My summer garden has recently taken on phase two as I just pulled out the cucumbers, tomatoes, and flowers and planted two different varieties of green beans, cucumbers, radishes and watermelons. Texas has such long hot summers, I think I will be able to get another harvest of those before summer is over. I decided […]
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My cucumbers were white and misshapen, and bitter. Thanks to a friend that asked about hers, I found the same problem with mine. I researched online and learned that extreme heat and dry conditions can cause cucumbers to get bitter. I decided to pull my plants and start with some new seeds. My tomatoes were […]
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Here’s a few pictures for an update of my garden. My sweet potatoes are getting really bushy, and I still plan to harvest them the first week in August. I have a few watermelon and a honey-dew melon. My watermelon experiment seems to be working but I got lazy and gave up on pulling off […]
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This past spring my friend told me her fourth grade daughter wanted to start a garden. She got her started with a raised urban garden. Her daughter planted green bean seeds, cucumber and watermelon seeds, a bell pepper plant, a basil plant, cantaloupe and okra seeds. My friend just sent me some pictures and I […]
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The sunflowers and zinnias are in full bloom. I love having flowers in my garden and I call the sunflowers the sunshine in my garden. The shear size and colors just catch my eye and make me happy! I couldn’t stop taking pictures of them. so so pretty!
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This morning I picked a bunch of cucumbers, green beans, peppers and berries. I hadn’t picked much in about a week, so I was overdue to harvest. I found a strange slug on my green beans that did not make me happy. I am learning what to look for. I have never worried to check […]
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