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Definitely Not Uniformly Orange and Spheroid 24 Aug 2013 | 05:44 am
The Tomato harvest is in and there’s tons of them! This little haul was just one picking last week. There are more ready now. The large black ones are the Black Krim that I’ve been growing in the gree...
How to Spot Curly-Top Virus 16 Aug 2013 | 07:51 pm
Until a few weeks ago I had never heard of Tomato Curly Top Virus. I was manning the phones at the Master Gardener clinic when during a quiet spell my fellow volunteer pulled out a bag with a sick-loo...
Purple French Beans 13 Aug 2013 | 07:32 am
I’ve been harvesting my purple French Beans (also called Bush Beans) and there are tons and tons of them. Once the bushes get to a certain size they just keep pumping out the beans, non-stop. Unfortun...
Four Cute Ideas 29 Jul 2013 | 09:18 pm
I love volunteering in other people’s gardens because they always have great ideas that I could never come up with myself. These ideas come from the Washington county Master Gardeners demo garden. Thi...
Chilli Pepper Plants Not Thriving, Why? 16 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
I was volunteering at a local farmer’s market this weekend at the Master Gardeners stall. We are there to answer gardeners’ questions and promote organic gardening techniques. A guy came over and ask...
Harvesting My Artichokes from Seed 15 Jul 2013 | 11:28 pm
I harvested some Artichokes this week. Two globe and one purple. I’m so impressed that the plants are producing Artichokes this year and I only grew them from seed this season. Artichokes are big, big...
The Best Headed Cabbage 11 Jul 2013 | 06:58 pm
I’ve been really impressed with this variety of Cabbage. It’s a round, green one called Parel. These Cabbages were ready to eat around three weeks ago and we have been quietly eating our way through t...
Planting A Winter Garden 10 Jul 2013 | 07:22 pm
Every year I want to grow a Winter vegetable garden and every year it seems I miss the boat with sowing the seed and planting. Not this year. I sowed this little collection of seeds a few weeks ago an...
Are Peppers Self Fertile? 7 Jul 2013 | 07:21 am
I grew these Peppers from seed back in February. They are pretty sturdy plants right now and they were starting to flower. When I told someone that I was growing them in pots in my greenhouse she ques...
Passing Peas Over the Fence 4 Jul 2013 | 05:33 am
The Peas have reached their height. I officially have more Peas (these are Green Arrow) than I can eat. Time to start dishing them out the neighbours I think. I love this time of year. When everything...
