October 28, 2013
by cablackmar@yahoo.com
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Four months later we’re enjoying the byproducts of the ornamental squash that overran the garden in June. Here’s another one that came out of the mix seed packet–I think it’s called “Orange Ball.” (I would never be able to … Continue reading
August 21, 2013
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Harvested the year’s first pumpkin–a pretty adorable sugar pie. Hopefully a few more ‘winter luxury pie’ to follow. It’s been a foggy July and most of August, and the powdery mildew has run wild. I think we’re lucky we got anything at … Continue reading
August 19, 2013
by cablackmar@yahoo.com
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Most of the year we grow enough surplus lettuce that we’re the people who always bring salads to parties. By August, though, all the lettuce are rangy, leathery, and bolted. While I do see a few seedlings popping up here … Continue reading
August 17, 2013
by cablackmar@yahoo.com
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A follow-up to the 2013 corn experiment: After discovering the caterpillars, we harvested all the ears right away to salvage what we could, and I was worried the corn would be too immature to pop. We let it dry for a week … Continue reading
July 27, 2013
by cablackmar@yahoo.com
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I first realized that there was a problem two weeks ago, when I went to throw out some weeds in the dumpster and I saw that someone from a different garden had thrown their corn stalks with the ears of … Continue reading
July 17, 2013
by cablackmar@yahoo.com
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Every summer garden has it’s moment of maximum beauty–when everything you’ve planted starts to get big and lush, but before certain things become too big and are summarily demolished by pests, fungi, marauding visitors human and otherwise, drought, etc. Here are … Continue reading
July 15, 2013
by cablackmar@yahoo.com
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After challenges with blight and cankers on larger heirloom varieties in previous years, I’ve decided to plant exclusively cherry tomatoes this year. I planted all varieties of Botanical Interests’ “Cherry Rainbow Blend“–totaling 8 in all, and added in some seeds … Continue reading