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Tilthissippi: April 2010

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Tuesday, April 27, 2010. J and I stopped at the garden last night, and of course, it took his keen birding skills to find our little feathered friends. We saw two of the four - sorry, no pics of those - scurrying around looking for dinner. The parents were indeed nearby, calling to each other about the predator in the area. Thursday, April 22, 2010. Can you see them? While this nesting site seemed a little suspect at first, the benefit is now pretty clear. Monday, April 19, 2010. Bring on the heat. Now a...

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Tilthissippi: June 2010

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010. A few weeks later, the birds set up a third nest in yet in another plot, unfortunately one that hadn't been worked yet. It was quite weedy, which might have otherwise been a good place for a nest, but wouldn't you know it - the plotholder went out and tilled the plot the very next day. Tough timing. Unsuccessful attempt #2. No wonder they lay so many clutches. I guess if you're going to have a nest ON THE GROUND, OUT IN THE OPEN (really? Tuesday, June 22, 2010. We are now on tra...

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Tilthissippi: summer's here

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Tuesday, June 22, 2010. I harvested two Sungold tomatoes from one of our potted plants this morning. Last night, I saw that there were three or four in our garden plot that were ripe. If I were a better person, I'd have offered them as part of the grand opening, but I'm pretty greedy when it comes to these guys. Not to mention, how far could three little cherry tomatoes go in a crowd? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Scattered Gardening in MS. Perfect event for the solstice.

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Tilthissippi: killdeer strife

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Wednesday, June 23, 2010. A few weeks later, the birds set up a third nest in yet in another plot, unfortunately one that hadn't been worked yet. It was quite weedy, which might have otherwise been a good place for a nest, but wouldn't you know it - the plotholder went out and tilled the plot the very next day. Tough timing. Unsuccessful attempt #2. No wonder they lay so many clutches. I guess if you're going to have a nest ON THE GROUND, OUT IN THE OPEN (really? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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Tilthissippi: lost the battle

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Friday, July 23, 2010. Here is where I start to eat my words.) He asked me if we had been picking off the little "suckers" - the leaves that form in the crooks of the main stems. Apparently, this is good-for-nothing tissue that only sucks resources away from the fruiting stems (hence the label, "suckers"). My (dare I say professional? Opinion was that with more tissue, the plant would photosynthesize more, make more sugar, and that would be allocated to fruiting. A good thing, right? Will Cooley Fan Club.

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Tilthissippi: September 2010

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Sunday, September 26, 2010. OK, end-of-summer travels and beginning-of-semester craziness (along with mountains of basil and sungold tomatoes! Temporarily derailed Tilthisippi blog. Today, we're going to catch up a bit. First, a short synopsis of how the summer gardening turned out. 1 Mountains of basil. 2 Even bigger mountains of sungold cherry tomatoes. But, in the meantime, we're busy launching our Fall/Winter gardening. On September 7, D-Hug and J-Ho spent a bunch of time pulling out plants, prepping...

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Tilthissippi: pretty pretty

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Friday, July 2, 2010. Sungold tomatoes are on, and wow. do we have gobs of basil. Remember how dismayed I was initially about our basil? All for naught. Or actually, the concern was probably warranted; it did after all prompt action, and the basil we have now is the direct result of that action (yay! Yeah, they were a little tough, but it was fun eating them anyway. Growing and eating okra. We are in deep! Lovely, aren't they? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Scattered Gardening in MS.

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Tilthissippi: bean plants need sun

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Monday, July 12, 2010. Bean plants need sun. Last weekend we launched an attack on the fire ants, and guess what? They had taken to eating our okra (see earlier post). J. first blasted the ants off the pods with water, then dried off the stem base of each plant and applied Tanglefoot (a sticky goo that traps any insect it comes into contact with, targeting those that crawl up the plant from the ground), and then sprinkled instant grits around each plant. Yes, that's right. Instant grits.

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Tilthissippi: July 2010

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Friday, July 23, 2010. Here is where I start to eat my words.) He asked me if we had been picking off the little "suckers" - the leaves that form in the crooks of the main stems. Apparently, this is good-for-nothing tissue that only sucks resources away from the fruiting stems (hence the label, "suckers"). My (dare I say professional? Opinion was that with more tissue, the plant would photosynthesize more, make more sugar, and that would be allocated to fruiting. A good thing, right? Our lone squash plan...