Latest Blog Posts
The following items provide links to the blog posts. The items are ordered by date (in reverse order) starting with the most recent blog post.
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Gardening Diary – April 13, 2021
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Golden Jubilee Yellow Tomatoes, Roma Tomatoes, Celebrity Tomatoes [Lycopersicon lycopersicum ‘Golden Jubilee’] Picture taken on April 9, 2021. As can be seen in the above image, the drip hose does not enclose the 2 left Tomatoes. Unfortunately, when we watered the beds, the water did not reach these tomatoes. Moved the…
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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 – April 6, 2021
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Part of the right fence bed, left of the shed. Picture taken April 6, 2021. Continued pruning of Ferguson’s bushes that were hanging over the right fence.
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Gardening Diary – April 5, 2021
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Last week, we had several nights when the temperature dipped into the middle 20’s. The following plants suffered damage from the freeze. Semmes Beauty Oakleaf Hydrangea [Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Semmes Beauty’] Picture taken 6 April 2021. Wintergreen Boxwoods [Buxus microphylla var. koreana ‘Wintergreen’] Picture taken 6 April 2021. Icicle Short Top Radishes Picture taken 6…
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Gardening Diary – April 2, 2021
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Sharon at uncovered Straw Bale Bed #7. Picture taken 2 April 2021. Sharon and I took the cover off of Straw Bale Bed #7 at about 11 AM. The low temperature for last night appears to have been about 28o F. Tonight, the low temperature is predicted to be 26o F; hence,…
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Gardening Diary – April 1, 2021
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Covered Straw Bale Bed #7 Picture taken 1 April 2021. Since the forecast low for tonight is 26o F, checked the literature to see if we needed to cover our Oregon Sugar Pod II Peas [Pisum sativum var. saccharatum] and/or Icicle Short Top Radishes. From Oregon State University Extension Service [1]:…