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i have seven cherry romas. but the hot, dry spell we've been having seems to put have put all the other plants (and the remaining fruit on the cherry roma plant) into stasis. the two yellow pear plants are trying to take over the world, and are laden with unripe fruit. the two black krims have seven large fruit each. even the black cherry has begun to bloom and set fruit. now if more of these fruit would just ripen. unfortunately, i'm not going to be able to stare at them (a crucial part of cultivation) for the next couple of days as i will be in boulder till saturday. it's also going to be in the 90s here while i'm gone, so i doubt anything will ripen in my absence. next week is supposed to be between the low 60s and the low 80s every day, so i'm hoping i might have a lot of tomatoes to eat in another 10 days.
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Posted 31 July 2008 - 02:38 AM
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Posted 05 August 2008 - 05:53 PM
Here's a little update with some photos I took last night. There seem to be a lot of gaps with beans that just didn't get it together. It could be the weather, the altitude, number of daylight hours or bad seed. But certain beans really do better in particular circumstances.
I realize this is kind of boring but you have no idea how much this tickles me.
The red amaranth are volunteers that left so the beans can climb on them if they like.
The sunflowers are in front of corn from Chiapas.
I realize this is kind of boring but you have no idea how much this tickles me.
The red amaranth are volunteers that left so the beans can climb on them if they like.
The sunflowers are in front of corn from Chiapas.
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Posted 05 August 2008 - 08:58 PM
Oh, the amaranth is beautiful! So are the sunflowers.
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Posted 05 August 2008 - 09:07 PM
QUOTE(Cathy @ Aug 5 2008, 01:58 PM) 
Oh, the amaranth is beautiful! So are the sunflowers.
But not the beans?
See! I knew you weren't real bean people!
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Posted 05 August 2008 - 09:12 PM
Well of COURSE the beans! That goes without saying.
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Posted 07 August 2008 - 04:58 PM
This morning I discovered about 8 healthy, producing plants that had been ripped up by the f*cking dogs. I hate them!
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Posted 07 August 2008 - 05:19 PM
I have a new spot I'd like to plant beans in but it's slightly windy and I have trouble growing anything there except Santa Barbara daisies because the gophers have catacombed it. My mimosa tree has really struggled there, yet the one halfway up the block is gorgeous. What are the natural pestilences for beans? Surround the tiny plot with rosemary?
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Posted 07 August 2008 - 05:25 PM
QUOTE(Rebecca @ Aug 7 2008, 10:19 AM)
I have a new spot I'd like to plant beans in but it's slightly windy and I have trouble growing anything there except Santa Barbara daisies because the gophers have catacombed it. My mimosa tree has really struggled there, yet the one halfway up the block is gorgeous. What are the natural pestilences for beans? Surround the tiny plot with rosemary?
It's too late this year and you really need to solve your gopher problem, I would think, or nothing much can happen.
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Posted 07 August 2008 - 05:54 PM
QUOTE(rancho_gordo @ Aug 7 2008, 01:25 PM)
QUOTE(Rebecca @ Aug 7 2008, 10:19 AM)
I have a new spot I'd like to plant beans in but it's slightly windy and I have trouble growing anything there except Santa Barbara daisies because the gophers have catacombed it. My mimosa tree has really struggled there, yet the one halfway up the block is gorgeous. What are the natural pestilences for beans? Surround the tiny plot with rosemary?
It's too late this year and you really need to solve your gopher problem, I would think, or nothing much can happen.
Gopher stew recipe
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Posted 07 August 2008 - 08:51 PM
Not so much in the garden as in the utility room:
Our Aji Brazilian mini bonnet chilli
and in close up:
Each of the branches are loaded like that.
Our Aji Brazilian mini bonnet chilli
and in close up:
Each of the branches are loaded like that.
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Posted 07 August 2008 - 09:16 PM
QUOTE(SRD @ Aug 7 2008, 01:51 PM)
Not so much in the garden as in the utility room:
Our Aji Brazilian mini bonnet chilli
and in close up:
Each of the branches are loaded like that.
Our Aji Brazilian mini bonnet chilli
and in close up:
Each of the branches are loaded like that.
What is this? How old? When planted?
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Posted 08 August 2008 - 03:36 AM
QUOTE(Rail Paul @ Aug 7 2008, 10:54 AM)
QUOTE(rancho_gordo @ Aug 7 2008, 01:25 PM)
QUOTE(Rebecca @ Aug 7 2008, 10:19 AM)
I have a new spot I'd like to plant beans in but it's slightly windy and I have trouble growing anything there except Santa Barbara daisies because the gophers have catacombed it. My mimosa tree has really struggled there, yet the one halfway up the block is gorgeous. What are the natural pestilences for beans? Surround the tiny plot with rosemary?
It's too late this year and you really need to solve your gopher problem, I would think, or nothing much can happen.
Gopher stew recipe
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Posted 09 August 2008 - 07:43 PM
my haul so far: a bunch of cherry romas, and two black cherries
i hope to have more black cherries and some yellow pears ripening soon.
i hope to have more black cherries and some yellow pears ripening soon.
purdah nahin jab koi khuda se, bandon se purdah karna kya?
~shaqeel badayuni
if it takes us seven years to prepare for a madness, how long shall it take us to run naked into the marketplace?
~yoruba proverb
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Posted 09 August 2008 - 07:50 PM
These beetle traps really work. Yuk!
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