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Continue reading →: Training the Tomatoes Up Right
As usual on Tuesday morning, the Master Gardeners were hard at work out in the Demonstration Garden. The plan for today: training the tomatoes. We planted the tomatoes just 2 weeks ago, and they’ve grown a lot despite wind, thunderstorms, and flea beetles. It was high time to give them…
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Continue reading →: ‘Eversweet’ Strawberry
Our everbearing strawberry, ‘Eversweet,’ is starting to produce. (Technically it is a day-neutral strawberry, not everbearing.) As is typical with everbearing strawberries, the fruit are medium to small and the yield is low to medium. Over the course of the summer, the total yield may be equal to a typical…
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Continue reading →: Wilty Tomatoes?
With the weather turning much warmer, sunny, and dry this week, after several weeks of cooler, damp weather, it is likely that you will see some changes in your plants. Tomatoes especially, can be rather susceptible to changes. Luckily, most plants will come through the change in weather just fine.…
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Continue reading →: Monday Blooms
Do you remember last Friday, when I said that I could see the pea buds way down in the center of the pea shoots? You may have thought I was crazy, but the first pea blossoms have made their appearance! This purple pea blossom is from the ‘Dwarf Grey Sugar…
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Continue reading →: Friday PhotoEssay
Yes, it is Friday again, and time for another photoessay. The garden continues to grow quickly and flourish! I have decided to switch the picture sizes to the smallest size, because it doesn’t take up as much space and it’s quicker to load for you all. The bigger pictures are…