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Back in the garden

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

I’ve stayed out of the garden for a few weeks now. Mainly because of the weather. After those days in the 40s, everything suffered, wilted and much died. Add to that the fact that there’s been zero rain and gardening … Continue reading →

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Leaf Mulch

Posted on February 18, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

I’ve never used mulch before. In my mind it’s useful to a) keep out weeds and b) keep in water. That’s it. Since I’m okay with weeding, that wiped out half the motivation. The water retention angle is noteworthy, especially … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden | Tagged dill, eggplant, lettuce, mulch, radish, rocket, spinach, spring onion | 3 Comments

Ginger Bed

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

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 Laura Rittenhouse

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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2nd Banana Spear

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

Yesterday Frank pointed out to me that our banana plant has a 2nd spear. It’s already January so I’m very sceptical that it will ever have any ripe bananas on it, but I’m glad to see it happily producing anyway. … Continue reading →

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Gozleme and Garden Update

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

Here is yesterday’s harvest of silverbeet, chives and peppermint all of which I chopped up and put into a flat round piece of homemade bread (like a tortilla) with feta cheese. I folded the circle in half and sealed it … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Recipe | Tagged basil, chives, coriander, eating, eggplant, gozleme, harvest, lunar planting, mint, peas, planted, recipe, seed, silverbeet, spring onion | 1 Comment

Progress report

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

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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Seedlings doing well

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

The sunflowers are continuing to grow (with the tomatoes behind them doing well too). The do seem a bit weak so today I tied them each to a small stake in the hopes that they’ll actually grow up rather than … Continue reading →

Posted in Garden, Nature | Tagged banana, basil, celery, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, Pests, rhubarb, seed, sprout, sunflower, tomato, zucchini | 2 Comments

Rocket

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

Is this rocket? I planted some seeds here (and elsewhere) on Sunday, 14 Nov. I put sticks next to the seeds so I wouldn’t accidentally weed them, but then I forgot which seeds went where. The package says rocket seeds … Continue reading →

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