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With Little Light

12 Saturday Jan 2013

Posted by Jessica Y in Garden

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garden, garden update, gardening, winter garden

Turnip

Trees and volunteer boxwood hedges grow faster than you think. This year’s winter garden in the fifth in our backyard. In those five years the random hedge volunteers that sprouted up in our neighbors backyard, right long the fence that divides our properties, have grown into these massive, unsightly things that not only block our view of the mountains, but also block a lot of the sun that my garden used to get early in the day. In those same five years the oak tree that sits at the southern edge of our property has gained at least 6 feet in height. My once sunny-ish winter backyard has become a pretty shady one.

Things are growing very…slowly….

I am worried the garlic may not survive.

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Early Successes and Disappointments

16 Saturday Jun 2012

Posted by Jessica Y in Garden

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garden, garden update, gardening, grapes, grapevines, powdery mildew

We are just a few days away from summer, so I thought I would give a garden update. Some things are really starting to take off, the beds are filling out. In other cases, I am throwing up my hands and counting my losses (already). So here goes.

Success: The pole beans and the zucchini plant adjacent are doing very well. This photo was taken earlier in the week, and those bean vines are probably twice as tall.

Disappointment: I didn’t get a picture, but in the bed just next to this one, the bush beans are yellowing rapidly. There is still new green growth, but I am afraid that they may have a mosaic virus. Boo.

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