Posts from the ‘My Garden’ Category
I harvested spinach and broccoli on Saturday. When you cut a head of broccoli off, still leave the stalk and continue to water and wait for another smaller shoot. It is getting warmer here and I wonder how long to keep it going. So far, another shoot is growing so I will leave it in. […]
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I planted four tomato plants on my cattle panel trellis and two tomato plants on my nylon trellis. All six are doing great, and I have over 15 tomatoes on one plant! It is exciting to see my first spring tomatoes! One tip on tomatoes, I trim or break off the extra leaves at the […]
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Today I picked my largest head of cauliflower. I have 5 more smaller ones that I will keep growing. To see about how to grow cauliflower and when I planted these, click the cauliflower category to the right. I rescued these plants from Walmart just after Christmas day. To learn how to garden this way, […]
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I planted leeks and onions back on this date and I have loved having fresh onion tops. I regularly cut the tops off to cook with and they grow back. I pulled all my leeks today as they had all gone to seed. I didn’t really think much about it, I just kept taking pictures thinking […]
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I decided to try a second attempt at growing carrots and planted these on December 14th. They have looked to be growing well, but you never know until you pull them. I did choose a six-inch variety hoping they would be longer than the first ones I planted last year. A blog reader named Wendy […]
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I rescued these cauliflower plants the day after Christmas from walmart. I never can resist picking up something to grow in a garden department, especially if it needs a good home. I was excited to find a baby head on my cauilflower and posted it here, but came to realize that it wasn’t a true […]
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I am so impatient and want to dig up my potatoes and see how many are underground. I will wait, but I sure wonder and hope they are growing some potatoes. I planted three yukon gold potatoes and Kent noticed a few weeks ago that each potato produced three sprouts. He said these would each […]
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In the past year and a half I have learned a few things about caring for a garden. I had never been successful at gardening, even though I had always wanted to garden so it’s all been a learning process. Here’s a short list of what works for me. 1. Water daily. Only exception is […]
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I planted swiss chard from seed in my winter garden and it is fairly low maintenance. I don’t harvest it as much as I could, I just grow a lot of greens and need to give more away. A small garden can produce a lot of greens! I harvest on March 25th and noticed yesterday […]
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I harvested a bunch of greens back on this date. I have been making green smoothies and as wonderful as it is to have fresh greens in the mornings, I have been in a rush to pick greens and wash and use them before being late to school. So lazy I know. About a week […]
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