Kerry’s Garden

This was our first harvest taken last Thursday. It was enough for two large salads with dinner and a round of blt sandwiches for lunch. It was crisp, not even a hint of bitterness. I was very pleased. This is what the plants looked like after harvest. Today, 6 days later and it is time [...]

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I was just checking on the lettuce under lights in the basement and found some mosquito larvae in the water. It was no surprise, I had been expecting them. I dumped the existing water, filled the container with fresh and added abt 1tbs of 20-20-20 to the 6 gallons of water. I couldn’t find the [...]

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Two and a half weeks ago I seeded some lettuce in a float tray under a 4′ florescent light in my basement. About a week ago I added a second light with two Phillips ‘Natural Sunshine’ bulbs. The first light had one cool white and one warm white bulb. The hardware store I went to [...]

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One of the best gardening books I’ve read in a long time is “Garden Secrets” by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent and Diane E. Bilderback. Most garden books tell you about how to grow plants which this book does. It goes beyond that though by including information on how day length and temperature affect germination, blooming etc. [...]

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The first blackberry bloom opened on Mother’s day. How cool is that It has been getting hot here so I fixed up this shade contraption with some pvc and window screen to hopefully extend the lettuce season. This is an early morning photo. The bulk of the plants are pretty much covered most of the [...]

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The lettuce has some slugs. Picked up some DE from Worm’s Way. Gave the rest of the leeks away to a good home. I planted some candy strip cosmos by the rhubarb which the rabbits promptly pruned. So far they are still alive. Time will tell. Transplanted into flower bed: “Early Sunrise” coreopsis that i [...]

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