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Post by shoegirl on Aug 2, 2012 16:17:14 GMT -5
Wow your zucchini plants did awesome this year! What happened to your watermelon plants?
What are your plans for you next planting?
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Post by sunfrog on Aug 2, 2012 17:10:03 GMT -5
The watermelon plants have long vines but no flowers or watermelons. The one watermelon I had turned black and died when it was still small. The sweet potatoes are finally starting to grow vines. I think they needed more sunshine. The zucchini plants had shaded them. The basil is in flower. I know I should have picked it but I wanted to see what the flowers look like. One of my carrots is also in flower. I let it flower to see what it's flowers look like too. I saw a little bee on it the other day. I'll bet it was surprised to find carrot flowers in Arizona. I have expanded my garden to 80 square feet up from 60 and have started clearing rocks and cacti to expand it even more. I might be able to get another 15 feet out of it. There are too many trees and cacti in the way to make it bigger. Only 6 of the Cosmos I planted sprouted and none of the Purslane. Here is a picture of Patrick the wasp on a carrot flower.
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Post by sunfrog on Aug 3, 2012 11:36:12 GMT -5
Does anyone know what this is? It grows wild like a weed here but I like the flowers so I let it grow. Here is an update on my apple tree.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Aug 3, 2012 12:25:10 GMT -5
You know, cosmos seeds do hokay if you just throw them on top of soft soil & then water. Theyre not supposed to be planted deeps.
Yeppers, that pretty purple thing is a weed alright. Pull it out before the roots go deeper! Waaahhh!
Your apple tree is doing great! I tink tis better to plant watermilon than zucchini becuz you dont haf to wondur whut to do wid a melon.
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Post by sunfrog on Aug 4, 2012 10:50:36 GMT -5
Digging sucks. I hope I don't reincarnate as a worm.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Aug 4, 2012 10:59:24 GMT -5
Yeth, what would be horrid becuz worms do nothing but eat & poop, eat & poop. No cable or books or bits of ham.
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Post by dragrat on Aug 4, 2012 16:40:52 GMT -5
Human eat & poop all day!! not much differences.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Aug 4, 2012 16:42:44 GMT -5
Yahhh, but humans invented Regency Romance!
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Post by sunfrog on Aug 15, 2012 14:42:37 GMT -5
My worm's work is done! My garden is expanded to 90 square feet now. 8.3612739 square meters. I didn't know there was such a thing as square meters. That was interesting. I used this conversion thing. www.metric-conversions.org/area/square-feet-to-square-meters-table.htmAnyway, I also added a trellis which I created from a piece of discarded wire stuff that my neighbor gave me. I repurposed it. It's not pretty but that's okay because I am indigent. I planted 20 White Tepary Beans against it. I think it will look pretty once they grow. I think we are still in bean season. Dunno. Tomorrow I hope to put up another trellis and plant tomatoes against it. Then I will try to take a picture for you guys and begin work on my worm tower and elevated path.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Aug 15, 2012 14:56:07 GMT -5
Whuts a Tepary bean? It sounds Eexotic! Bean from the Land of Tepararee? 90 square feets! Thats a huge veggie garden! Remember to make little labels wid popsicle sticks. Also decorate wid Christmus foil stars!
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Post by Avril on Aug 15, 2012 16:36:53 GMT -5
I once started a vegie garden on top of pebblecrete using permaculture. It's also called no-dig gardening. You save up all the newspapers you can and layer them 8 -10 inches deep with lucerne hay or straw or grass clippings and manure in an area bounded by logs or bricks or stones. Water well and plant. Mulch with leaf mould or straw etc. Voila! Vegetables!
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Post by PigsnieLite on Aug 15, 2012 16:52:48 GMT -5
You imported your hay from Switzurland?
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Post by sunfrog on Aug 15, 2012 18:35:02 GMT -5
These are white tepary beans. www.tocaonline.org/Oodham_Foods/Entries/2011/8/1_Learn_about_Oodham_Foods__Bawi_(Tepary_Beans).htmlThe indians here grow them. In fact I purchased them from an indian lady. Indian as in native american, not person from India. I added onion, garlic, tomato, and green bell pepper to the beans which I soaked overnight. They are cooking on the stove now. Also salt and pepper and oregano for spices. The internet says they need to cook another half hour. Dunno. I've never been successful at cooking beans.
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Post by sunfrog on Aug 15, 2012 18:45:44 GMT -5
I once started a vegie garden on top of pebblecrete using permaculture. It's also called no-dig gardening. You save up all the newspapers you can and layer them 8 -10 inches deep with lucerne hay or straw or grass clippings and manure in an area bounded by logs or bricks or stones. Water well and plant. Mulch with leaf mould or straw etc. Voila! Vegetables! I saw something like that on Facebook the other day but they used cardboard and newspapers. No dig gardening is catching on here. I am doing no till gardening, which is supposed to be good for the soil. My next garden will be hugelkultur I think.
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Post by PigsnieLite on Aug 15, 2012 19:50:31 GMT -5
Oooh, those beans look tough, like pebbles! In fact, they look more like large seeds rather than beans.
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