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So about a year ago I bought an Arapaho Blackberry bush. It was mostly an impulse buy at the Wal-Mart (I’m afraid to admit). I planted it in a 5-gallon paint bucket (clean, only used for gardening as this is … Continue reading
So, yesterday I said that my lettuce container had a layer of mold. I further investigated my other plants’ containers (i.e. looked really hard and really close), and found some signs of the same mold in a few of them. … Continue reading
Well, I think by being vigilant I got rid of the aphids on my spinach plants. Harvested some leaves the other day, but they froze on the top-shelf in my fridge and turned to mush. Just when my lettuce is … Continue reading
Well I checked today (Friday afternoon) on my spinach before leaving town. I only found two recognizable aphids on my heavily infested plant, and no apparent ones on the other plants. I do see what look like really tiny crystals … Continue reading
So, I have just been having a terrible time growing spinach. At first it didn’t seem like it wanted to grow at all, but it really took off this weekend and I made my first harvest Monday night (even though … Continue reading
[written 04-05] Also, the lettuce is looking mighty good. Will be harvesting some in a few days. Still waiting to see if the spinach will grow enough for me to eat some. One plant seems to be at a reasonable … Continue reading
Finally, some color other than green in my garden! Started blushing 2 days ago, and this morning it had only a band around the middle, but by this afternoon the entire bottom was red. I’m so excited to eat it. … Continue reading
Of course I want all my babies to grow and be successful, but I have no idea what to do with 47 of them! I did not expect this many seeds to actually germinate. No doubt, there are probably still … Continue reading
Several years ago, when I first started to ‘garden’, I tried growing my plants from seeds. Everytime, at some point in the process, the soil would get moldy. I was so excited today to come home and see that my seeds have actually sprouted. I counted about 34 seedlings starting to poke out of the soil. But best of all, no mold in sight! Continue reading
So, I have had an ‘aloe’ plant since 2008. I assume it is a variety of aloe, I just have no idea what. It is quite peculiar in its growth – 2 opposite leaves in a flat, planar fashion, instead … Continue reading
