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- At 8:25am on September 2, 2009,
Penelope said… - I've been getting a few ripe tomatoes. Had a couple tomato/bacon sandwiches with two globular heirlooms. Some of the plants were supposed to be Big Boy but turned out to be a small sauce tomato. Last year I bought mismarked plants too. Only one zucchini plant produced, and I've had 3 zucchini only. The others only produced male blossoms, not a female one on the plants. Now they've all got some sort of spots on their leaves. I have great herbs, however. And beets.
- At 6:41pm on July 3, 2009,
Novella Robinson-Caldwell said… - Thanks, my garden wasn't damaged by the hail. I'm a little further south and the hail was much smaller. My garden seems do be doing great, thanks for asking.
- At 3:22pm on June 27, 2009,
Jessica Anderson said… - Believe me the self control took a while to come by. I pretty much started out with my "plan" and then took a few days to seriously think about what I could REALLY do. What types of seeds did you buy this year?
- At 10:25pm on June 7, 2009,
Elaine said… - Hi Chris, thanks for stopping by my page. If you ever the get chance to visit Growing Power let me know, I'd love to hear about it. What they do there is just fantastic.
- At 6:01pm on June 7, 2009,
Penelope said…
- French Breakfast radish seeds are available from most seed outlets. I think I got these from Nichols Garden Nursery in Oregon. They have an online catalog.
Yes, this rain is amazing. My lettuce loves it, however. I just had a salad with the last of my radishes :-( and green onions, olive oil and red wine vinegar. Good stuff. My squash are just getting secondary leaves. The bush beans look great.
- At 9:12am on May 30, 2009,
Penelope said…
- Don't worry about cross pollination unless you plan on saving the squash seeds. If you get strange squash it will be because the people you bought the seeds from didn't isolate their plants well enough. Cross pollination only manifests itself the NEXT year.
My garden looks really nice right now. A friend came by yesterday and we sat outside to visit and have a cold drink. It was really nice. My Gravenstein apple tree has lots of baby apples on it. I hope they make it.
- At 10:22am on May 29, 2009,
Penelope said…
- I'm still eating French Breakfast radishes, but I just pulled up the row of other ones that were all going to tops and planted another variety of carrots from seeds my son picked up at the Farmer's Market. I may have better luck with them. Everything else seems to be growing ok. Some of my tomato plants were really "leggy" but they're still alive and I can see new growth. Just to be on a the "safe" side, I bought four beefsteak plants in case the two that died were a large variety. I wouldn't want a year of small variety tomatoes only.
- At 10:29am on May 25, 2009,
Penelope said…
- Sounds like your garden is doing well. Sandy soil is supposed to be really good for strawberries. The natural soil in my yard is heavy clay, difficult to deal with, but I have imported soil in my garden beds. Next year i'm gong to have to get more to top them off and increase fertility. I have been eating French Breakfast radishes, but the "regular" radishes aren't making bulbs, looks like they're all going "tops" -- this happens almost every year and I don't understand why. Any clues?
- At 9:01am on April 6, 2009,
Penelope said…
- There should just be a "reply" button on top of the message. It takes a while to learn how to navigate sites. Thanks for your kind offer, by the way. I did get to work outside yesterday and it felt really good. the sun is shining this morning. Perhaps it will be still when we get home from work.
- At 8:35am on April 5, 2009,
Penelope said…
- It was fun meeting you too. I'd also like to meet your feisty two year old one of these days. Thank you for your kind comments. Happy gardening.
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- pocatello
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- 1-3 years
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- somewhere I could learn more
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- pizza
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