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wireworm
it's the larval stage of the click beetle:
http://gardening.about.com/od/gardenproblems/ig/Insects-and-Diseases-of-Plants/Wireworms.htm -
a short post just for my daughter
fall is here! the forest around us a spectacularly bright with neons and rusts. there's one particular shade of neon rust that i think is the one i'm allergic to lol ( Read more... ) -
slacker!
i've really slacked on this journal, but i really slacked on the garden all summer, so no surprises really ( Read more... ) -
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AND....!!!!.... the peaches are rotting on the tree, but - i'm picking them now so that i at least get some. they're not quite ripe but the brown rot is taking so many of them. today i'm making a peach cobbler and freezing some (in a sugar solution). tommorrow i will pick more and - *screams* - attempt some canning! i have everything i need, ( Read more... ) -
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i just made enough fresh from the garden salsa to put a 32oz jar in the fridge and 2 quart bags in the freezer! the only things in it not from the garden were the cilantro (the dog killed mine) and the lime juice! i used green chile peppers and sweet banana peppers ( Read more... ) -
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strange thing: i cut up a store-bought tomato and inside was a sprouted seed. little baby plant inside an un-opened tomato. my daughter planted it to see what it does ( Read more... ) -
hm.
i put in the ground a few new hazelnut babies that i got from the arbor day foundation. i had put in a couple of them from some cheap plant wharehouse place when i first moved in, but they've been struggling. now that the new ones are all leafing out nicely i can see that the first two do not have the same leaves as the new ones. a little ( Read more... ) -
in the garden
as requested by hippiedork, here's some a shit ton! pics of the garden:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2062749&id=1148433378&l=ad87228d62 -
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i love being able to go out in the garden and gather foods for dinner ( Read more... ) -
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i have seeded tomatoes twice now and had no takers. the first lot i seeded were inside in a sunny window and were heirloom tomatoes. fail. the second lot are outside on a hot sunny porch and are brand new store bought seeds, some organic, some just cheap ones. fail. good job i'd bought a few baby tom plants or i'd have none at all. i also had ( Read more... )