Veggie Garden Expansion!! (Phase 1)

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Posted by Sara | Posted in Outdoor Gardening | Posted on 22-05-2011

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Today I put the perimeter fence around my larger veggie garden! It doubled it in size.

I still have the wrought iron black fence, and rabbit fencing inside. I was short about 5 feet of rabbit fence so I put up some extra lattice I had to block that corner. The rest was cake!

I will have all warm-weather veggies on the new side. Tomatoes (tons), Basil, Cilantro, jalapeno and bell peppers and maybe a few more zucchini plants if there’s extra room. These will all go straight into the ground, not a raised bed since I will be starting them in the greenhouse and putting them out when the weather is warm. (Over 55 degrees F. at night consistently – we see this kind of weather here in Minnesota from about June 1st).

Here are some pictures:

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Now all I need is a sod cutter – which is proving very difficult to find!!!!!!!!! I might end up hiring someone – I have a few other jobs I could use the help with anyway. This is phase 1 of 3, 1. Fence, 2. Cut Sod and Cultivate Dirt, 3. Plant! 🙂

If you have any questions please leave a comment below or start a thread in the forum!

-Sara

Non-GMO Cilantro and Basil Inside

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Posted by Sara | Posted in Indoor Gardening | Posted on 09-02-2011

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I have gotten my seeds for the next growing season from St. Clare seeds. 🙂 They are a home-based non-GMO business and very friendly. I got double the amount of Basil and Cilantro so I can grow it inside. (And I think from now on herbs will go in the indoor garden only…it just takes too long for the regular veggies to grow.)

So I planted some non-GMO Cilantro and Basil today! I will mark it on the calendar and mark again when I start harvesting. 🙂

Thanks for stopping by,

Sara

New Seeds Ordered!

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Posted by Sara | Posted in Indoor Gardening, Outdoor Garden Progression, Seed Saving, Seed Starting | Posted on 09-02-2011

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It is a home-based business that cultivate and harvest their own seeds to sell! It is non-GMO and they encourage seed saving. You can find a link to their site on the right side of my home page. The name is St. Clare Heirloom Seeds.

The best part about ordering from their site was the amazing selection! I had been looking around for a while and was just about to order from 3 different sites to get all my veggies and herbs and found that I could complete my entire order from their site and it was EXTREMELY affordable. And if I actually do save the seeds, and do it right 🙂 it will be immeasurably affordable!

I can’t wait to get them. I will post again when they come.

Thanks for stopping by!

Sara Murray

Tangerine Tree

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Posted by Sara | Posted in Indoor Gardening, Pests and Problems | Posted on 05-03-2010

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Well, the tangerine tree is totally against all this care and change that has come to its home recently! It was thriving just sitting by the window, I would forget to water it, I certainly was not fertilizing it, and all it had for light was indirect, winter light deflecting from the yard which is over 20 feet away. The leaves were green, the stem was hard and it was very happy!

Since I changed the indoor setup to be that of the indoor garden (for veggies) it has dropped 2 leaved which yellowed, weakened and fell off! So, no more water, no more extra light, no more liquid fertilizer for that one!

I have moved it to a place (on the top shelf for now) where it only gets natural light and I will not be watering it as often, and I will just be using plain water, and fertilizing only about 1 time per month.

Hopefully this will stop the leaf shedding!!