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Square Foot Gardening Update: Box #2

Agh. A week went by and I ran out of time to do a review of what’s going on with my second square foot gardening box (a 4’x 4’ square), and now that I look back at this photo that was taken only a week ago, I realize
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Emira : July 24th, 2006 : 3 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Link

Square foot Gardening Update: Box #1

The heat, mixed with a few days of rain this week, sent the various plants in my two square foot garden boxes (to avoid confusion that's two 4'x4' squares) to growin' up a storm. This weekend I spent a whole lot of time staking, harvesting and replanting and
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Emira : July 17th, 2006 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Link

Growing More-erer Food

Because I am afflicted with the disease commonly known as "Can't-Walk-Past-Plants, Most-Especially-Plants-on-Sale"-itis and because an entire kitchen garden that was non-existent a few days ago doesn't seem to be enough today; I done went and bought me some pathetic-looking transplants. But wait, they were only fifty cents!
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Gayla : July 11th, 2006 : 7 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Herbs, Veggies, Seasonal, Gardening 101, Gayla's Gardens

Project “Grow More Food”

It's time for me to face the cold, hard truth; my plot at The Parkdale Community Beer Garden is officially crap for growing veggies. With every new year I have found that while my soil continues to improve, the light on my tiny plot has been slowly
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Gayla : July 9th, 2006 : 6 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Projects, Seeds, Summer, Gayla's Gardens

Versus the Squirrels (Part 2)

Well it turns out that the squirrels just up and left of their own accord. I have no idea why they would want to leave considering the cornucopia of delights waiting just outside their front door, but I'm not about to complain. And with their
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Gayla : July 7th, 2006 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Seasonal, Containers

Gross

I've been waiting anxiously for my ladden blackcurrant bush to get enough heat for the currants to ripen for picking, and with the recent heat blast I was in luck. So this weekend I set out to pick pounds and pounds of the suckers to start various jelly,
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Emira : June 27th, 2006 : 6 Comments
Posted in: Link, Pests & Disease, Fruit

Growing Hard Beans

Last week, said friend and I were having a drink and discussing the ups and downs of local eating. He happens to be something of a literal expert on the subject and is a true wealth of info on all foodstuffs local. In my dream
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Emira : June 22nd, 2006 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Link, Seeds

Feed Them to the Squirrels

Gardening is all about experimentation and adaptability. You can try and lock down a "method" but nature has its own ideas. Every gardening season is different for one reason or another. Often times it's large and subtle differences in the weather. Some years it's a
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Gayla : June 20th, 2006 : 12 Comments
Posted in: Veggies, Seasonal, Pests & Disease, Info, Gayla's Gardens

Deep Impact

Remember that movie Deep Impact, where there was that huge underground bunker they called "the Ark" for saving people and animals and plants and stuff, in order to survive the impending impact of the comets slamming into the earth? Well, this article reminded me of it: READ MORE...
Amy : June 19th, 2006 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Link, Seeds

Seed Ratios

As I've mentioned before I've taken the Square Foot Garden approach to my veggie garden this year, and am so far growing and harvesting a fair crop of our most regularly consumed veggies. I've been taking advantage of the very mild climate of the West Coast here and
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Emira : June 19th, 2006 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Link, Seeds
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