Kerry’s Garden

A quick trip to the yard this morning left me in amazement. I swear when I checked things a couple of days ago most of it was still in it’s winter slumber. This morning there was growth everywhere I looked. Most of the willows have leaves as do the roses, kiwi, raspberries, currants, gooseberries, blueberries [...]

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The Brown Turkey fig and Arctic Kiwi cuttings I took several weeks ago are coming along nicely. No roots yet. The media is heated to about 70F and the basement is about 55F. The plastic covers keep the humidity in and the temps a little higher than the ambient air temp. As shown in the [...]

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Another year has come and the decision on whether or not to have a garden this year was one I pondered for the first time in a long time. As evidenced by the dearth of posts from the latter part of last season, my free time has been drastically curtailed. I’ve decided to cut back [...]

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This year I am going to be proactive where the squash vine borer are concerned. At least I hope I’m acting in time to be proactive. I saw an adult female hanging out near the zucchini today so tonight I gave all three a Bt treatment. It appears that the Bt Serenade fungicide is doing [...]

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The weather this year has made pretty much everything early except me. I seem to be slower this year at getting everything in the ground. This weekend I tied up the tomaotes, planted the eggplant and some more hot peppers (cayenne and tobasco), a couple of pots of cucumbers as well as some basil I [...]

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The blueberries are a bloomin’. Normally it is a little colder when the blueberries bloom. Rarely do I see any honey bees out yet but the yearly visit from my lone bumble bee should be starting up any time now. She can often be seen doing her best to pollinate the blueberries. I do everything [...]

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Yesterday I received the Brown Turkey fig and Northblue blueberries I ordered from Miller Nurseries. Since all were destined for containers that is where they went. Of course they came on one of THE rainiest days (weekends) we’ve had in a long time. So, there I am standing out in the pouring rain (thunder off [...]

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