Man, the punkin plants are godzillas! The sweet peas have started to flower and the lima beans are climbing the poles. The cukes are growing well, too. The lettuce crop that was trashed has produced three red lettuce, two green lettuce and on kale; out of all I planted that is a disappointment. And yet, [...]
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14 Jun
Fifth Street Estates 6/14/09
This week pumpkins made their appearance and sweet peas have reached the first string for clinging. Lima beans are looking kind of mixed, as are pickling cukes. I have high hopes for my cukes because there are few treats better than a great pickle, and I have had the best. Lettuce is not coming along [...]
7 Jun
Fifth Street Estates June 7, 09
Lima beans, peas and pickling cukes are up and going like gang busters. I strung some twine for the peas to climb on. Beets and radishes are going well, although I am disappointed at not seeing any carrots (which I co-planted at the same time)yet. I am still sorting out the lettuce catastrophe that occurred [...]
25 May
Fifth Street Estates May 25, 2009
Let there be lettuce. I spent some time out on the Fifth Street Estates acreage today and to my delight, the sprinkling tractor incident didn’t wipe my entire crop of lettuce. There, where I planted them, their rows somewhat mangled and misshapen, were the remnants of what I had planted. I also planted some lima [...]
24 May
Fifth Street Estates May 24, 2009
Now I have carrots, beets, radishes, lettuces, and peas planted, as well as some varieties of flowers. I had a possible setback this week when my landlord set out the little tractor sprinklers to water the lawn. One of the little tractors got off course and drove right into my lettuce patch. The water was [...]
12 May
Fifth Street Estates May 11,2009
Ever since Dig Day I have been removing sod, grass rhizomes and other stuff from my garden space. I have put every cubic yard of soil through a soil screen and removed rocks bigger than a walnut. I found lots of worms which I treated with respect and care (they are my partners!). There were [...]
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