My 30'x70' piece of paradise. Nothing makes me happier than to work in my garden and get lots of dirt under my fingernails. I spend almost every day in the cold Ohio winters dreaming of how I will plant my garden, what I will plant, what I will be making with all the harvests. I love to can, freeze and cook with fresh veggies out in the garden. I started in 2010 making homemade hot sauces, so 2012 will be a greater variety of hot peppers being planted - have seeds for about 10 different ones - everything from jalapeno to ghost peppers.
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| May 23rd, 2013 Earlier today | |
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| Kelp & Squash bugs?? Yesterday | |
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I bought Kelp Meal last month from that Ohio Earth Food store... and was doing more research on it... found this: (From: http://www.alisorganics.com/blogs/news/6851688-kelp-and-its-many-uses... ...see more |
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Interesting! Might have to give this one a try - our community garden was a hot mess of squash bugs last year, so anything is worth a try! |
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I'll try anything - those and cucumber beetles are always my worst enemy! I'm also planting later this year with those - seeing if changing the timing makes any difference. Cucs won't be plante... more » |
| This mornings walk around the yard... 5/22/13 Yesterday | |
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| The paper mulch rolls... May 21, 2013 | |
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So i used the roll of paper mulch on a few of the beds to keep weeds down - it will degrade right into the soil in a couple months so nothing to clean up. So far I'm liking it - but today the big winds came in and I realized that while parts of the areas don't have things planted yet so there isn't anything holding the paper... ...see more |
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I've been totally intrigued by this, looking at your photos of your planting progress - thanks for the link! |
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Thanks for the link! I could see this paper mulch becoming very useful for the walkways in our community garden plots. |
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@PYel They bring in loads of quality mushroom compost to our community garden that I use like mulch. It's well-composted and water permeable, so it works beautifully. Still, it sometimes helps to have an e... more » |
| Finicky Goats?? May 21, 2013 | |
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So tonight I was able to get the worst of the beds weeded... and I looked over and noticed the chard was really starting to go to seed - so I hacked it pretty good. I know the hens LOVE the chard - so thought oh I bet the goats will go crazy over it. Nope - totally stuck their noses up to it... Is this odd? Do anyone... ...see more |
| My presents to myself are here! =) UPS guy was nice enough to even put... May 20, 2013 | |
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They finally arrived!! |
| Baby Preying Mantis!!! May 20, 2013 | |
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| Tonight's excitement May 20, 2013 | |
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So was gone all day to this and that. Last event was my best friend's little girls birthday party. On the way home I told Mo there was a new vineyard / winery that just went in around that area last year and they supposedly spent millions on it - wasn't only a few miles off the path so we decided to go check it out. Well... ...see more |
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Now I will have to watch. What kind of perennials did you get? |
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Columbine - Clementine White, Catmint - Little Trudy and Junior walker, Corepsis - Moonbeam, Dianthus - Firewitch, Dwarf stonecrop - Angelina, Blue-eyed Grass - Lucerne |
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I looked yesterday and don't see any babies yet. They probably don't want to come out in all the wind. It started out calm yesterday. |
| Got majority of plants in!! May 18, 2013 | |
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| Planting time!! May 17, 2013 | ||
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Of course we all know - its not the planting that takes up all the time - its the bed preparations! Tonight I had to prep 3 more beds (turned over and raked out), then added the paper mulch and stapled to the sides, and for the main tomato bed I have red plastic mulch on top of the paper mulch. It doesn't sound like a lot... ...see more |
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| Lunch break fun!! (took an earlier lunch since I started working at 6am) May 16, 2013 | |
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| Around the yard - May 16th, 2013 May 16, 2013 | |
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| Food Garden - May 16th 2013 May 16, 2013 | |
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