USDA Zone 8a
Journals (41)
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I mulched everything with bark mulch. It looks much nicer!This entry is about Karen Elissa's container garden.
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I am feeling a little bummed this week as I have got to get out and pull up my Cosmos to make room for the fall veggies. I hate to do it as they are so pretty right now and are still going strong. But if I don’t they will be no room for a fall crop. I have blogged about these Cosmos more th...
This entry is about Berry Mom's Fall Veggie garden.
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Mowed Down the Buckwheat Cover Crop
Today my son and I mowed down the buckwheat cover crop that was in the veggie garden where the garlic will go next month. This was the second planting of it this summer and I was hoping to get a third planting in but it seems I do not have the time now. The first planting we tried to just till un...
This entry is about Berry Mom's Veggie #1 garden.
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The storm they were predicting rolled in last night and we are getting a lot of rain. I had wanted to put out my rain gauge but of course I forgot to do so. They were predicting 2 inches for us! They also said the storm would be considered strong even if it was winter time which is just crazy to ...
This entry is about Berry Mom's Veggie #1 garden.
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I need to really get off my butt and start putting together a fall garden. I am now behind the game. GRRR. I have a ton of seeds to grow for fall if I can just get around to sowing them. I’m going to have to pull up a lot of cosomos to make some room for fall veggies and that makes me a lit...
This entry is about Berry Mom's Veggie #1 garden.
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Help – I have just returned from an amazing plantaholics two week trip to Canada and USA to find that a Mole has taken up residence in my new grasses bed and border! I have lived in this house for 37 years and never ever had evidence of a mole here before. We have set a trap, but underst...This entry is about Pellynut's Grasses garden.
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The garden is still growing. There are TONS of flowers on the zucchini, cucumber and cantelope plants. The tomato plants have flowers too. I’m expecting veggies soon! The strawberries are growing and putting out runners, but I’ve not seen any flowers. There was one tiny red berry at o...This entry is about Knit Steph's Frontyard Container garden.
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Had my first tomato sandwich – so now it can officially be summer. It was the first of this season’s brandywines, and very tasty.This entry is about Queue's Vegetable garden.
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Watered this morning with Miracle Grow plant food, ran out of the liquid seaweedThis entry is about Srats56's 2. Spring 2008 Square Foot Vegetable garden.
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My green zebra tomato vine died. I’m still not sure why, but this particular variety has died on me two summers in a row. The rest of my tomatoes are going gangbusters.
This entry is about Queue's Vegetable garden.
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