Gardening in Fridley, Minnesota
Posted September 16, 2011 by The Farmer
Last night was supposed to get down to 30 degrees between midnight and 8 AM. After debating covering plants and crossing my fingers, I decided instead to harvest everything I could. Between a business trip last Wednesday and Saturday, and the sudden need to harvest everything to save it from the freeze, there was a [...]
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1 Comment.Posted July 9, 2011 by The Farmer
Today was a pretty productive day. Caroline is out of town, and I had her leave my fishing gear in the back of the car when she went to the airport. So this evening I weeded and weeded and weeded.I probably have another 3 hours of weeded to do early next week before I could [...]
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No Comments.Posted August 9, 2010 by The Farmer
Like I said in the last post, the garden has been working overtime since late July. Here are some of the happenings we have been enjoying: Aside: Just for fun this post is scheduled to go live at 8/9/10 11:12 (using American dates). Tomatoes I have more than 25 tomato plants in 5 or 6 [...]
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1 Comment.Posted July 6, 2010 by The Farmer
One of the things I love about living where we do is how much wildlife we get to see in our own yard. Yeah, we have to compete with some of it for food, but they’re still fun to watch. We get butterflies, ladybugs, bees, caterpillars, worms and pill bugs, all of which the kids [...]
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1 Comment.Posted June 19, 2010 by The Farmer
Despite the lack of updates, I have been busy in the garden and out. Work, Consulting, Scouts and Family have taken priority over blogging for some reason. Here’s what’s been growing on. Free Tomatoes, Cucumbers and Cantaloupe! A nice lady had about 35 free tomato plants listed on Craigslist. I was the lucky recipient! Several [...]
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1 Comment.Posted May 25, 2010 by The Farmer
Despite the recent rain, my garden was extremely thirsty when I got home from work. Here in Fridley, MN it was in the mid 90s and sunny for a good part of the day yesterday. My plants were very happy with the heat. Most of my bean plants popped right up, and my squash and [...]
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4 Comments.Posted May 16, 2010 by The Farmer
As I mentioned previously, Saturday was a busy day and I didn’t have pictures for everything that we did. Here’s the rest of what happened. The last intentional planting of the day was the herbs. In the right planting area below we planted Basil, Thyme, Oregano and Cilantro. The Basil will eventually take over the [...]
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