Strawberry - Photo Credit CElisabeth at 8thdeadlysin.ORG

My Very Good Busy Week of Garden Chores – The Doubling is Upon Us – my working document

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The second week of June is pretty exciting for this gardener. Most plants, in particular the tomatoes and squash, will double in size between June 5 and June 15th. I assume most gardeners have a week or two where the same happens, just on a different timeframe dependent on climate and garden environment. Early-mid June …

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Squash Photo Credit - CElisabeth at 8thdeadlysin

Squash Varieties for 2024 – Winter and Summer + SVB Info

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~ Summer Squash Zucchini – Costata Romanesco Zucchini – Cocozelle Zucchini – Golden Zebra Scallop – Mix Yellow Crookneck Winter Squash Cucurbita Moschata – of the three primary squash cultivars, the thicker stems of the C.Moschata assist greatest in it’s resistance to the squash vine borer successfully burrowing into the plant, compared to the other …

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Tomato Varieties Planted by June 1st – Final lol

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Varieties with notes N = New to me My smaller varieties: Agi Red (red and orange striped) – FavoriteBlack Vernissage (black and red) Cherry Punch – N?Green Doctors (green) – (yr 2)Italian Ice (pale yellow) – (yr 2)Juliet – NLucky Agi (tricolor)Lucky Tiger (tricolor)Napa Chardonnay Blush (yellow) – NPink Bumblebee (pink and red striped) – …

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Tomatoes - photo credit CElisabeth at 8th Deadly SIn

Garden Chores – April and Very Early May USDA Zone 4 and 5

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All plants grown in the high wind prairie, Midwest, in macro-climate zone 5(ish). Average dewpoint in summer is around 60. Soil is a loamy clay. Although my preference is organic, I have used commercial fertilizers from time to time. Gardening personality relaxed and experimental, purist about very little. Growing Days approximately 135TC=Time Cost in minutes …

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October Squash Harvest -7th 2022- photo credit CElisabeth at 8th Deadly Sin ORG

EXPERIMENT 23: Can I Plant Delicata and Sweet Dumpling with only 77 Days Left in the Growing Season? – FAIL (barely)

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I don’t know, let’s see. Today is July 18th. I have commenced fall planting, which hurts me to say honestly. This last winter was a long slog heartbreaker and summer flies by too fast. I am not ready for anything fall. Two years ago, the first frost was not until the day before Halloween. An …

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Wine and Roses Gladiolus - photo credit CElisabeth at 8th Deadly Sin ORG

My Garden Chore List for April 15-30, USDA Zone 4/5

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All plants grown in the high wind prairie, Midwest, in macro-climate zone 5(ish). Average dewpoint in summer is around 60. Soil is a loamy clay. Although my preference is organic, I have used commercial fertilizers from time to time. Gardening personality relaxed and experimental, purist about very little. Growing Days approximately 135 Mid April is …

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