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>Christmas Present – Jump Start on Spring

Posted in seedlings, Vegetables on January 5, 2010| 3 Comments »

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For Christmas this year my husband bought me this awesome new grow light from Gardeners Supply Company. Last year I grew seedlings in the back window, which was less than ideal. I had a small space and not enough light. Now I have 18 sq ft to grow my seedlings.

Here’s my little greenhouse. I only have 1 heating mat, which I may have to expand to two soon, since my light is eagerly awaiting more seedlings. There are jalapenos, poblanos, wonder bells, basil, dill and summer savory. The poblanos and bells were planted on the 26th, just a little slow to germinate. The others were planted on January 3rd.

Here are the first seedlings under the grow light. These are serranos, purple beauty and canary bell peppers. These were planted on December 26th.
Just for fun I thought I’d share a few pictures of my purple veggies. We cut these up and had them for snacks on New Year’s Eve.

Chef’s Choice Blend Cauliflower

Purple Haze Carrots.
Both of these varieties are grown at the White House Garden. I saw them last night
on the food network, pretty cool!

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>Salad Feast

Posted in Vegetables on November 4, 2009| 5 Comments »

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I made a tasty salad from the garden… radish, pepper, spinach, lettuce, and tomato. Mmmm!

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>One of those Days

Posted in cutworm, okra, pests, recipes on October 7, 2009| Leave a Comment »

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Today I got home from work early enough to spend a few minutes in the garden. I wandered around only to find two new pests. It’s one of those days where you wonder why you even bother. Why don’t I just leave it to the professionals?

Here is where the cutworm laughed at my attempts to block him. I caught him in the act, stretching as far as possible to bite just above the straws I put in yesterday. I found a second one, but destroyed them both before taking pictures.

Here are the next culprits. I don’t know what they are, but would appreciate any help. I couldn’t find them in the Texas Bug Book. These little critters eat through the stems on the tomato plants. You can see the droopy end, completely cut off from nutrients. I may have to resort to some organic pesticides on these guys.
Why do I bother? Well … I just finished eating some sauteed okra. Simple olive oil, salt, pepper and whole okra. I also mixed in some zucchini and mushrooms. Mmmm! I agree with a friend of mine that plain old sauteed okra is just as good as fried, as long as you can handle a little slime.

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>First Winter Harvest

Posted in Vegetables, winter on October 4, 2009| Leave a Comment »

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Today I picked the first of my “winter” veggies, radishes! No, I didn’t leave them in the ground too long, these are called “Crimson Giants” and are meant to be the size of a small apple. I’m going to make a salad tonight and decide how I like this variety. I also picked some serranos, cherry tomatoes and okra. The okra is still hanging in there, but the cool weather severely stunts the production.

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>Fall Veggie Garden Started

Posted in Vegetables on September 7, 2009| 1 Comment »

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The fall garden is in full swing. Last weekend I bagged the last of the dirt for my new beds. I also installed a drip system for the bed I had planted the week before. Here’s what I have going so far.
mid August – put together bean tent and planted butter beans, green beans
mid August – Planted cauliflower, cabbage, brussel sprouts, broccoli ( in pots to monitor sun)

Aug 29th – Planted carrots, radishes, lettuce

Sept 2nd – Planted spinach, swiss chard
A few pics …
Carrots, Radishes, Lettuce and new drip system
Butter Bean plant climbing new “tent”. I grew this plant from a seed from my spring butter bean plant. Pretty cool 🙂

Fall Seedlings

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