Kerry’s Garden

For the most part the vegetables are in. I had planned on getting more done this weekend but I do tend to plan more than I can accomplish. I had to work with the tiller a bit to get it to start. It had some old gas in it from last year. Last spring some [...]

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Today was the first day I felt like doing anything so I took advantage of it. I scattered some dill and cilantro/coriander seed in one of the beds, planted a strawberry bag and ostrich ferns I picked up at wally world. The ferns went into a couple of cups on the heated bench while the [...]

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Three weeks ago tomorrow I had some minor surgery. I was only out of work for 2 weeks but this past week it was all I could do to get through work. By the time I got home I was exhausted. The garden received NO attention. This morning I was out in the garden by [...]

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Tomatoes: 6 Jetsetter (determinate, 64 days) and 7 Celebrity (determinate, 67 days) These and the Big Beef (indeterminate, 73 days) I planted yesterday and the Florida Petite (determinate. 40 days) and Florida Basket (determinate. 70 days) I have in containers are from the seed I purchased at Tomato Growers Supply. I’ve always been pleased with [...]

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Looking on the counter I see today’s haul. A dozen or so jalepenos for hot poppers, a quart of raspberries, a handfull each of blackberries and strawberries, a couple of zucchini and a few green tomatoes for frying. The Weatherbug calls for the possibility of rain today. I’ve known about this for a couple of [...]

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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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On my daily walk through the garden I took a closer look at my remaining zucchini vines. All but the youngest (in another section of the garden) had evidence of squash vine borer infestation. This is what the larva looks like. Not a great picture but you get the idea. It is an immature form [...]

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