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kohlrabi and more!
Jul 23, 2007 | 3:40 PM PST
Tags: kholrabi , pine straw , chores , harvest , purple , heirloom , cherokee , dachsund , petunia , hyacinth , bean , vine , mushroom , wild , annual

Another good productive day in the garden! I pretty much did routine chores. I posted an ad on craigslist this weekend stating that I needed pine straw and that I would rake if someone would let me take. Well, we got quite a few responses and my hubby went to pick up a load for me on his way home from work ( I had to twist his arm and beg a little :) So, I got that spread. I can tell its "used" but hey, beggers can not be choosers! He is going to go get more for me day after tomorrow! yippee!

I also harvested my first Kholrabi:

Susie, the dachshund says "hey, that would go good with hot dogs" So, I took her advice and shredded the kholrabi and will cook with onion to make a relish that will dress our dogs this evening. Yum, Yum!

Looks like I'll be harvesting my first cherokee purple heirloom tomato soon. This guy is huge and I have been watching him for sometime now wondering if he was ever going to ripen...looks like he's startin to!

Looks like 3 tomatoes in one doesn't it?

I also got some more creek clean up done and consolidated some branches and brush to get ready to haul to the curb tomorrow for wed. pickup. Other than that, I did routine weeding. Here are some moments captured along the way:

Mystery crop of shrooms growin out of compost...

Purple Hyacinth Bean Vine against Annual Sweet Potato Vine. I know I took a lot of picts of this one, but I couldn't stop myself...so pretty:

Close up of Liriope Bloom:

Some of the surviving petunias from my "annual saga" They look pretty good when isolated close up! LOL!

'Till next time...

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Garden Chores
Jul 16, 2007 | 3:44 PM PST
Tags: chores , creek , lawn , mowing , compost , autumn fern , sweet potato vine , feather grass , mint , hibiscus

Today was a pretty mundane but productive day in the garden. Mostly did chores such as weeding and mowing. I also put in some more sugar snap pea seeds for yet another succession planting. I also worked a bit more on the creek clear out project.

Heres a pict of me and my girl mowin the yard:

see that pile of dirt in the back? thats the free compost for the city, we are getting it to berm up a new bed right there...gettin rid of more grass!

Here are some snapshots I took along the way while doing my chores:

EGGPLANT FLOWER :)