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| soggy soil blocks |
Ooops! My beets popped right up in a few days in their soil blocks, so I moved them outside to a part sun location before transplanting to their bed. Then it rained. Ugh, the trays are full of water and the blocks are dissolving. I drained as much water out as I could, then I put them back indoors for a few days, as more rain was expected.
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| yay most of the seedlings made it |
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| mini bell peppers |
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| green and red okra plants |
I had some red okra seeds that were pretty old but a couple of plants came up. Planted some green okra from seeds my friend Glenda gave me.
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| red root pig weed |
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| lambs quarters in the beet bed |
The rains have put new life into things, especially the 'weeds'. Of course I leave a lot of lambs quarters and pig weed growing around the gardens. I cut them back and cut them into pieces for the chickens.
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| compost chickens! |
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| compost chicken eggs! |
The compost chickens are actually laying more eggs now than they were living in the barn eating expensive feed!
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| hay string hinges |
I guess six years is a pretty good life span for a hay string hinge before it gives out.
But I haven't had time to fix it yet.
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I have planted seeds along this strip 3 times now and each time the pigs have gotten in and torn everything up trying to get to the squash inside the hoop house.
Whats here, a pathetic little dill plant, something I don't recognize and what I am hoping is Tithonia, or Mexican Sunflower.
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| What is this? |
Of course I can't quit, so I added more compost and more seeds, this time dill, hollyhock and calendula. Hopefully they will grow!
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| homegrown seeds |
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| Trombonccinno |
The Trombonccino squash are getting huge! I'm leaving these to be winter squash, those big ones are about 3 feet long. I can't hardly walk through here now. The birdhouse gourds are finally running and blooming but I don't see any gourds yet.
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