Tuesday, May 26, 2009
... How does your Garden Grow? ....
I'll have to take updated pics, but wanted to update the status. We've got green beans ready to pick... large blooms on all of the cucumber plants. One bloom on a tomato plant. The tomato plants are growing like wildfire in their soda containers. The birds made off with my pepper and ocra seedlings, so I'll have to replant those. Considering putting those in soda bottles as well. Corn is still hanging in there, but desperately needs to be planted in 1-2 gallon planters. I have been lazy and haven't purchased any more potting mix, so the garden has suffered a scoch - but will have a lifely comeback this week!
Stay tuned for updated pics tonight.
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Hardended or not - we're 100% outside!
Home-made 'topsy-turvy' Tomato planters
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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Hardening Off
Ok, so it was warm enough last evening to set alllll of the seedlings (can you really call a plant that is 2 ft tall a seedling?) out on the patio to start the hardening off process. They were only out there for an hour or hour and a half before it was dark and I brought them all back in ... only to find that a bird had been snacking on the leaves of one of the cucumber plants ... sheez... now I gotta figure out a way to deter the birds.
I'll be building the rest of the planter boxes this weekend - and hopefully getting the rest of the potting mix I'll need to finish up this project. Tomato plants are just about ready to be put into the 2 liter soda bottles and head outside.
I'll post more pics after the planter boxes are built.
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Where oh where is the REAL Spring?????
Cucumbers, in their final planting - ready to be outside.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Growing in Leaps and Bounds
I have researched and researched and researched the best (and most economical) types of containers, and I will be on the hunt to purchase them this weekend. It is clear that the peas, green beans, and corn need to be moved to a more permanent planting VERY soon. I'd hate to loose ground - and seedlings - by leaving them in the peat tray for too long. The roots need to be able to expand.
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Sunday, March 22, 2009
Am I Seeing Things?
Ok, less than 24 hours after planting, we're already seeing sprouts in the Peas (all pods) and Corn (1/2 of the pods) -- that's like 5-10 days ahead of schedule!
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