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2008 Season |
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Facing West |
Facing NW |
Kitchen Garden |
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1/27 - Snow |
These Gnomes look like they are plotting something. |
4/19 - This is not what mid-April is supposed to look like here!!! |
4/19 - Mom replaced her flowers in this bed with strawberry plants. |
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4/20 - Seedlings coming up in my warm office. |
4/26 - Mom's tulips are all up and beautiful. |
4/26 - The gardens are in serious need of tilling but it is still to wet. We got the cane berries trained. |
4/26 - John also got the raspberries cleaned up. |
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5/6 - Tomato seedlings potted and in the greenhouse. |
5/7 - Used the brush mower to knock down the winter's overgrowth. |
5/8 - Although the ground is still pretty wet and too heavy, I couldn't wait any longer. I got a first pass at tilling done. |
5/15 - Kitchen Garden Facing Northeast. Got a second pass done. |
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5/15 - Facing Southeast. The ground was still too wet to get the tractor out into but I needed to get the soil tilled. Did it with the TroyBilt. |
5/15 - Facing Southwest. New seedhouse / barn going up in the background. |
5/24 - Mom & Dad cleaning up a dahlia bed along a new road. |
5/24 - The bed all done. Shortly after this picture was taken, we had gully washer rain storms. The ground is now really saturated again. Not sure when I will be able to till. |
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5/24 - John took an opportunity during a break in the rain to string trim around the farm. |
5/16 - Mom's new planting of strawberries are blooming |
5/29 - In spite of the poor cold and wet weather we have been having, tomato plants are growing - slowly. |
5/31 - Another pass at tilling. Center "avenue" cleared and started spreading chips. Hay is getting ripe but weather is still to wet. New seedhouse / barn is progressing along. |
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6/1 - Facing SW showing what was completed the day before. |
6/3 - Yesterday it was dry (even though the ground is still very saturated). I got the south half of the garden tilled while John worked on paths. It is raining again today. We plan on planting tomorrow. Very late this year. |
6/4 - Facing SW - Some tomatoes planted. |
6/4 - Facing SE |
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6/16 - Facing NW - Hillside |
6/16 - Facing South |
6/16 - Facing Southeast |
6/16 - John planting beans. |
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7/1 - Facing NW - Hillside |
7/1 - Facing Southwest |
7/1 - Facing Southeast |
7/1 - House Garden |
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