Leek Growth and Care
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 - in Garden
Once leeks are established, they seem to grow fairly fast. Below are two photographs of my leek bed. The first photograph was taken on May 14th and the second one was taken on June 7th. ...
Hanging Mint to Dry
Saturday, May 8, 2010 - in Garden
Recently I picked over 400 mint stalks to dry. The only reason I know how many I picked is because I bundled them in groups of 12. I was hoping to harvest what would be considered a lot, and it felt like I picked a lot, and washed a lot and bundled a lot. Below is a photograph of my mint bed and you can see where I cut mint to dry. I have a lot left, but we won't talk about that. ...
Peppers and Cool Weather
Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - in Garden
The temperatures where I live have been getting rather low at night, too low for peppers, maybe. While outside today, I noticed that two of my peppers are droopy. While I can't say with certainty that the cooler temperature is making them droop, I can at least do something about that if it is the temperature. ...
Rooting Sweet Potatoes II
Wednesday, April 14, 2010 - in Garden
The sweet potato sprouts and the cut sweet potatoes have been in water for six days. Since then, I have changed the water twice. Both the sprouts and the cut sweet potatoes have started developing roots. ...
Onions and Herbs
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - in Garden
Have you ever grown onions? I have a few times, not many. The hardest part of growing onions is keeping the weeds out. Onions are set close together, only 4 inches apart, and weeds can weave their tough little roots throughout the onion roots and if you are not careful, you will pull up your onions ...
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