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ball
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response 20 of 60:
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May 26 23:20 UTC 2014 |
Well, that's a new ornamental bed dug out and mostly
planted. We had to bring in some topsoil. We planted
through weed membrane and spread a bit of mulch on top. I
should probably take a picture tomorrow if the sun's out.
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ball
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response 21 of 60:
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Sep 25 23:54 UTC 2014 |
The flower bed by the back door was a success. I can't
remember the names of all the flowers we put in but I think
all but one of them thrived. In the middle is a Buddleia
that the butterflies love. That's open and airy enough that
the shorter flowers planted underneath still get enough rain
and sunlight to do well.
Lots of zucchini and cucumbers this year along with a
modest crop of tomatoes and a surprise eggplant. I should
have planted spuds again. I still don't have that Viburnum.
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keesan
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response 22 of 60:
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Sep 28 14:15 UTC 2014 |
Do your tomatoes get fungus diseases? Ours got them bad this year due to
the cool nights, with condensation.
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ball
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response 23 of 60:
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Sep 29 01:56 UTC 2014 |
Thankfully I haven't seen that yet. I should probably
start thinking about what to plant in the Spring.
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ball
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response 24 of 60:
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May 27 00:41 UTC 2015 |
Yesterday I planted a tomato plant, some cucumber and a
watermelon plant. We have more things in pots waiting to be
planted when weather and time permits.
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keesan
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response 25 of 60:
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May 27 15:12 UTC 2015 |
This week I planted the last of 79 tomato plants, 8 peanut seedlings, 26 tiny
pepper seedlings, and half the lentil seedlings, which leaves agretti and
miltomate when they get big enough.
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ball
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response 26 of 60:
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May 28 01:09 UTC 2015 |
That's a lot of tomatoes and peppers!
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keesan
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response 27 of 60:
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May 30 13:12 UTC 2015 |
This weekend I am planting 60' of pole beans. It was supposed to rain last
night and all morning but did not. Dry spring.
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ball
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response 28 of 60:
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May 31 01:15 UTC 2015 |
It has been raining here all day. Couldn't do any planting.
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ball
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response 29 of 60:
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Jun 7 15:57 UTC 2015 |
It's raining again today but yesterday was nice so I got
a few veggies in and Mrs. ball planted/re-potted some
flowers. I also got a bit of weeding done and started a new
compost heap.
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ball
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response 30 of 60:
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Jun 14 23:43 UTC 2015 |
Managed to do some more weeding today, mostly around the
potato plants. Next year I should probably try some mulch to
keep the pokeweed and crabgrass down.
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tod
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response 31 of 60:
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Jun 15 02:33 UTC 2015 |
my orane and lime dwarves are coming along nicely in pots
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ball
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response 32 of 60:
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Jul 12 15:28 UTC 2015 |
No potatos this year sadly. Still, the tomatoes look as
though they're coming along nicely.
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keesan
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response 33 of 60:
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Jul 14 00:41 UTC 2015 |
My potatoes are loaded with purple and white flowers, and small green fruits.
I will save the seeds. Fruits on many of the tomatoes, green.
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ball
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response 34 of 60:
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Nov 4 00:57 UTC 2016 |
We've been so busy with the baby that the garden's gone
to hell this year. We've given up trying to control weeds
that grew up between the pavers in the courtyard and in the
flower bed where the Mulberry tree used to be, so we've just
had the whole area turned into a concrete slab.
I have a short fence to build and perhaps some planters
for flowers and a few herbs in the Spring.
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ball
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response 35 of 60:
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May 21 21:04 UTC 2017 |
Still haven't built that fence, partly because I don't
have a hammer action drill to attach a baton to the wall. A
very small flower bed is planned but I haven't planted any-
thing there yet. Hopefully I'll get some time to browse this
evening for some things to plant there.
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ball
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response 36 of 60:
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Jun 12 05:27 UTC 2017 |
Bought a picket fence panel and got it home courtesy of
a couple in a pick-up truck who saw me wrestling it in the
wind. Bought a cheap hammer-action drill but need better
screws to attach the post bases to the concrete slab.
I'm seeing some seedlings in the experimental tiny
vegetable plot: I think runner beans, corn and perhaps some
radishes. The tomato plant is just about still alive, though
I wouldn't describe it as "thriving" exactly.
Next up: weeding the overrun buddleia bed and planting
some pumpkin seeds there.
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ball
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response 37 of 60:
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Jun 24 17:08 UTC 2017 |
The tomato plant has perked up a bit and I see some
flowers on it so perhaps we'll get some fruit. The peas look
promising so I've given them some pea sticks to climb up.
I've got three corn stalks though two of them are too close
together so I'm tempted to risk surgically separating them.
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ball
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response 38 of 60:
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Jul 18 21:01 UTC 2017 |
The first few tomatoes are beginning to ripen and some
peas are growing in their pods. I gave most of the radishes
to the squirrels.
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ball
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response 39 of 60:
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Mar 17 02:11 UTC 2019 |
Last year the butterfly garden was overrun by weeds. I
started today to clear that out, testing my new scuffle hoe
and sifting topsoil through a riddle. Only got a small
corner of it done but it's a start.
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papa
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response 40 of 60:
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Mar 20 11:53 UTC 2019 |
Life returns to the garden!
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ball
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response 41 of 60:
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Mar 21 02:26 UTC 2019 |
Apparently my efforts have inspired some local wildlife
to join in. Whenever I get home from work, the top layer of
soil from much of this bed has been scrabbled out over the
sidewalk and patio area. Yesterday I laughed and brushed it
back in, only to find that it had been excavated again an
hour or two later. I may need to invest in some netting,
especially once it's planted.
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papa
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response 42 of 60:
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Mar 21 02:32 UTC 2019 |
The animal probably thinks, "Why does the stupid humon keep putting the dirt
back where I dug it out? I may need to invest in some netting ...." ;)
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tod
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response 43 of 60:
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Mar 25 16:03 UTC 2019 |
"I will find the yum yums that silly creature has buried"
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ball
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response 44 of 60:
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Sep 12 02:26 UTC 2019 |
Plenty of tomatoes and cucumbers this year. The corn did
not germinate, likely because the birds or squirrels ate it
right out of the ground. There was a huge cornstalk where
the groundhog sat last year though, so he had more luck with
corn planting than I did. Perhaps I can recruit him to sow
next year's crop.
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