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Garden Update: Oct. 25, 2020

October 25, 2020 by aaron Leave a Comment

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As I said in Garden Update: Oct. 23, 2020, today was full of planting. I put the broccoli, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, arugula, chard and spinach in the beds. Hopefully they will be happier in the compost like the other plants. I also put in some seeds for lettuces, and second plantings of carrots, beets, turnips and radishes.

Now that I have a way to easily start seeds, I thought it would be a good idea to start some backups to what I just transplanted, plus extras of things that did not do so well.

Garden Update: Oct. 22, 2020

October 22, 2020 by aaron Leave a Comment

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The root crops are doing pretty well. I don’t know if it’s a difference in the varieties, but the golden beets are lagging behind the reds.

Just a bit over in the same bed we have the bunching onions which are looking happy.

Garden Update: Oct. 11, 2020

October 11, 2020 by aaron Leave a Comment

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Not much to update today. The green beans have started to set a good number of pods. These are the healthiest plants I’ve ever had thanks to the 6” of compost.

Over in the root crop bed, the beets seem pretty happy. Some of the bare spots are starting to fill in.

Garden Update: Oct. 8, 2020

October 8, 2020 by aaron Leave a Comment

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The beets and turnips are coming along nicely. There are a couple of spots that have not yet germinated, but that’s to be expected. They will pop up soon enough and fill in the row.

In the seed rack, the garlic chives and basil have really popped up.

Garden Update: Oct. 4, 2020

October 4, 2020 by aaron Leave a Comment

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More beets and turnips are popping up in the raised bed. We have germination from all varieties.

The whispy first leaves (Cotyledons) are emerging on the dill. These look so delicate but they grow int such a hardy plant.

Late yesterday I had some time to build the trellis for the snow peas. This is made out of bamboo lashed together with garden twine. I put a string about every 12” for the vines to latch onto as they begin their climb. The variety I planted (Melting Sugar) should reach about 4 feet high.