USDA Zone 9b
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Week 3 gardeing summary - strawberries and weeds
Wow, time goes slowly when you’re tracking your garden by week. The garden is doing pretty well. We had a week of very sunny and warm weather and the strawberries and lettuce did so well that we could harvest them. I need to plant more strawberries next year! Other than that, all th...This entry is about Smurfett's Smurfie's Square Foot garden.
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Week 2 gardening summary - weeds weeds weeds
Wow, has it only been 2 weeks since I started putting my plants into my SFG? I picked a good time it seems. The last week has been hot, very unusual for where I live. Everything is growing very nicely. Though I have to say, my neighbor’s lettuce and pumpkin (grown from seed) seem to be ...This entry is about Smurfett's Smurfie's Square Foot garden.
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Learning how to start from seed
I’ve had vegetable gardens before but I’ve never tried to follow a method. This time, I’m doing Square Foot Gardening and I tried to follow the instructions in the book on how to sow from seed. The book said to grow it in a paper towel, transplant it to a little planter once y...This entry is about Smurfett's Smurfie's Square Foot garden.
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Marko asked: What vegetables to plant in late summer?
I live in the California wine country, which is about 60 miles north of San Francisco. At this time of year we are still likely to have a few more hot spells before the weather starts cooling off in September. And there is no danger of seeing any frost until mid December, so the growing seaso...
This question is about Marko's Front Yard Vegetable garden.
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So excited! Things are growing!
Went to check garden today to see if the mulch is holding the water in so I don’t have to water so often. All the plants are looking well (except the pumpkin). The Chinese Lettuce was pretty sad looking when I bought it; lots of yellow leaves. But now, there are new shoots coming out of ...This entry is about Smurfett's Smurfie's Square Foot garden.
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Went by Berkeley Horticultural Center and bought some shredded red cedar bark mulch after talking to people there. Originally I was going to do straw cuz of the strawberries, but after a night of research and talking to people at the center, realized that I didn’t want straw, nor do I want...
This entry is about Smurfett's Smurfie's Square Foot garden.
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It’s been nearly a month since I had the physical ability and time (at the same time) to paint. Slowest. Painting. EVAH. Tonight I did 3/4 of the underpainting for the ‘Earli Autumn’ apricot, ‘Autumn Glo’ apricot and the low chill cherries. I also added more depth ...
This entry is about Spidra's Party in the Back garden.
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When we moved in here there were two large pecan trees in the back yard. They blocked the light to a lot of things yet they didn’t earn their keep by producing nuts (it’s too cool here for pecans) so out they went. But neither of the landscapers we hired got rid of the stumps/roots ...
This entry is about Spidra's Party in the Back garden.
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My plants were hacked off and I’m hacked off, too. This is the third time my neighbors have weedwhacked the ‘Angel Face’ rose I have. Near the property line, not even ON the property line. They also pruned my Rosa dumalis. This happened this last Monday, I think. I saw the ...
This entry is about Spidra's Business in Front garden.
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First Squirrel Sighting of the Season
I haven’t had to fight the squirrels for the figs or any other fruit so far this year. I didn’t know what had happened to them but I was happy. However, I saw one running along the fenceline today. Dang. Although, actually, it’s the birds that are fighting me for figs now. T...
This entry is about Spidra's Party in the Back garden.
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