Posted on November 1, 2009 by janedata
I just finished watering my front and back yards. The front looks fine, lawn is still green and my various bushes and plants are thriving. That’s the good news.
The bad news? My back yard had a combination of hits and misses.
The hits: Most of my roses (primarily hybrid tea) are standing strong (a few perished), [...]
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Posted on October 18, 2009 by janedata
I”m happy to report that one of my Black Beauty eggplant plants, started from seed, is thriving in its container. So leafy! I’m hopeful that this plant will be productive, to yield delicious eggplants to enjoy!
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Posted on September 26, 2009 by janedata
After a few failed efforts at growing carrots in containers (they have not grown very large in the past), I’m making another attempt this season. Check out the carrot seedlings at the top and the bottom of the photo (the one in the middle is an errant grass weed!). Started from seed, I’m hopeful that [...]
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Posted on September 12, 2009 by janedata
It’s been a very odd year for my container garden. I finished tending to my garden chores for the day about an hour ago. Though I started planting my tomatoes, bell peppers, and jalapeno pepper early in the summer, most plants, especially the tomato plants, have been as slow as molasses to grow bigger or [...]
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Posted on September 7, 2009 by janedata
Wow! It’s been about one week since I planted Waltham butternut squash seeds in three containers, and already two of the three containers have one squash seedling each. I’m so surprised at the speediness with which these seedlings appeared.
I have seeds for additional cold season vegetables that I will be planting in containers this coming [...]
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Posted on August 29, 2009 by janedata
SHOPPING TIP: Oh, my gosh, earlier today, I scored one packet (1.0 gram) of Waltham butternut squash seeds at the 99 Cents Only Store for the princely sum of 11 cents! I will be planting them within the hour in three separate containers. Yay!
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Posted on August 29, 2009 by janedata
And they’re looking might fine! In my garden, green bell peppers often arrive fashionably late, but they’re reliably delicious – worth the wait!
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Posted on August 27, 2009 by janedata
Several weeks ago, I sprinkled a few seeds into one of my containers and now I am happy to post a photo of my first eggplant seedlings! I’ve never grown eggplant before. The variety is called Black Beauty, one of the more popular.
Assuming that I will have two plants, I will transplant one of them [...]
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Posted on August 23, 2009 by janedata
Because my summer container garden did not become active with seedlings until mid-summer, I’m now having to plan on planting my autumn garden at the same time that my summer crops will begin to fruit – not a bad situation to be in, but I’ll have to gather up my remaining empty 5-gallon containers.
I’ll be [...]
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Posted on April 19, 2009 by janedata
This red leaf lettuce has bolted, meaning that the seed stalk has elongated and will soon produce flowers. The leaves on bolted lettuce are rendered bitter, so the plant should be discarded. Lantana are pictured on the right of the lettuce.
For detailed information on lettuce bolting and its prevention, please refer to: http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/1994/4-6-1994/let.html
CONSUMER ALERT UPDATE: Lantana is highly [...]
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