Category: Tomatoes
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Gardening Diary – July 8, 2021
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Tomatoes Picture taken on July 9, 2021. Sharon pruned and provided more support for the Tomatoes in the straw bale beds. Sharon harvest from the straw bale beds. Picture taken on July 8, 2021. Sharon harvested Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Eggplant, Yellow Summer Squash and 2 other unknown kinds of Squash. Right…
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Gardening Diary – June 12, 2021
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Tomatoes Picture taken June 12, 2021. Sharon staked 4 more Tomato plants and Sharon planting Vanilla Marigolds [Tagetes ‘Vanilla’] Picture taken on June 12, 2021. planted some Vanilla Marigolds in various straw bale beds. Trellis for Cucumbers. Picture taken on June 12, 2021. Sharon and I set up a trellis to…
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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 – April 21, 2021
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Sharon and the covered Straw Bale Beds #3-4. Picture taken on April 21, 2021, In preparation for the predicted lows (near freezing), Sharon and I covered the Tomatoes and Peppers in the Straw Bale Beds #3-4. Moved the pail, that contained the Hosta [Hosta sp.] plant dug up in the…
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Gardening Diary – April 20, 2021
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Weed-eated all but 3 walkways (walkway along the original bed, along the left fence and along the Sedum/Iris bed) in the backyard along with part of the walkways in the back bed. Sharon fertilizing the Tomatoes. Picture taken April 20, 2021. Sharon fertilized the Tomatoes with (a tomato fertilizer) and…
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Gardening Diary – April 15, 2021
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Straw bales beds #1-4 with modifications in irrigation system. Picture taken on April 15, 2021. For years, we have been concerned that the water from the drip hoses between beds containing the straw bales has been flooding the area outside the beds, especially, in the walkways. Thoughts of various solutions…
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Gardening Diary – April 9, 2021
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Straw bale beds #1-4 Picture taken on April 9, 2021. Installed a 50 ft drip hose that was purchased from Amazon. Unfortunately, it was about 1 bale short. Thus, added a Mister Landscape hose to cover that bale. Straw bale beds #7-8 Picture taken on April 9, 2021. Installed a…
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Gardening Diary – September 19, 2020
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Kneeler Picture taken on September 21, 2020. Sharon and I fixed the kneeler that I use to work on the ground. The part on which I kneel is made of a plastic grid sandwiched between 2 pieces of plastic. The plastic grid broke in pieces and stripped the screws after…