I have been gardening in the vegetable garden since I was a small child.In fact, I actually got a wheel barrow for my 8th birthday. I was taught a lot by my neighbor "Auntie" and grew to love gardening with her and my parents. 
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| May 26 pictures of the Garden May 26, 2012 | |
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| Trudie's Volunteer Chicken Yard Tomato May 19, 2012 | |
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| Garden om May 16 May 17, 2012 | |
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| The Garden on May 10 May 11, 2012 | |
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| Tomatoes Starting to Gain Ground May 02, 2012 | |
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| Saving turnip seed- A few more steps May 01, 2012 | |
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| Crunching up the seed pods May 01, 2012 | |
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I use a piece of screen to sift the seed from the pods and they just fall right into the container |
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| Saving Turnip Green Seed May 01, 2012 | |
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After the greens have produced many meals, I leave some to "go to seed" and they produce beautiful yellow flowers. The bees also love them at this stage. Later the flowers will fall and seed pods will be allowed to dry. |
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| The garden- 2 weeks after planting Apr 29, 2012 | |
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| The Tip Top melons Apr 29, 2012 | |
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A lesson was well learned with the Tip Tops. I conditioned the soil with a tiny bit of fresh eggshell and a bit of chicken litter in the planting hole. I did not realize this would be a "possum magnet". He had a good time digging the seed up to get at the eggshell. I am sure he was disappointed when he discovered there... ...see more |
Liz
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We do have possums, so that is go info to know as I do put my eggshells in my garden. We have raccoons that get into the cats' food. |
bordercollie
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@ Liz, Coons like them too .. I think that the shells would still work but that I should have incorporated them a few days earlier. When you get chickens, you will need to shut them up securely at night be... more » |