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Quickie garden update

Posted in fertilizing, lettuces, peas, potting soil, seeds, sprouts on April 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

There are lettuce and pea sprouts in my outdoor pots!  Whee!  Last Saturday the weather was so beautiful that I had to get outside.  So after I got home from helping some friends move in the morning, I went out and set up my pots on the balcony.  Since I’m using potting soil for the [...]

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Preparing for winter, act 1

Posted in containers, diseases, herbs, peas, potting soil, strawberries, tomatoes, winter, winterizing on October 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

I mentioned in an earlier post that the condo association for our building decided to have the wooden balcony railings, etc. repainted.  They asked all the unit-dwellers to move our stuff so that it wouldn’t be in the way of the painters.  I was pretty sad to chop down most of my garden, but it [...]

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More garden goodies

Posted in fertilizing, potting soil, tomatoes on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Husband and I harvested some more goodies from our garden yesterday.  There are a number of yellow pear tomatoes that are starting to get yellow, so I’m looking forward to having more than one or two at one time soon.  
I have to be honest, I am a little disappointed in how few tomatoes we’re [...]

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More planting!

Posted in cucumbers, herbs, lettuces, peas, planting, potting soil, seeds, sprouts, strawberries, tomato cages, watering on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This garden is going to be our biggest one yet!
First, a quick update:
I FOUND A PEA SPROUT YESTERDAY!

I had almost given up on the peas, because it had been 14 days with no sign of a sprout.  I was going to sort of poke around in the soil and see (by sacrificing one seed, if [...]

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Outdoor seed planting

Posted in containers, lettuces, peas, planting, potting soil, seeds, tomato cages, watering on April 5, 2008 | 1 Comment »

It is a gloriously beautiful SPRING day outside today! So this morning I decided that this is the day to plant my peas and lettuces!
I started by unwrapping the six 14″ terracotta pots from their winter ensconcement (I think I just made up that word, but I like it ) under the [...]

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Seed starting

Posted in planting, potting soil, seeds, tomatoes on April 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »

Last night I planted the tomato seeds
I decided to dedicate one little cup to each pot I intend to have, and plant 2 seeds in each cup. I’m going to have two pots of Early Girl, one pot of Yellow Pear, and one (smaller) pot of Tiny Tim.

I poked holes in the [...]

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A new garden pest?

Posted in aphids, potting soil, sun on October 7, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I think I’ve been battling a new garden pest the past few days… whiteflies.  Any time that I brush the tomato plants, and to a lesser extent the cucumbers and the peppers, a cloud of tiny white flying things arises.
I suppose they could be flying aphids, but when I described them to an entymologist friend, [...]

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