Two cinder-block gardens plus berries, grapes, etc. all around.
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| Cinnamon vine (dioscorea batatas) planted on south Jun 02, 2013 | |||||
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I plan to train this up into a trellis to shade the south face of the house while it provides yam berries. |
| Broadcast Tomcat sweet bell pepper in all west-facing beds May 24, 2013 | |||||
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Seeds were a gift from Nate Thomas. Thx! |
| Broadcast in all beds, save the south winter garden May 24, 2013 | |||||
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Seeds gifted by Nate Thomas! - Thx! |
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I found some new lettuce sprouts appearing today. |
| Broadcast in all west-facing garden beds May 24, 2013 | |||||
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Seeds gifted by Nate Thomas - Thanks! |
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Tomatoes found growing in bedroom window garden. |
| Broadcast under trellises and under arbors May 24, 2013 | |||||
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These seeds were gifted by Nate Thomas. Thanks! |
| Broadcast under all trellises on property May 24, 2013 | |||||
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The seeds were a gift from Nate Thomas. Thank you! |
| Sabbath watering May 21, 2013 | |
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watering the property in zones throughout the day each Sabbath that we're home. |
| Planted ground cherries under kiwi and grape arbors May 21, 2013 | |||||
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Also in s.e. corner of corner raised bed, under mulch from lettuce. |
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I'm growing these for the 1st time - any advice? I have 2 of these as well as 3 of traditional tomatillos (verde). I have mine in cages - do you just let them go as ground cover? |
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PYehl - I wish I had wisdom to share, but I'm a neophite here as well. I understand they have similar tolerances as tomatoes, so I waited to plant them until late spring. I plan to try them as ... more » |
| Planted orach with comfrey under kiwi and grape arbors May 21, 2013 | |||||
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This is second planting. No sign of first planting, north of corner garden. Also second planting in s.e. corner of corner raised bed. |
| Planted comfrey under kiwi and grape arbors. May 21, 2013 | |||||
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This is second planting from seeds at Christmas from Roger & Sandra. No sign of first planting. |
| Blood meal added to soil May 21, 2013 | |
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I don't generally amend the soil with anything other than mulch and compost. I have used commercial steer manure from time to time, and peat moss occasionally. |
| First strawberry harvest! Whole garden May 20, 2013 | |
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Care activities:
Harvested
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Fruit
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| Wild amaranth now coming up Whole garden May 18, 2013 | |
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Germination
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| Green onions that Julie saved from grocery cuttings planted throughout gardens May 18, 2013 | |||||
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| North raspberries and snow in summer blooming Whole garden May 13, 2013 | |
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