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Hello May!
Posted on May 21, 2015 10:29 AM

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Columbine (Love this color!)

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David Austin Teasing Georgia

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Easy Does It

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Souvinir D'Elise Vardon

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Tropicana

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Amadeus Rose

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Heirloom

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Sugar Snap Peas

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Aquadulce Fava Beans

Desiree Dwarf Blauwschokkers Peas
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Broccoli is ready for harvest! Thumb of 2015-05-21/pmb2005/59fbd4

Pepper Mania
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First Tomato Winner goes to the determinate Oregon Springs from Johnny Seeds.
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Bye April
Posted on May 1, 2015 6:53 AM

We went from this
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The bagged pepper train
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Blueberries
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Apple Tree
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Cattle Panel for tomatoes
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Aquadulce Fava Beans
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Potatoes, we'll start adding straw for them to grow up into. 1 method, 2 versions, we'll see how it works.
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Beets Thumb of 2015-05-01/pmb2005/49e1ed
Spearmint Thumb of 2015-05-01/pmb2005/c9a510
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Fallstaff Brussels Thumb of 2015-05-01/pmb2005/c1e905
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Milkweeds Thumb of 2015-05-01/pmb2005/9faaac planning to put Dutchman's Pipe Vine up that trellis
Purple Flowering Allium with baby maple trees and weeds... nice! :D
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Brassicas going strong even if the rabbits are nibbling.
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Knockout Rose
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Raspberry container experiment seems to be going well.
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Sun bather Sally
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Mountains on the way to Tellico Plains
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Growing Cows
Posted on Apr 14, 2015 9:54 AM

The past 2 days I've had cows in my garden when I woke up.

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Hopefully the owners of the cows will fix this problem or I'm going to have me some beef, in trade for my garden they are trampling.

On a happier note, here is my new Solomon's Seal blooming.

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Spring Fever
Posted on Apr 14, 2015 5:54 AM

Here's some pictures.
Night Blooming Cereus
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My tomato trays. I've been working on slowly hardening them off. Thumb of 2015-04-10/pmb2005/d54251

This is going to be the year of the pepper, which is ok, because I have never been this successful with peppers before. Love grow lights!
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These will be golden raspberries! That's some cumin behind it.
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Love the color of this lettuce. Thumb of 2015-04-10/pmb2005/a1889d

Why are my garlic leaves turning yellow like this?
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First year Blanda Anemone. Thumb of 2015-04-10/pmb2005/fd15f6

Best looking cabbage here, it was a Bonnie plant given to us.
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Strawberry Mania
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These are from Mara Des Bois seeds I started this year.
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Chandler Blueberries planted Fall 2014. Thumb of 2015-04-10/pmb2005/0973c5

Duke Bluerries planted 2013 from the Tennessee Valey Co-Op. It had Jersey with it but the Jersey died. I can't grow a Jersey Blueberry to save my life. Can't wait to taste these berries again.
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This is probably a weed, but I love it.
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Blossom on my graphed Fuji, Gala and Yellow Delicious tree bought from the Tennessee Valley Co-Op. I need to take some more pictures of this as it opens.
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My Brassica collection is a learning experience, as is anything with gardening! This is the best looking ones we have grown yet.
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The hybrid broccoli we planted did not do well at all, but the Purple Sprouting Broccoli took off like a champ! Followed up by DeCicco Broccoli. The Chef's Blend Cauliflower is doing excellent as well, but we are still very early in the season. The Fallstaff Brussels are doing marvelous too!

This is second year rhubarb from root stock. I think it likes it. Thumb of 2015-04-10/pmb2005/46b563

This is a Trillum 'Sweet Betsy' from Overhill Nursey, Vonore, TN. I bought this year. It's suppose to be red in the middle. hmmm.
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Hopefully these are treasure boxes!
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Jacobs Ladder from Overhill Gardens, Vonore, TN.Thumb of 2015-04-10/pmb2005/cc3340
Wild Ginger from Overhill Gardens.
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That's the walk thru the garden for now. Hope y'all are enjoying your beautiful April Showers!


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Learning as we go
Posted on Jan 22, 2015 12:47 PM

I made my own potting mix today out of necessity. I don't have Miracle Grow Moisture Control Potting Mix on hand but I do have this cheap stuff.
So here's what I did.

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I took my potting mix, sifted out the "chunks" then added the perlite I had on hand. The last picture is the finished product. Hopefully it is good enough that I will get results from my pepper seeds.

Updates

This is the 94X70 plot I've tilled for our new garden this year.
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Here is the baby broccoli growing so fast.
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Here are my dogs cuddling.
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