Archive for 'pests'
July 9, 2009
Well, I got out into the garden for the first time in ages. That is, not just to water it after dark. I was getting tired of humming Gardening At Night by REM, hehe.
Much to my surprise, my garden marched along without me. The kids have been harvesting carrots left and right. In fact, they [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2009 under fertilizer, harvest, pests, potatoes, seeds, tomatoes, watering/irrigation.
Comments: 5
June 24, 2009
Thanks all for your comments. As for the carrots, they were this year’s first planting. I was thinking back to what I had planted there last year to see if there could have been overwintered carrots there, and that’s impossible. Last year I had corn there. Quite odd since they came from this year’s seed [...]
Posted: June 24th, 2009 under fruit trees, harvest, pests.
Comments: 6
June 17, 2009
Hmm, if you haven’t noticed, there are no pics in my ever-popular Potato Bin page. I was sure I wouldn’t have problems since my garden buddy that hosts this blog site offered up her site to house my potato bin pics so they would never go down. You may recall I had to spread the [...]
Posted: June 17th, 2009 under bees, pests, polination, weather.
Comments: 4
June 14, 2009
Well, another busy weekend in renovation land. Thankfully we’re getting close to being done so it should go on the market this month. YAY!
Big post day today. Yesterday I tried to write one but couldn’t find the motivation or a topic even. Today I have far more to talk about than I can get into [...]
Posted: June 14th, 2009 under composting, harvest, pests, tomatoes.
Comments: 10
June 8, 2009
Well, another weekend essentially gardenless for me. Fortunately the folks place is coming along nicely such that it should be done by month-end. Unfortunately that means my garden is getting farther behind. Of particular concern is my rapidly growing potato bin potatoes. I’m so behind on both hilling up and adding boards that they’re just [...]
Posted: June 8th, 2009 under pests, potatoes, watering/irrigation.
Comments: 8
