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robby ([personal profile] robby) wrote2012-10-19 04:39 pm

Garden Update October 19

The lemons are ripening, and I think the peas have sprouted. I've prepared the garden spot to plant red onions and garlic. I've abandoned my fancy compost bins made of pallets, and moved everything out to a patch of bare soil, past the fence, where I hope things rot more quickly.

Rain is forecast Monday, and I have things tomorrow to do on the roof, and one last project Sunday, and then I'll be ready.

The tomatoes are ripening en masse, the peppers more slowly. I still have a few beans and eggplant ready to pick this season. The butternut squash could be picked now, but I think it's ok to leave on the vine until the first frost, maybe in late November or early December.
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[identity profile] robby.livejournal.com 2012-10-20 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
It's a huge amount of work, but it's good for me on so many levels.

[identity profile] regular-ego.livejournal.com 2012-10-25 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
you knead a girlFrIEND . . . to get a rise out of you on so many levels (;

[identity profile] robby.livejournal.com 2012-10-25 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
I might knead one, if she wasn't too yeasty.

[identity profile] robby.livejournal.com 2012-10-27 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
OMG, OMG, I hope you can hunker down and ride out Hurricane Sandy!