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Continue reading →: Attack of the Squash Vine Borer, Thwarted?
Does my title strike you as perhaps slightly too optimistic? Maybe just a little bit… We have caught 2 or maybe 3 Squash Vine Borer Moths in our pheromone trap so far. 2 of the moths I know are SVBs, but the third one I’m not 100% sure on. (Isn’t…
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Continue reading →: Family of 4 Garden Harvest Report
We’re kind of “in between” on the Family of 4 Garden for the time being. The spring lettuces and radishes are almost done, the beets and carrots aren’t quite big enough to harvest yet, and the tomatoes, peppers, etc are just beginning to set fruit. Last week we didn’t harvest…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay
Another week and everything is STILL a soggy mess! It looks clear over the weekend – clear and hot, so everything can burn to a crisp! (I’m in a really cheery mood today, aren’t I?) We had our Demo Garden work day this morning, since we got rained out on…
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Continue reading →: Watering Tomatoes Less
This is probably an ironic topic to be discussing, since we seem to be getting regularly deluged with far more rain than we really need, but I recently read an article in a trade magazine about correlating tomato flavor to the amount of water the plant receives. Researchers did a…
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Continue reading →: Looking a Bit Rough
In my opinion, things are looking a bit rough out it the garden today. For some reason, cool temps with buckets of rain, followed by hot sun and wind is not a recipe for gorgeous gardening success! The first thing I noticed when I walked out to the garden this…