kathyb on September 24th, 2009

These are the little darlings I planted a few weeks ago.  They are loving the cooler temperatures and get sun up to about 2 in the afternoon.  In about a week I’ll plant more.  Succession planting is what I’m learning here, so I’ll have a continual harvest, not all at once.  And 2 different varieties […]

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kathyb on August 26th, 2009

It would be ideal, but I don’t have a compost pile.  I have field mice and critters that would love a winter home like that, so my options are somewhat narrowed when it comes to adding organic matter back into my garden soil.  What I have decided to do is to plant a cover crop.  […]

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gardeners wife on August 15th, 2009

Hi, it’s Gardeners Wife again. As I’ve previously stated, I am not into working in the garden like Husband (NOT AT ALL), but, I do enjoy the many lessons and confirmations that the garden has to teach.

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Lamont on August 11th, 2009

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kathyb on August 6th, 2009

Ok, I’m trying to learn something new.  My friend Lamont grew an heirloom tomato this spring.  I have avoided heirlooms because I thought they were more susceptible to disease, so I waited and watched to see how Lamont did with them in his Tucson garden.  Nothing… no news about blight, tomato septosporia, leaf spot, nothing.  […]

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kathyb on August 5th, 2009

As of August 18th it is reviving.  Daytime temperatures are still over 100 and it wilts midday, but evenings are becoming much more comfortable for all my garden plants.  Look at the progress…..                 This is the green bell pepper that I had cut off  to a 2″ stub and was going  to pull it out, […]

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kathyb on August 4th, 2009

  Well, it’s now August and my bell pepper experiment is going right along.  These are the two scraggly peppers doing their best to beat the heat.  They were twice this size, but when everything else died from heat exhaustion, they lingered on.  I cut them back to half their size, I think it was early […]

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kathyb on July 28th, 2009

It’s just about time now to start our 2nd season, or extended season, or fall planting….whatever….. We should be well into our amending and soil preparation for August planting.  I’m ready for some more big ‘ole juicy vine ripe tomatoes, that I’m not finding at the grocery store.  Some that have that excellent vine ripe […]

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kathyb on July 25th, 2009

Thats what the Mars Lander reported.  If my garden soil measured that, I’d be in a hurry to set me up some raised beds and not even try to correct that problem.  It would be too much to take on, since the acidity or alkalinity of soil has a big impact on our plants ability […]

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kathyb on July 22nd, 2009

To any of you Tucson gardeners who have extra produce there is a new Farmer’s Market forming at 2740 S Kinney Rd.  It is for locally grown produce and products made from locally grown sources only.  It’s first day was July 11th [and is open] from 8am to Noon and will be [open] one Saturday […]

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