As of today. 300 tater sets out. 180 onions, half red and half white. 60 leeks transplanted.20 cabbage.30 brocolli.20 culiflower. all plants we started. 15 ft row of radish.15 ft row of lettus. 3 15 ft rows of carrots. 1 15 ft row of chard. When it warms up a bit we'll be adding to this list. ?? Have any of you raised Kohlrabi? If so what do you think of it?
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I think you're despicable. It's still February for cryin' out loud.
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Worked my booty off this weekend! Most of the work I crammed into one day - yesterday.
Got the lil gate up on Saturday, and painted the fence posts, since Home Depot sent the wrong color.
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On Sunday, the fence went up, and I added the secondary irrigation lines.
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I'll need to tighten / straighten the fence a bit. But as it is, it keeps the dogs out, which is the main goal.
Monday, I dug out more of the soil, and replaced it with organic compost that I got from a local farm.
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I mixed it with the native soil, then started adding the emitters to the irrigation lines.
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I'm sure I'll have to reconfigure them, but by that time, it was 5pm and my muscles gave up.
I'll probably have to put in a few plants at a time, after work.
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That's looking good, GS. (It's one thing I really miss where I live.)
You're doing everything right and it'll be that much easier to maintain later, when everything's in the ground and thriving. Can't wait to see the progress!
Great progress GS!
Thanks, y'all!
MOAR garden work done.
Planted the peanuts, and put up an anti-catpoop barrier
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More amendments added: Vermiculite, Perlite, bone meal, blood meal, fish & kelp. I might add some moss too, as lack of tilth is the main problem with this soil.
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I'll have to pull up the irrigation and turn it when I get home.
In the hours before leaving on vacation for a week, I chucked everything the ground.
When I came back, pretty much everyone was intact and adjusted. Lost one Chiapas wild tomato and a habanero chile (probably via cat). The tomatillos have flowers on them, and the tomatoes have flower buds.
I think the peanuts have sprouted, but I'm not sure. There was a big wind storm while I was away, and it blew all kind of willow blossoms and seeds into the beds. So it could be one of those.
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Even the sunchokes have started poking out:
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The peach tree survived its brutal pruning, and is leafing out nicely
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Asparagus crowns arrived earlier this week, and they went into the ground this morning
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I did a little gardening at work today too.
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Directions:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Self...growing-herbs/
Four days later, we have germination!
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It was rainy and cold this weekend, so I couldn't do much.
I made a bee block out of an old orange tree log:
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Since it was cold, I brought in the second round of starter pots, and added some cloches made from water bottles. I planted most of these about 2 weeks ago, and still no signs of life. They may be a bust.
I also added the three cups in the back -- trying to start some jojoba from seed.
There's a 12" pot in the box in the background. Trying to grow some ginger in there.
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When I got to work today, it looked as if the windowsill garden is doing well.
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My first asparagus is peeking out!
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Spring is definitely here! Just got done mulching. Everyone is looking leafy and happy:
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Maters are gettin big
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Dogs managed to get in and munch on the lettuce though.
Put a border around the asparagus bed, and did a little engineering too. Trying to direct the roof runoff into the bed, instead of having it pool on the small patio, as it does now. Grr!
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There are exactly TWO asparagus spears poking up now.
Work done. Time to lounge in the grass with my best buddy, and watch the hummingbirds hunt gnats.
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Dang it! We have a freeze advisory out for tonight. This just isn't right.
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The garden is looking good.
Thanks, y'all! I need to take some updated pics. I went on vacation, and came back to find the tomatoes have outgrown their cages by a foot or more, and are full of lil green maters! Lots of new asparagus spears too, some baby tomatillos forming, the peach tree is nicely leafed out, the sunchokes are a couple feet tall, and the blackberries are getting pretty leggy.
Didn't have much time yesterday, but I did manage to snag a couple pics of the tall maters.
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The lower parts are getting eaten up by whiteflies and/or spider mites - they seem to come with the dry, windy weather. Grr!
In my book, that means it is almost time for a bacon sandwich with a fresh tomato on it!
I don't know if you do the organic thing, but some sevens dust would keep those mites at bay. My grandma uses a homemade organic.... er.... something.... I can't remember what she uses, but I can find out if you want to know....
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I do try and keep it organic. I just try and hose the plants off periodically. That seems to keep them in control. But I have been so busy lately, I have been slacking.
Maters in April. That's just wrong.
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But so right!....Originally Posted by Rick
"Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing."
Thomas Paine
Minimalist Camping: Enjoy nature, don't be tortured by it. Take as little as you need to be safe and comfortable.
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