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Todd's Garden
the giant pumpkin initiative and other garden ventures
Category: Garden @ ECO | Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:27 pm Ok I have recently been biten with the grow a giant pumpkin bug. I purchased some "Dill's Atlantic Giant" pimpkin seeds, composted two mounds, and sewed the seeds on sunday, May 13th. I will post a record of my journey as well. I have read up on growing them. I would love to hear from any of you who have tried this in the past or are currently tryingto produce one. wow how involved will this venture be? huge I suppose. but fun I'm sure. There is a wealth of information from the heavy hitters in the giant pumpkin world out there... I grow organically and have to come to terms with the fact that these behemoths cannot be produced with out chemical pesticides at the very least.... one small vine borer and no biggie pumpkin!! On a different note, I have been posting all these success storis as of late and have a few I will enter as my recent dissapointments or rather shall I say "realities" of gardening. I'll take some photos and share soon. This blog entry has been viewed 188 times
May 1st part 2
Category: Garden @ ECO | Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 7:06 pm almost forgot to mention that on April 29th i planted my first planting of Silver queen corn, yellow wax beans and Kentucky wonder pole beans. second planting will go in in to weeks or so last year i had 145 ears of corn in one week. trying successional planting this year to enjoy it longer. This blog entry has been viewed 76 times
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may 1st garden entry
Category: Garden @ ECO | Posted: Tue May 01, 2007 6:37 pm 92 degrees here today... a far cry from the freeze three weeks ago. three days in the low 20's. i lost 20 out of 24 cauliflower plants, all my gold and chiogga beets, and snap peas were slowed to a halt. the peas have recovered somewhat. Here are some early pictures. tall type "trevisio: radicchio 
tomato starts 
i am playing around with flowers from seed. this is an early germination of sunflowers, zinnia, coreopsis, cosmos and foxglove 
second planting of lettuces, broadcast direct seeded, three weeks behind others. 
early tomato plants 
a couple of lone rangers after the freeze ( surviving cauliflower) 
two weeks it is SALAD time 
my second year on the perennial herb garden 
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3/15/07
Category: Garden @ ECO | Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:32 pm Holy cow 80 degrees today!!! new photos from my garden; these are of the drip irrigation i installed the other day. 
the irrigation is for the beets, carrots and snap peas i planted this last weekend. here are some seedlings i am hardening off to plant this weekend. lettuces, radicchios and cauliflower. 
well here's to spring!!!! my word for the day is GERMINATION!!!! happy growing Last edited: Thu Mar 15, 2007 6:33 pm This blog entry has been viewed 129 times
garden update
Category: Garden @ ECO | Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 6:09 pm i put 40# lime down, and 15 # all purpose organic fertilizer down yesterday and had the garden tilled in one more time. This weekend, (weather permitting) i will be direct seeding two varieties of carrots Thumbelina and Nantes. two varieties of beets, golden and Chiogga. for an experiment i will seed some salsify ( also known as oyster plant). and sugar snap peas. in a friends greenhouse i have cauliflower, 4 varieties of lettuces, which will include a galactic( red Lolla Rosa) butter head, green and red leaf varieties. i may if i have room try to plant some fennel. i also have two types of radicchio i am trying out this year for fun, they are the tall trevisio and the small round chiogga varieties. Happy growing This blog entry has been viewed 89 times
Orphan Orchid photos
Category: Garden @ ECO | Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 5:58 pm here are the photos of my orphan rescued orchid that finally rewarded me with a flower this year. 3 years of TLC. looks like many more flower sites as well. hope you enjoy. If any orchid enthusiasts would care to share any tips or suggestions i am open to it. 
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orchid photos
Category: Garden @ ECO | Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:41 pm Orchid and friend 
close up look at the detail of this flower!! 
forgot my camera today..... I'll submit the pictures of my new blooming baby tomorrow!!!! Last edited: Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:41 pm This blog entry has been viewed 133 times
Orchids not veggies
Category: Garden @ ECO | Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:58 pm Ok so as I wait "patiently" for spring. i spent some quality time with my orchids over the winter. I have a short story to share.. a couple years ago (3) i saved a dying orchid from a dark office. the poor thing was yellowing, wilted and sad. i took it home, re potted it. and put it in a window. it lived... but thats about all it did. it would kick out new leaves and air roots. but nothing else. i am not even sure what kind it is. i moved it to my office at work, which has a south facing but rather drafty window. it has been doing well. especially since i never forget to water it since it sits directly in front of me a mere three feet away. well over valentine's day my sweety gave my a Hawaiian Orchid "Phaphiopedium" love song Variety. It is amazing. i put it with it the other yet to be named variety and low and behold the orphan orchid shot out a flower stem shortly there after. Today it opened i have a beautiful yellow/white orchid flower. my first orchid i have ever gotten to flower i am so excited...... I'll post photos for you to see very soon. This blog entry has been viewed 113 times
posting 06 garden pictures.
Category: Garden @ ECO | Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2007 5:23 pm i worked for two seasons gardening with uncleJabba who has a blog here. last year we worked our own gardens. i think i have figured out how to post pictures here. this is last years work. Watermelons!! 
corn and melon patch 
yellow wax beans!! 
lettuces 
heirloom tomaotes!! 
california wonders!! 
more letuces with beets and carrots! 
peppers 
peppers and corn 
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January work
Category: Garden @ ECO | Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 7:15 pm This Garden was a filed of weeds and grass at the beginning of last year. i tilled it in the late winter with a reverse tine tiller and added 40 pounds of all purpose organic fertilizer, and 80 pounds of organic high calcium lime. I grew 3 varieties of lettuces, 2 of carrots, chiogga beets and forono beets. i added in early summer romano bean and yellow wax beans. also 7 types of heirloom tomatoes, 4 types of swete peppers, including my favorite.. the "corno Di Toro" awesome huge plants and peppers!! i grew a block of "peaches and Cream" sweet corn and watermelons. My only Failure was my pumpkins, which i started two weeks too late and the vine borers go to and ate!! This year i added 2 inches of leaf mulch and tilled it in. i currently have a late cover crop of Crimson clover and a patch of hairy vetch mixed with rye for the later crops. i have began composting my load of leaf mulch with old produce for some good green matter and a late season top dressing for the soil. will be starting seed in a gren house shortly and getting this years soil sample started. Here's to a great season!! photos to follow once i figure it out.[/img] This blog entry has been viewed 110 times
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