Kerry’s Garden

With last year’s drought a distant memory I am preparing for this year’s garden. Things are pretty soggy outside and have been for some time. I am sure the trees are loving this moisture. It hasn’t been very cold but fortunately cold enough to keep things dormant so far in my yard. This wet and [...]

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The second automatic vent I ordered came a couple of weeks ago. It has been so wet and cold since then I didn’t get it installed. I noticed this morning that the other lid with the autovent already installed was open a few inches so I decided to take advantage of today and get the [...]

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We’ve had lots of lows in the teens and days in the 20s-30s. Today it actually got into the low 50s for the first time since late November. I re-covered the cold frame lids yesterday as the way I did it the first time didn’t allow water to run off very easily and the weight [...]

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Last night we were the recipients of some freezing rain. This morning everything was covered with a layer of ice. Fortunately not enough to cause any local damage that I am aware of. Being that I am not a big fan of the cold I didn’t make it outside while the ice was still thick. [...]

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A new round of LUL was started to day. The last round went well with the lettuce producing till it got to the point of being overgrown, unmanageable and matured to the point of becoming slightly bitter. The remaining goldfish is still kicking and it appears that the ammonia it helped produce was enough to [...]

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Week 6 Not much new to report. It has pretty much regrown from the last harvest. I move the lights up as the leaves grow into them. The water has evaporated to a point where I should add some more soon. You can see that the water is getting a little green. I haven’t fertilized [...]

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Week 5 Not much new going on. I ended up not harvesting last week and this was the result. I harvested just after taking this photo and got a large bowl full, probably about 1/2-3/4 lb in all. I took either leaves or entire plants where there there were more than one in a cell. [...]

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