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Squash surprise 9 Jul 2010 | 02:33 am
Plants are truly the craziest things. I've been watering two enormous pots of squash plants all summer. They continually have tons of blossoms, but I've never seen a squash on the plant. Yesterday I ...
The next gardener in the family 7 Jul 2010 | 07:40 am
I was away in Iowa for a little while and Chris was in charge of the watering. He did such a good job that TOMATOES GREW!
Sleepy squash blossoms 16 Jun 2010 | 03:19 am
I love how these squash blossoms really look like they're in the fetal position... sleepy and waking up slowly as they grow.
Tomato buds? 11 Jun 2010 | 05:55 am
Will these buds become tomatoes? Or more branches? Pretty weird and fuzzy and alien-looking, huh?
The squash race. 10 Jun 2010 | 03:51 am
Here's an interesting study: plant four healthy squash plants in two different pots (one green, one blue) and put them on opposite ends of the garden. See which one grows faster. Blue bin squash: for...
HOLY CRUD, IT'S A SUNFLOWER! 8 Jun 2010 | 08:28 am
I mean, I planted those seeds and put some water in the pot everyday and stuck the pot in the sun, but I think in the back of my mind I was always pretty sure that sunflowers were not going to come ou...
Face plant into a flower by a bee. 5 Jun 2010 | 04:39 am
This bee loves one of our Calibracoa (million bells) plants. Yesterday I caught him flirting with some pretty orange ones, yellow pollen dust following him out of each flower he met.
Mushrooms and pea recipes 3 Jun 2010 | 04:03 am
Something magical happened yesterday in the garden. Maybe it was the 88 degree weather or maybe it was the presence of the new Gardenia or maybe it was the rain from a couple of passing thunderstorms,...
Around the garden this morning... 2 Jun 2010 | 02:27 am
I just ate a bunch of pea pods in a stir fry this weekend and these guys are already big enough to eat. More and more leaves growing on the squash, which had a rough transition outdoors. With the pu...
We got a tree! 1 Jun 2010 | 04:36 am
So I've been looking to buy a tree. We have lots of short, wide pots of flowers and veggies on the deck, but I wanted something vertical. We also have an empty corner that's been looking pretty sad......
