Monthly Archives: May 2012

alliums

Posted on May 26, 2012 by morgaineotm

the onions are starting to fall over, the garlic is starting to get brown looks like there will be some good size onions this year the persian star garlic is beginning to form scapes, although you’d never know it by … Continue reading →

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zuchinni corral

Posted on May 26, 2012 by morgaineotm

six pots and 9 plants.  they seem to have acclimatized to this location and there are flowers forming.  looking forward to being swamped with zukes as its been many many months since we’ve had them in this house!

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comfrey garden

Posted on May 26, 2012 by morgaineotm

comfrey is kept in a multi-sectioned grow bag.  Each year I pull the root from two of the sections, then split the root in the other two and replant.  This is how the plants are doing this year. The two … Continue reading →

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rewriting the 2nd ammendment

Posted on May 26, 2012 by morgaineotm

Just a rant and ramble about the BS going on with media hype and emotionalism running rampant on this issue.  Personally, think its making some good points and is worthy of attention if one is interested in any aspect of … Continue reading →

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another garden update

Posted on May 25, 2012 by morgaineotm

yesterday took out a lot of the oregano and some of the dill from this spot and planted 5 of the 6 spaghetti squash seedlings.  Also ate the penultimate spaghetti squash from last year’s harvest. seedling 6 of the spaghetti … Continue reading →

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GIVE AWAY &

Posted on May 24, 2012 by morgaineotm

harvested oregano this AM as I’m finally getting to planting my spaghetti squash seedlings. have at least twice this still out there. think I’ll be giving away oregano this spring three books that I bought and am not using, referencing, … Continue reading →

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temperatures today

Posted on May 20, 2012 by morgaineotm

Sunday, May 20 5:30am, dog walk, garden themometer reads 43F 1:30pm, garden check, reads 97F We are at 4500 feet.  Phoenix is hotter.

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dill and roma

Posted on May 16, 2012 by morgaineotm

have begun harvesting the self seeded dill to dry.  leaving a couple of plants out there to seed for another harvest, but making space for the spaghetti squash to get planted.  Did put the Loofa (Luffa) in on the west … Continue reading →

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garden Tools

Posted on May 15, 2012 by morgaineotm

From another blog came a recommendation for Red Pig Tools in oregon (www.redpigtools.com).  In checking out their web page, realized that I’ve very few tools and way too many pairs of gardening gloves.  Why?  cause the gloves get pulled off … Continue reading →

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updates in the garden

Posted on May 11, 2012 by morgaineotm

The new shade cloth arrived this week.  bought an 8×8’ piece of 50%, edged, with grommets (only on the corners).  It covers enough of the main garden to fill in the space left by the too short main cloth. dropped … Continue reading →

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