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Tilling and Other Garden News

lindercroft — Sat, 26 May 2012 23:12:29 +0000

I said I wasn’t going to do any tilling yesterday, but as it turned out, the sun came out and I did till it once yesterday before the tiller quit. It seems to quit when it gets hot. Yesterday...

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Rainy Dreary Day

lindercroft — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:50:03 +0000

I won’t be working on the garden today. It’s finally raining! This will be really good for the garden and tilling it. I am hoping to finish the tilling no later than Sunday afternoon....

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How Does My Garden Grow Thursday

lindercroft — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:20:29 +0000

I’m a little late posting this morning. I helped Jim work on the tiller a little and then I had to come back to the house to fix his lunch for work… I’ll give a little update on...

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Impulse Sprinklers

lindercroft — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:20:52 +0000

In the climate we live in, we are always in a drought condition in summer. We usually get no rain from early to mid spring until late fall, early winter. Watering is a necessity if you want a garden!...

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Started More Seeds

lindercroft — Tue, 22 May 2012 16:06:43 +0000

I planted nine of each: Cucumber “Marketmore”, Watermelon “Sugar Baby”, Melon “Charentais”, and Melon “Haogen”. Marketmore Cucumbers -Harvest is in...

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Seed and Holding Beds

lindercroft — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:53:37 +0000

In the 2006 addition of the How to Grow More Vegetable by John Jeavon’s, he has you planting in seed flats and then transplanting in deeper ones 2 to 3 times before they are planted in the garden....

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Cool Picture!

lind8943 — Sun, 20 May 2012 12:05:14 +0000

I just wanted to share this picture I found @ Homeplace Earth

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Lunch From the Garden

lindercroft — Sat, 19 May 2012 19:28:09 +0000

Yes, today after tilling in the garden, my lunch was mainly from the over crowded seed flats. I cut the large outer leaves of both types of lettuce and I cut one leaf from each of the brassicas that...

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Breaking Ground Update 5/19/2012

lindercroft — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:37:06 +0000

Well, I finally got to start tilling! The ground is now hard as a rock it seems. The tiller is ‘digging’ it up, but very slowly. I am thinking I need to set up a sprinkler and let the...

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Homemade Wasp Traps and Baits – a few ideas…

lind8943 — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:48:57 +0000

Wasps are making a nuisance of themselves lately. They are constantly coming in the house. Normally I wouldn’t care and would leave them alone, but they are moving in! So they MUST go! I found...

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