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| 3.5oz (99g) of salad greens |
The greens were getting crowded so I had to pick some even though there wasn't anything to pick with them.
Thursday, 31 May 2012
First Harvest!
The greens were getting crowded so I had to pick some even though there wasn't anything to pick with them.
Sunday, 27 May 2012
Yay Rain!
Amazing what a two hour thunderstorm can do.
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And not only is the rain barrel 3/4 full, the garden is watered so I don't have to use any of it yet. :)
Raccoon Rescuers!
Last night, we watched Thor and The Incredible Hulk so Meg and I had all the backgrounds before we see The Avengers.
This made for a long evening, and as everyone was headed to bed, Racoons were heard chittering out back. Looking out the window revealed Momma Racoon extricating one of her young from the netting hung from our conduit garden trellis's.
We thought it best to just leave her to it because at the very worst she'd just chew through the net.
Ten or fifteen minutes later, the chittering had escalated to screaming, and further investigation revealed the first Kit freed but a 2nd Kit was caught in the chain link fence. It's a double fence along the back and he had managed to get himself through one fence but and had one arm forward and through with his other arm back and stuck in the second fence. Not only that, he had somehow flipped around so his belly was facing the sky. Momma Raccoon was unable to get him forward because his shoulder was stuck but she couldn't get him back wards because in wasn't possible to manoeuvre his panicky butt backwards through the other fence.
Ten or fifteen minutes later, the chittering had escalated to screaming, and further investigation revealed the first Kit freed but a 2nd Kit was caught in the chain link fence. It's a double fence along the back and he had managed to get himself through one fence but and had one arm forward and through with his other arm back and stuck in the second fence. Not only that, he had somehow flipped around so his belly was facing the sky. Momma Raccoon was unable to get him forward because his shoulder was stuck but she couldn't get him back wards because in wasn't possible to manoeuvre his panicky butt backwards through the other fence.
Saturday, 26 May 2012
End of May Update
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| The broccoli are still getting nibbled to death. We thought it might be aphids but we can't find any so it's probably ants. |
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| The babygreens are becoming.... less baby. | It's just awesome how fast they're growing! |
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| Something's wrong with the tomatoes. The lower leaves are getting splotchy. | ||
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| Rain barrel is dreadfully empty. I hope it rains soon. I'd rather not use tap-water in the garden. |
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| I bought DE to get rid of whatever's killing off the food. The broccoli bed got a light dusting and we circled some other plants to test different methods of application. | ||
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| The sprouts in the front window are doing well. I've even got one of the sweetpotato spouts in it's own pot. |
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