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Mouldy Peas

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Laura Rittenhouse

I’ve been struggling with my peas this autumn. Because of all my woes, on May 22nd I started a trial to see if I could get better success by germinating my dead, old snow peas in a damp paper towel. … Continue reading →

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Looking Good

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

Because it’s a bad week to plant anything in the garden according to the Lunar Calendar, I’m sitting on my hands for a few days. All I can do is wait (I’m not a patient person so this is harder … Continue reading →

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Seeds sprouting

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Laura Rittenhouse

Seedlings are starting to appear from the seeds I put in trays 3 days ago. On the left the rocket is sprouting and on the right is my lettuce. I’m keeping the trays damp and not in direct sun. And, … 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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First Tomato Harvest

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

Today we harvested 2 tomatoes off of 2 different plants. One is a cherry tomato off of the bushy plant. The other is a normal tomato. The plan is to eat them as is, no point is spoiling that first … Continue reading →

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New Sprouts

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

These rocket sprouts came up yesterday, that’s 3 days after planting as opposed to the 6 predicted on the package. A couple of the radish types sprouted as well (below are sprouts from the scarlet globe package).  Those spring onions … Continue reading →

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Ginger Shoot

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

This lone ginger shoot appeared with zero fanfare yesterday afternoon (or that’s when I first spotted it). This morning it still is the only shoot from all that ginger I planted in the 2 different beds (the ginger bed and … Continue reading →

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Spring Onion Sprouts

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

These are my spring onions. I planted them 8 days ago and yesterday just the tips of the blades were visible. The package said 14 days to sprouting. I’m not sure if this means mine are superb performers, the package … Continue reading →

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Pathetic Radish Harvest

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Laura Rittenhouse

I kid you not. These vegetables that are supposedly impossible not to grow quickly and easily, have failed miserably in my poor little garden. Not a clue why. The sprouted ahead of schedule, produced copious healthy leaves, started to turn … Continue reading →

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