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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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papa
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response 45 of 60:
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Sep 12 21:44 UTC 2019 |
I am so desperate for BackTalk action that I will even read and respond to
posts in Better Houseplants and Gardens. ;)
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papa
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response 46 of 60:
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Sep 12 22:10 UTC 2019 |
resp:44
And congratulations on the tomatoes and cucumbers. I come from a long line
of gardeners, but have never had the space or much will since I left home.
One attempt to grow basil in a pot "did not germinate", as the experts say.
;)
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ball
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response 47 of 60:
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Sep 16 02:28 UTC 2019 |
I'm told it's never too late to start!
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ball
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response 48 of 60:
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Oct 26 20:08 UTC 2019 |
The back yard needs mowing and there are plants that
need pulling up and composting. Cold rain though, so all I
can do is sit here and look at it, perhaps think about what
I'm going to plant in the Spring.
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papa
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response 49 of 60:
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Oct 27 11:28 UTC 2019 |
Mowing lawn in late October? That's a long season. Are you in the vicinity
of Ann Arbor, MI?
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ball
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response 50 of 60:
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Nov 17 05:27 UTC 2019 |
Ah no, I'm a bit further South.
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papa
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response 51 of 60:
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Nov 17 07:22 UTC 2019 |
I'm not surprised.
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kentn
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response 52 of 60:
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Nov 18 15:42 UTC 2019 |
Our last lawn mowing occurred Nov. 9, but that was mostly to mulch up
fallen leaves. Grass was not growing much at all at that point. Last
grass mowing was about 2 weeks earlier. We live about 30 miles north of
Ann Arbor.
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ball
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response 53 of 60:
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Dec 1 05:23 UTC 2019 |
I should probably have mown the leaves this morning. It
has rained for much of this afternoon and this evening so
it'll be too damp for mowing tomorrow.
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ball
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response 54 of 60:
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Apr 5 20:42 UTC 2021 |
Started the mower today for the first time this year and
mowed some of the back garden. I'm glad it still works!
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kentn
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response 55 of 60:
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Apr 9 22:56 UTC 2021 |
Way to go! I've yet to fire mine up. Hope it works.
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ball
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response 56 of 60:
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Apr 10 00:57 UTC 2021 |
Re. #55: Good luck!
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papa
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response 57 of 60:
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Apr 13 21:43 UTC 2021 |
About a month ago I spent a Sunday afternoon digging up a 0.5 sq. m bed in
the 20-years-neglected yard of our condominium and planted coriander, basil,
and dill. So far, coriander is coming up nicely and a few sprouts of dill.
SOMETHING is coming up where I planted basil, but I am unsure whether it's
the desired herb or weeds.
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