Category: Straw bale beds #1-4
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Gardening Diary – April 20, 2024
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Some pictures from the front garden: Sharon and Larry started to “clean up” the area between the back bed and the collection, raised beds #5-6, former spice bed, Green-headed Coneflowers bed, etc. This area contained the raised beds #1-4. We discussed the possibility of using the clean up area as…
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Gardening Diary – April 11, 2024
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After pondering the pro’s and con’s of fixing the backflow device for the irrigation system, finally decided to forgo fixing it. Since we had decided last year to remove the vegetable raised beds and to change focus to the maintaining of primarily bushes and trees in the backyard, the need…
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Gardening Diary – August 3, 2021
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Weed-eated the walkway next to the original bed and the walkway across the back that splits into walkways on either side of straw bale beds #1-4. Sharon Harvesting with Lily Picture taken on August 3, 2021. Sharon harvested Cucumbers, Eggplant, Yellow Summer Squash, Yellow Crookneck Squash, Tomatoes, and Zucchini. Other…
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Gardening Diary – July 16, 2021
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Tier bed. Picture taken on July 17, 2021. In the Tier bed, cut down some vines and other weeds including Pokeweeds [Phytolacca americana] and a Tulip Poplar [Liriodendron tulipifera]. Cut up branches and took the refuse to the ditch in Dave’s yard. Repeating what we did yesterday, we filled the…
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Gardening Diary – July 13, 2021
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Peppers Picture taken on July 13, 2021 by Sharon. Sharon planted 2 Peppers, ? and ?, in one of the straw bale beds and Eversweet Strawberries Picture taken on July 13, 2021 by Sharon. Eversweet Strawberries in the clay-colored greenstalk tower. These plants were purchased from Home Depot last week.…
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Gardening Diary – June 16, 2021
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Walkway between the back porch and the Rose bed. Picture taken on June 16, 2021. Walkway between Rose bed and second bulb bed. Picture taken on June 16, 2021. Weed-eated the walkway between the back porch and the Rose bed, the walkway between the Rose bed and the second bulb…
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Gardening Diary – June 2, 2021
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Tomatoes Pictures taken June 2, 2021. Sharon staked the Tomatoes and then she sprayed diatomaceous earth over the vegetables planted in straw bale beds #1-4 and #7-8. Lenten Rose bed Pictures taken June 2, 2021. Put down several bags of pine bark mini-nuggets mulch to cover the Lenten Rose bed.…
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Gardening Diary – May 27, 2021
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Cut down the branches that were from the bush growing in the right front fence. Took these and previously cut branches and plants to the gulley on Dave’s property. Sharon and I transported 7 or 8 bags of garden waste to the Knox county dump in Karns. Sharon spreading diatomaceous…
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Gardening Diary – May 26, 2021
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Coleus and Double Play Doozie® Spirea [Solenostemon scutellarioides], [Spiraea x] Picture taken on May 26, 2021. Sharon completed weeding the original bed around Coleus and Double Play Doozie® Spirea. Straw bale bed with diatomaceous earth. Picture taken on May 26, 2021. Sharon sprayed diatomaceous earth on all of the plants in…
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Gardening Diary – May 22, 2021
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Sharon noticed that there was not enough water flowing into the straw bales #1-4. Looked at the end of the drip hose and noticed that there was a plastic blue disk hose which slowed down the amount of water going through the drip hose. Removed this blue disk. Then we…