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Memorial Day
Bit of a break this week. The vegetable garden doesn’t really take days off. The tomatoes have really put on height and the first green tomatoes. A few squash have set on. The marigolds and lantana...
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Apolcalypse… NOT
When I first started container gardening, lots of people warned me about all the terrible things that would go wrong. Exaggerating only a little, here are some of the naysayers’ predictions: A Plague...
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Sometimes Life Surprises Me
I’m having fun with the vegetable garden. After the rabbits ate the lettuce down to the dirt, I didn’t think the lettuce would die. I knew it was dead. Then most of the lettuce plants grew back....
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Pleasant Weather for a Change!
I went outside for a few minutes this morning to check on the container garden. The marigolds and cherry tomatoes have done well this summer, despite the record-setting heat. The tomatoes have slowed...
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Container Garden!
Finally got to plant seedlings in my container garden. I didn’t get enough of a head start to grow my own seedlings (tomatoes need about 8 weeks from seeds, but I only realized that about 4 weeks...
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Cheap Therapy, I mean, Container Gardening
I was really frustrated earlier today. No particular reason, even, just a collection of little aggravations at the tail-end of a great but long semester. Restoring order to my little corner of the...
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Bug Repellent
Last year, I planted tomatoes and squash. I didn’t get to eat many squash because the invasive stink bugs invaded. (#*$&!!) I planted marigolds around the tomatoes, and they were OK. Turns...
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Weird Weather, or Secret Gardening Technique
Weather can be…weird. Here in the Piedmont of North Carolina, a thunderstorm dumped a huge amount of rain in just 10 minutes. The sun shone brightly… at the same time. Plants need water. Plants...
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Radishes!
I planted vegetables in the container garden 28 days ago, and yesterday I pulled up the first of the radishes. Yay! I’ll have one a salad for the next several days. You can eat radish tops (lots of...
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Why Are the Tomato Leaves Yellow?
In the vegetable garden, some of lower leaves on the tomato plants have turned yellow. Why? To answer that question, I researched and observed. Research indicates the possible causes, in roughly...
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