Monthly Archives: June 2013

promised pictures

Posted on June 30, 2013 by morgaineotm

lizard!  this one just caught a big bug, they keep bug populations under control in the garden there are two bean “corrals” in this picture, you can really only see the one close, there’s another at the far end the … Continue reading →

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revising the plan

Posted on June 29, 2013 by morgaineotm

planted my pole beans about 2 weeks ago and saw that something was eating the shoots almost as soon as they sprouted!  Well, its just about too late to replant.  Fortunately had two packages of bush bean seeds and planted … Continue reading →

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solstice update

Posted on June 23, 2013 by morgaineotm

zucchini getting blossom end rot again.  This happened last year during the heavy heat and got Yield Booster.  never knew if it was that, or the monsoons that brought yields back.  This year, put a shade cloth over the zucchini … Continue reading →

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shallots

Posted on June 16, 2013 by morgaineotm

  harvested 11 shallots today, from where I had planted 5 store bought bulbs last fall.  These are not to eat, but to be replanted once again this fall.  Onions get very hot, even sweet ones, in our desert climate.  … Continue reading →

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Hive update

Posted on June 16, 2013 by morgaineotm

Being in the desert south west brings its own challenges to keeping bees.  We had a great, wet winter, which meant a spring full of pollen sources: from the early roses, through mesquite and acacia.  But now both the heat … Continue reading →

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garlic harvest

Posted on June 12, 2013 by morgaineotm

Persian Star. 33 bulbs.  Think this is the earliest I’ve harvested garlic, and one of my best over all crops.  Grown in a 4’x4’ x 18’” raised bed.  Not too hot, keeps well Siskiyou purple garlic, harvested a week ago … Continue reading →

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updates

Posted on June 9, 2013 by morgaineotm

Heat is on, like an oven out there, hot and dry.  Watering everything.  see little tomatoes forming, also one teeny (so far) winter squash. Something is eating the corn shoots as soon as they come up. Gophers attacking once again. … Continue reading →

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garden update

Posted on June 1, 2013 by morgaineotm

Took a bunch of photos this morning of the garden, the bees, and the new washer/dryer.  instead of trying to post these photos a bunch of times, just loaded them up onto a web host, so they are available here … Continue reading →

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