Kerry’s Garden

A couple of weeks ago I went to get something out of the almost 20 year old chest freezer for dinner. As soon as I opened the lid it collapsed and a bunch of water poured out. What I had not realized was that the small cracks that had developed on the underside [...]

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So I’ve been pondering what to do with the garlic I dug up a few days ago. I’ve tried the braid it and hang it routine but for what ever reason (I am guessing temps and humidity) that doesn’t work so well here. After pulling out what I want to replant this fall [...]

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Last year around Thanksgiving, I planted some newly purchased Potato Onions and a few shallots I had left over from a previous batch. They are fairly small but they were in a spot that didn’t get as much sun as they would like so I am pleased at the outcome as it is. [...]

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We have been picking tomatoes off this grouping for several weeks now. These were planted in a bag of soil back in early May and have been doing great. They are to the size now where they do need to be watered daily and I have fertilized a couple of times with some [...]

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Several years ago I planted a few bulbs of elephant garlic in the herb bed. I harvested that year and left a few smaller pieces back. Each year I have meant to harvest but the time has always gotten away from me. This year I decided early on that they needed [...]

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Both of the Nanho blue buddleia (butterfly bush) are in full bloom and the butterflies are loving it.

The flower bed is looking full this year. The spring rains have really done a lot of good. Like pretty much everything around here they really suffered last summer with the drought. Though we picked [...]

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My SIL was in a nearby town during one of her many business trips. We had talked previously about her picking up a cherry tomato plant on one of her visits so I had saved one of the basket tomato cups back ‘just in case’. It was a little larger than I had [...]

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