tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42725036234400397982024-03-12T23:30:39.979-07:00Kate's GardenBaba Tarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15004913557567010501noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272503623440039798.post-31656258349968389752014-04-21T14:36:00.000-07:002014-04-21T14:43:52.625-07:00Working out(side)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So yesterday I planted the rest of the 25 pea plants:<br />
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The three far bins have the spinach planted. I need to add radishes to that (which may get done today).<br />
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And Roy, with dreams of getting rich selling cherry tomatoes at the farmer's market, has built these planters.<br />
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They do look nice. To even out the yard, we're moving my big cement block planter. Of course, it should be already planted with carrots, beets and lettuce. I hope to have it back together tomorrow.<br />
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Oh, and here are my tomato and pepper plants at this time:<br />
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None of the full-size peppers have grown. But the new tomato and pepper seeds I started nine days ago were germinated and ready to put in the starter trays. The tomatoes have leaves, the peppers just a root.<br />
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<br />Baba Tarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15004913557567010501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272503623440039798.post-38282961393449352652014-04-20T18:10:00.004-07:002014-04-20T18:10:48.064-07:00Keeping upYesterday I finished planting out the 25 peas, and direct-seeded spinach in front in three of the boxes.Baba Tarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15004913557567010501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272503623440039798.post-26068019335640018892014-04-12T13:52:00.002-07:002014-04-12T14:12:27.068-07:00TomatoesMuch to my surprise, the tomato seeds have germinated. I have planted three each into the AeroGarden starter tray: Sweet 100s, yellow pear, red roma and yellow roma. I intend to cultivate two each into the planters. That's an awful lot of tomato plants, but none of the tomatoes are big, which we just really don't eat.<br />
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Well, none of the yellow pear had germinated. I planted them anyway, and started new ones in case they didn't take.<br />
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I also started alfalfa seeds in the large square sprout tray.Baba Tarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15004913557567010501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272503623440039798.post-64847995531988174212014-04-10T09:16:00.000-07:002014-04-10T09:16:07.088-07:00PeasI have planted out 15 of the expected 25 peas.<br />
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These plants have started up taller than the other varieties, although planted at the same time. Of the six I started, exactly 5 survived.<br />
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All twelve of these that I started have survived. I've planted 5, and may add more to the fifth box.<br />
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These aren't any earlier to grow; whether they produce sooner remains to be seen. Of the twelve I started, I have only seven and have planted 5. I meant to have two complete boxes of them, but that isn't happening.<br />
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I haven't planted out the Veggie Tales Alaskas yet, but besides being older seeds which aren't germinating as well, I so far see no difference from the other Alaska peas.Baba Tarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15004913557567010501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272503623440039798.post-5811911675379947942014-04-04T18:55:00.000-07:002014-04-10T09:19:12.181-07:00SeedlingsToday I have put some of the peppers into the new AeroGarden seed starting tray - 8 baby peppers. None of the full size ones have put out a root. I planted all the babies, but there were a couple without roots.<br />
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And all four varieties of the peas are all planted into peat pots. This is what they look like today.<br />
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Tomorrow I need to start tomatoes. It's already about a week late; but I'm hopeful that my methods will get them going quickly.Baba Tarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15004913557567010501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272503623440039798.post-87737850243223248792014-03-24T10:02:00.001-07:002014-03-24T10:18:24.964-07:00Seed SoakingStarting soaking seeds today:<br />
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I'm doing four brands of peas: 10 veggie tales for two grow boxes, 5 Alaska, 5 dark-seeded early, 5 Organic Progress 9, and another 5 of those for Raederle. They should all be ready to plant in just a couple weeks. Mid April sounds right at this point.<br />
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Also peppers. I didn't have enough last year, so I want to plant more, but in stages. I'll start them all indoors at the same time, but them put them out one per week. Six plants should be enough.<br />
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I'll do only one California Wonder, 2 baby yellow, and 3 baby red. We use the baby ones more quickly, and they produce better.<br />
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<br />Baba Tarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15004913557567010501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272503623440039798.post-8752498490346730872013-08-29T09:40:00.001-07:002014-04-07T07:11:34.939-07:00Note to self for 2014The four tomato plants worked well - Roma, Sweet 100's, regular yellow, and yellow pear.<br />
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Start spinach in window box planter way early.<br />
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Start 25 peas - 5 per planter - earlier. Don't wait for them to be ready outside by themselves. Spray with fungicide <i>before</i> it even shows. Plant new spinach in front of it.<br />
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Start pepper plants earlier. They take forever. Plant out one every two weeks four or five times.<br />
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CauliflowerBaba Tarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15004913557567010501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272503623440039798.post-18736193677904536532013-03-27T12:46:00.001-07:002013-03-27T13:13:17.762-07:00SeedlingsThese were planted this month (March). They will be well ready to put out when the weather permits.<br />
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This is just a portion of it, but there are four breeds of tomatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, and spinach.<br />
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The spinach isn't doing well, and needs to be replanted. The bell peppers never sprouted at all. I need to try them in the sprouter (which has not worked for the spinach).<br />
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The annoying background is tinfoil, which is needed to reflect as much light as possible.<br />
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There are 6 kinds of herbs here: garlic chives, coriander, lemon mint, rosemary, savory and thyme.<br />
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I think it's probably time to start flowers.Baba Tarohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15004913557567010501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4272503623440039798.post-46502735299303872132013-03-26T10:53:00.001-07:002013-03-27T13:18:06.104-07:00Front FlowersI mean to tear up my entire front yard this year, separate out all the bulbs, and start over.<br />
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The problem with this, is that when something stops blooming, it's difficult to locate its bulb, and difficult to identify bulbs pulled up that aren't blooming.<br />
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So I'm going to try documenting where things are while they're in bloom, then pull up and label the bulbs when the leaves start dying back.<br />
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The daffodils are easy to find: they're the only ones by the sidewalk. Snowdrops, though, are all over the place.<br />
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