We are a young family attempting to grow our food. It hasn't been easy, but has been rewarding to say the least. Last year was our first successful garden and this year we are expanding. We decided to move to a new house with more land. We are leaving behind our raised beds and fruit orchard, but in exchange will have much more space to experiment with. I am tinkering with square foot gardening this year, along with growing melons and pumpkins for the first time. I try to keep my garden varied and diverse, with mixed amounts of fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers. I prefer growing heirlooms with beautiful stories,...
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| I am trying this one for the first time. Mar 03, 2013 | |||||
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| A great staple tomato for the garden. Mar 03, 2013 | |||||
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| My favorite tomato for flavor. Mar 03, 2013 | |||||
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| This is the mystery tomato from last year. Growing it again to appease my hubby. Mar 03, 2013 | |||||
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| My favorite tomato for bruschetta. Mar 03, 2013 | |||||
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| I love this tomato- in between a cherry and small tomato. Most prolific tomato I grown. Mar 03, 2013 | |||||
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| We are trying this one for the first time. Mar 03, 2013 | |||||
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| This is our main saucing/canning tomato- I highly recommend it. S.S.E. is where you can buy it. Mar 03, 2013 | |||||
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| The Peaceful Prayer Garden is moving Mar 03, 2013 | |
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We found a rental place locally here with a lot of land. So we grabbed it up so we could have a bigger garden. (Plus the homeowners here were looking to move back in.) We are going to measure it today to help with my planning. We don't move in until the end of March; we will be crunched for time getting a summer garden underway.... ...see more |
| Planted garlic today Oct 21, 2012 | |
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Helloo All, I planted my garlic cloves today, four kinds in all. Rocambole Duganski & purple striped Turkish Red. Also, Artichoke type of softneck - Chopatka Mountain and Silverskin Softneck type. Hope all is well with your gardens. I don't have much gardening going on to speak of, very excited for the spring to start all... ...see more |
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It's supposed to be warm & nice all week here, so I'd love to get our garlic planted, but the Farmers Almanac says to wait until Oct. 30 & 31 or even better, Nov. 3 & 4... odds are those will b... more » |
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Sounds like you will have a wonderfully varied crop of garlic. There is nothing going on in my garden either. Thats one of the best things about this sight. I shall garden vicariously through everyone else. |
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| Fall garden Sep 24, 2012 | |
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We ripped out all the summer garden, shelled the last of the beans. I ate a radish from my small fall bed. Neat. It was only very tiny, the aphids had been enjoying the leaves without my knowledge or concern...I think they sucked the life out of the radish. We ate some beet greens too. What I find amazing....really amazing is... ...see more |
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Black Widows - "YIKES" is right. I would be scared to go in your garden. Rori had a fall planting list somewhere. Check with her garden. |
| linzelu100's Buzz Sep 12, 2012 | |
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My garlic shipment came today! Now time to research planting garlic.
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I plant mine in October. I'm going to be looking through your posts to find an email or mailing address. I thought you might like a few of the Indigo Apple tomato seeds. |
| linzelu100's Buzz Sep 10, 2012 | |
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I'm loving the change in the weather. Fall is my favorite time of year :)
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| linzelu100's Buzz Sep 04, 2012 | |
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Canning salsa today...wish me luck!
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Our CSA has a surge of tomatoes today, and are passing on 7 pounds to us. I'm making salsa from the Ball Book. Wish me luck. Remember how my jam making went...edible but terrible, safe to eat, but who would want to eat it? |
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It's easy once you take that first step! |
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