392 days ago
by Tom |
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Like most people I have tried a number of things and been impressed with ideas from other gardeners. These were used last year and held up great. They are not too difficult or expensive to make. They also are easily moved and I think will last for years.
Materials:1-Wire Concrete reinforcing panel2-u-channel green fence posts2- pre-cut balusters4- bolts/nuts/washers5-wire staples
Step 1:Using two bolts for each post, drill holes in baluster to align with existing holes in gre...
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414 days ago
by justjoel |
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Doesn’t seem like I have much to report on since early April, yet my back is tired for a second Sunday in a row. Hmm…?
Looks like the pear tree is having a good spring so far, better than last year’s.
The starts are all doing well, though different varieties of some of the same species were slower germinators than others, and this caused me some minor worry until the past few days – namely with some tomatoes and peppers. But everyone is showing their tiny little faces now. Seems I h...
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435 days ago
by justjoel |
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So, yes, as I said, the seeds. I have starts going in several places now, and they’re starting to peak out.
Have 4 kinds of tomatoes, 7 kinds of peppers, and the artichokes here.
Here I have Shasta Daisies, Purple Echinacea, Chinese Lanterns, Lavender, Rosemary, and I added a shelf to finish drying the gourds (which I decidedly did not pay enough attention to over the winter, as evidenced by the moldy spots on the bottom of one of the big ones – but they’re salvag...
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436 days ago
by jroot |
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1st planting March 25- a lot of hostas, R.O.S., tropical hibiscus ( only 2 of which have sprouted ), hardy hibiscus ( 7 have sprouted )forgot to take pictures or post
2nd Planting April 8, 2012I started my 2nd batch of seeds this morning ( Many from several GT friends) :ImpatiensRose of SharonGlobe ThistleThistle from our trip to ItalyCosmosColeusCanterbury BellsSnap DragonsRosary Pea4 o’clocks
This afternoon, also started:FoxgloveOrnamental KaleHuckleberryOkraAstersPetuni...
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577 days ago
by justjoel |
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We had some surprisingly nasty cold weather (in the low 20s several nights in a row) the last couple of weeks of October, and though covered, it finished off my basil, legumes and tomatoes. Still had plenty of basil and tomatoes that I could have harvested too, so that really bummed me out, man. I did get to make a triple batch of pesto before it hit, but that was for and event – didn’t get a chance to make any to freeze for later use or gifts.The tomatoes were coming in fine just before the ...
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639 days ago
by justjoel |
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I’ve mentioned in some other entry about the Goldfinches stripping the lower leaves of my sunflowers, now some cousin or other is taking care of the flowers and seeds themselves. I hope they leave me enough seeds to replant next year (I got the seeds for these from dead-heading some flowers outside my daughter’s pre-school last year). I hope to plant these in several other places around the yard next year, maybe mixed with some other sizes and such – they’re just so da...
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644 days ago
by justjoel |
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August was a busy month, in and out of the garden.
First I’ll dispense with…
Out of the garden (and this is just basically the weekends): there was a visit from my older brother and my father (who brought me one of his hand-crafted whirligigs), a birthday party for my daughter/garden helper, a (sort of vampire-themed) surprise birthday party for my wife (who had her last infusion of poison this month), a great day trip to Lake Tahoe with some great friends, and then four days a...
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679 days ago
by justjoel |
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Well, I let June finish and July slip by without updating this, so things have grown a bit since last time I was here, especially the gourds.
The “fancy mix” ones on the back trellis were doing so well I had to extend the trellises up some and remove two of the plants (that I expected to do). Got these former arch pieces for free from a garage sale when I bought something else; all I did was ask, “what were those things?”
Gourd flower and a bee doing thei...
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687 days ago
by Jimthecarver |
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To begin, I am in no way a pro in hydroponics. A search for a how to video on youtube showed many ways to grow your own veggies hydroponically. I decided to try the bucket bubbler type of hydro system. It uses a grey or black bucket a lid, 12” piece of 3/4 pvc, end cap, air pump for a fish aquarium, air stone, 1/4” tubing, and a small grow basket or I used a gardening runoff grate cap for a four” pipe.I will take pics of the build process and hopefully inspire others to try ...
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739 days ago
by justjoel |
7 comments »
Well, the legumes (sugar snap peas, Royal Burgundy bush beans, and Blue Lake pole beans) that my little Sweet Pee planted are all poking up now, as are a row of green onions, the Genovese basil, and second plantings of carrots and my lettuce mix. The family didn’t like whatever the spiky one was (endive, I think), so I’ll be removing that and will then thin it out of the next group. And I’ve got those waskelly raspberries in the ground in a spot that needs a lot more sun (hope the wabb...
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