tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57493344225189160902024-03-09T03:22:24.956-05:00Dinky DoDiary of a garden builderValHallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16843439954015747722noreply@blogger.comBlogger371125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749334422518916090.post-23073160158548153272014-03-15T21:21:00.001-04:002014-03-15T21:25:16.920-04:00DinkyDo-overThe dinkydo blog has moved to<a href="http://www.dinkydogarden.com/"> www.dinkydogarden.com.</a><br />
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With winter finally coming to an end, it was time to take stock of the garden as well as the blog.<br />
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ValHallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16843439954015747722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749334422518916090.post-60938687836201142822014-02-20T18:11:00.002-05:002014-02-20T18:11:40.164-05:00This garden has seasonal affective disorder<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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But there are actually living plants in there!<br />
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Vegetables that can survive a polar vortex:<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">leeks, lettuce, and Brussels sprouts </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and possibly fava beans</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more lettuce</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">spinach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and more spinach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">onions</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">more leeks and Brussels sprouts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">makeshift cold frame </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">cold frame carrots and scallions</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">mache aka corn salad</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">kale and tat soi</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">kale--the wilting is from heat, not cold</td></tr>
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I guess there is light at the tunnel that has been this winter.<br />
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<br />ValHallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16843439954015747722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749334422518916090.post-22973708831492812602014-01-05T20:20:00.001-05:002014-01-05T20:22:34.130-05:00A taste of summer -- finocchietto (fennel liqueur)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrg4fW_74xG4z7g5UMuiS-g124I7_duGtwC2fGJk8OhIxzH-ObJJoc9N-0uYf1R4Y-902B9cglrs6JyioiWtDZY7qwSla7ok9e1IGYykdKC15K4MRgYfqA5toSUgLAmL0HcWu7RCslVol/s640/blogger-image--1269261751.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrg4fW_74xG4z7g5UMuiS-g124I7_duGtwC2fGJk8OhIxzH-ObJJoc9N-0uYf1R4Y-902B9cglrs6JyioiWtDZY7qwSla7ok9e1IGYykdKC15K4MRgYfqA5toSUgLAmL0HcWu7RCslVol/s640/blogger-image--1269261751.jpg"></a></div><br>ValHallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16843439954015747722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749334422518916090.post-21159669295891253992013-12-09T10:30:00.002-05:002013-12-09T10:30:27.058-05:00Winter Garden BountyThe garden still looks like <a href="http://dinkydoover.blogspot.com/2013/11/hatches-battened.html">this</a>, but there is plenty to harvest.<br />
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My favorite long-closed Indian restaurant was on my mind when I made this <a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/08/30/140036782/green-tomatoes-an-end-of-summer-bonus">green tomato pickle</a>:<br />
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When we had a window replaced, I saved these panels with this in mind. I thought of maybe buying some straw bales to build a cold frame, but two round trips to the garden center to squeeze straw into my recently cleaned car was not appealing. Then I realized this cedar raised bed I purchased for a new strawberry bed was sitting idle. I planted extra tat soi seedling in the outer portion, and in the covered portion I planted carrots and scallions. I have already forgotten to pull the panels apart on this nearly 60 degree day, so this will be an interesting experiment.ValHallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16843439954015747722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749334422518916090.post-5814520153753645722013-10-25T11:08:00.002-04:002013-10-25T11:08:32.343-04:00One of my favorite flowers--Acidanthera<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The gladiolus relative is also called peacock lily--a fitting name. I have moved these bulbs around too much, so the bloom is paltry, but I think next year they will take off. Even showier than the flower is the scent, reminiscent of moon flower.ValHallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16843439954015747722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749334422518916090.post-11625004618438181102013-10-08T12:32:00.002-04:002013-10-08T12:32:53.433-04:00Homesick Monarch?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I guess the Mexican sunflower (<i>Tithonia </i>sp.) reminds the monarchs of their homeland. They have been flocking to it for weeks. I keep hearing news <a href="http://www.pri.org/stories/2013-09-30/monarchs-were-missing-summer-and-we-and-weather-were-blame">reports </a>that monarch numbers are low this year, but I've been seeing plenty. Plant more milkweed!ValHallahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16843439954015747722noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5749334422518916090.post-8856681673137788462013-10-07T11:06:00.001-04:002013-10-07T11:06:28.940-04:00Waiting...... for summer to ripen.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><i>Euonymus americanus,</i> an unassuming green stemmed </span><i></i><span style="font-weight: normal;">native plant for shade, wows in early fall.</span></span> <span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Warning, rabbits adore the young tender shoots.</span></span></div>
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Much of this season's plants will keep producing right up until frost, but it's about time to see what did well this summer--and what didn't. <br />
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Okra: a return to Clemson spineless over the poor performing heirlooms of last summer was stymied by an unusually cool summer.<br />
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Mexican sour gherkin/ mouse melon: Yay! Cuke flavor for salads without dealing with powdery mildew or the disease that the cucumber beetles bring.<br />
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Tomatoes: Tess's land race currant tomatoes were unstoppable and super sweet, a winner. Japanese black trifele were not super vigorous, but tasty, and both held up to the disease I know lurks in my raised beds. I just need to grow more. *This was my first year growing tomato plants from seed.<br />
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Lipstick pepper: My best success with sweet peppers so far. Again, not super productive, but their small size guaranteed much more success. Tunisian baklouti peppers did well as always.<br />
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Lima beans and black eyes peas both did fine but had to be wrapped in bird netting to keep the rabbits out. Something is still getting to the black eyed peas (voles?) I like growing beans because of their relative ease (other than rabbits), but I feel like I should be getting much more beans than I do.<br />
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I left one bed pretty much empty this summer, saving room to put in Brussels transplants for fall, and this worked well while also giving me room for scallions and leeks.<br />
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The artichoke I planted in spring never did much. I'll give it until next spring to show me something. The collards, Chinese broccoli, and kale that I let languish all summer only served to invite white flies. I'm still deciding if I should let them stay into fall or pull them and start over.<br />
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Tatume squash: an early loss, succumbing to powdery mildew, after showing so much promise with squash vine borer resistance. Seminole pumpkin: these take a lot of space--and only two pumpkins are the result!<br />
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I noticed some activity on my asparagus patch, where I discovered all stages of the lady bug present in large numbers. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As I prepared this post before vacation, I had the following thoughts. "Maybe <i>this </i>will be there year I get the timing right for a broccoli harvest. It is certainly the best looking start."</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I had surrounded the bed with row cover to keep out rabbits and put down some sluggo, but I forgot one thing: <a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/organic-gardening/organic-cabbage-worm-control-zw0z1303zkin.aspx#axzz2dqNuW7rk">cabbage worms</a>!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I came home to this: </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Because I planted the broccoli at the base of my okra, I could not easily cover them with row cover, as I should have done. Cabbage worms are easy to hand pick, but since I was gone over a week, they had free reign. Sigh!</span><br />
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It's nice to come home to the garden, but there is a ton to do! I'll be seeding and supplementing the vegetable garden in the coming weeks, and trying to spiff up overall for the neighborhood garden tour at the end of the month. </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Better late than never, some female squash flowers have escaped predation by {insert varmint here} and may be able to mature by frost.</span> The upside-down bike basket will keep rabbits out. </span></div>
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