Tag Archives: horseradish

Evolution of a Garden Bed

Posted on August 27, 2011 by

I created a small, sloping veggie bed along our western fence line back in 2006 when I thought I’d try growing horseradish and ginger from green-grocer products. Before the plants could do anything, Frank and I moved to Darwin and the … Continue reading →

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Divine Weather

Posted on March 24, 2011 by

Today the weather couldn’t be better. Cool (okay, maybe upper 20s as a high) and sunny with a nice breeze. The ground is damp but not wet. The garden is greening as I watch. Frank is taking the opportunity to … Continue reading →

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Ginger Bed

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

This is the shady garden bed I call the ginger bed (that’s what it was designed for). Several sprouts can be seen shooting in the back. The highest is maybe 18 inches tall. Yesterday I bravely pulled out most of … Continue reading →

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Everything’s Growing

Posted on January 13, 2011 by

The garden’s looking great. The sunflowers are all opening and make a nice cheery splash against the fence. My mounding experiment is not really panning out. I remounded around some rocket and radishes this week since they seem to be … Continue reading →

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Borers

Posted on December 31, 2010 by

Today there was this weird sliding, scraping sound, like someone dragging bags of newspaper in front of the house. I looked out the front door and saw nothing so I assumed someone had gone past on the road. An hour … Continue reading →

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Progress report

Posted on December 14, 2010 by

The sunflowers are doing really well, except they still wouldn’t stand without a stake. These tomatoes are shooting up, but have about half of the tomato bunches on them that those in the other bed do. I think that answers … Continue reading →

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Dill, Coriander and Tarragon – Lunar sprouting

Posted on December 5, 2010 by

On the left are some dill sprouts – I’m not positive which of this lot are the dill sprouts and which are weeds. On the right are more sprouts. I’m hopeful these are tarragon. They’re in the right place anyway. … Continue reading →

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Lunar Planting

Posted on November 23, 2010 by

Today I finally put in my ginger. I looked at the lunar planting calendar and from 3:30 yesterday afternoon for the next few days we’re in the full moon phase. Good for root plants. So, in went ginger, horseradish, more … Continue reading →

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