weeds when I was in FL. They must have liked the fish water I gave them before I left.This entry is about Kirchren's GhostBuster Eggplants in the Vegetables 2008 garden.
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Day 53
Wound the stalks around the poles
The bushes are coming up great. Some are already winding around the poles, but other were still searching. I helped out several stalks yesterday, by winding them around the pole.This entry is about Lancefisher's Green Beans in the Veggie Garden garden.
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Fruiting: Fruit
Yay! I love the blackberries! There’s always SO MANY of them! Ron and I were pricing them out in the grocery store and decided we’re sitting on a gold mine.This entry is about Renemarie's Himalayan blackberry in the Gail's half acre garden.
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Day 52
Yesterday in the garden I noticed that about half of the garlic plants were trampled. It is also possible the storm knocked them over.
This entry is about Lancefisher's Garlic in the Veggie Garden garden.
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Day 82
Fruiting: Little green berries
LOTS of little green berries. There should be enough for jam, cobblers, pies, freezing…. I guessing about 3 weeks.This entry is about Renemarie's Triple Crown Blackberry in the Gail's half acre garden.
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Day 52
Harvesting: Too Woody
Harvested all the radishes yesterday, and they were way too woody – stringy and hard to chew. They were flowering so I think I left them in the ground too long. Many of the radishes were still small, however. Do they shrink after they flower? Should I harvest before they flower?This entry is about Lancefisher's Radishes in the Veggie Garden garden.
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Fruiting: We have fruit!
Counted 4 tomatoes on one plant and 1 on another. I have five big healthy looking plants with nothing to show so far.This entry is about Renemarie's Tomato in the Gail's half acre garden.
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Transplanted: Down to 2 rows
The corn was so sparse, I transplanted them into two rows. Now I have two empty rows that I’m thinking of planting onions in.This entry is about Renemarie's Corn in the Gail's half acre garden.
Buzz buzz buzz!