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Continue reading →: Windy Week
Sheesh! I thought the wind was supposed to be gone today, but apparently not. The tomato and pepper seedlings are getting crazy big, and they really need to spend some time outdoors before planting. However, I’m not going to subject them to 50 mph gusts yet. After they’ve been out…
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Continue reading →: The Doctor is In?
Bob, the other horticulture agent here, brought me a box of Epsom salt this morning for our ailing tomato plants. The box helpfully comes with instructions on using it for sore feet or as a laxative (!), but not for tomatoes. A quick Google search led me to an article…
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Continue reading →: The Tomato Saga Continues
Well, the saga of the pitiful tomato plants continues. I thought we had largely solved the problem with more careful watering and fertilization. Then I noticed that the very youngest seedlings are starting to show some of the same symptoms! These are the ones I planted on April 5th after…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay
According to the rain gauge in the garden, we’ve gotten about 1.25″ of rain in the last 24 hours or so. That seems a little low to me. Maybe our rain gauge has a hole in it. At any rate, we’ll take the inch+ of rain. We definitely needed it.…
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Continue reading →: Another “Local” Blog
I know that most of you reading this blog are either enamored with my elegant prose or are interested in vegetable gardening. Still…some of you might be a little bit interested in lawns, weeds, or ornamental plant topics. (I have no idea why, but you might have a reason.) If…