Kerry’s Garden

Ok here it is late November and one of the in-ground figs still has leaves. Our average first frost is a month gone. We have had a few light frosts but not enough to take out these die hards. Now to be fair the fig IS on the south side of the house and there [...]

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The rain we have been getting has really helped everything look great. I just love all the colors this time of year.

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This is the third spring for this rose. I believe I am going to try my hand at propagation this year. I’m leaning towards bending one of the branches over and burying it after a light scraping of the bark and a touch of rooting powder. Perhaps by next spring I will have a second [...]

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The tomato seeds are in their little beds. I planted 1-2 cups of each variety with about 10-20 seed in each. In a few weeks these will be thinned 1 plant to a cup except for the patio toms which will have a couple of neighbors. I turned the heat aka 75 watt lightbulb on [...]

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My yearly order from Tomato Growers Supply Co came yesterday. I like to get my seeds started by the first of April so the timing is perfect. This year I am going with two favorites (Big Beef and Florida Basket) and two varieties I’ve never tried (Applause and Tumbling Tom). As a bonus TGS sent [...]

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I had a friend come over and pick raspberries on Thursday morning. On Friday morning I picked and ended up with about 6 cups. I picked this morning and now have a gallon of berries waiting for me to decide what to do with them. Half will probably be frozen and the other half given [...]

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