I know it’s totally the wrong time of year to move strawberries, but nevertheless, here I am. I am moving some of my garden beds around and have dug up a bunch of June-bearing plants (variety is ‘Honeyloe’). They need to get in the ground ASAP. Please shoot me an email if you can take [...]
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15 Sep
Looking Ahead
I know that there is still probably enough time to get a quick lettuce or spinach crop in, but it feels like the end of the season to me. Most likely, it’s because I am trying to fit in the monumental task of shuffling my garden beds to accomodate a new, smaller version of my [...]
20 Aug
Of Pests and Parasites
I may just have to stop reading my gardening literature. Twice in the last few weeks, I have read about a garden problem and then stumbled across it in my own plot just days later. It started with the fall issue of Zone 4 magazine, where I read an article about raspberries. The berry expert profiled [...]
4 Aug
A Little Payoff and Some Meandering
Depsite one of the most persistent stomach bugs I’ve had the misfortune to encounter, I did manage to wander out to the garden for a few minutes this weekend to hunt for the zuchinis that I knew would be out there. Sure ’nuff, I nabbed 4 good-sized beauties plus a couple of summer squash. Last [...]
24 Jul
Watering Follow-up
I was asked to provide more details of my soaker-system setup, and better pics. The pics will be added to this post this weekend, but in case anyone was really waiting for this info, here it is: I got my inspiration at the Mr. Drip website. Laugh if you will, but there are some good [...]
16 Jul
The Livin’ is Easy
I had a vision of gardening this year, and it didn’t involve dragging the hose around, or cursing at the oscillating sprinkler that would stick on one side or the other if the water pressure changed. I spent most of January researching drip setups, but only got my setup completed a couple of weeks ago [...]
1 Jul
Wanna trade?
As I stumbled around messing with hoses this morning, I was happy to note tiny pods on my peas! Hooray! The carrots are looking fine, as are the summer squash, beans, zuchini and pumpkins. I threw in some birdhouse gourd seeds, after the transplants withered away…and those seed took FOREVER to germinate. Two weeks maybe? [...]
24 Jun
Kinda Sorta
So I’ve decided that next year, maybe I just won’t start seeds at all. The plants that I started from seed either haven’t made or are barely holding on by a thread. Maybe I started them too late this year? Maybe they needed another month? Maybe I wasn’t consistent enough with my watering? I think [...]
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