Garden
Yep, you read that right. I planted 2,083 spring bulbs.
I love spring bulbs – tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and many more. However, they need to be planted in the Fall and my Falls tend to be a bit busy. It’s getting colder, days are getting shorter, garden cleanup is happening, harvest is ending. Anyway, this year I thought I would do it. I bought over 2000 spring bulbs and planted them in batches.
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Food/Recipes, Garden
I always plant a variety of peppers in the garden each year. My garden was kind of wonky this year as a lot of my seedlings didn’t make it. However, I did get a couple of jalapeno plants, a couple of sweet bell pepper plants and some other pepper plants.
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Garden
Although I have grown garlic a bit in the past, I never gave it much attention (or probably even planted it correctly), however this year I decided to take the plunge. I don’t know how many cloves I planted (forgot to count), however, there are approximately 100 cloves of garlic planted 10 per row. Two rows are shown in the picture. This garden bed is 3 x 8 feet. I made the rows horizontally across the short end of the bed.
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Garden
Potatoes and onions – The garden staple. Every year I plant them. Some years it’s a good harvest, some years not so good. This year wasn’t too bad. I usually plant a variety of potatoes: Red, blue (or purple), and a russet or yellow/white.
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Garden
As it is Fall, this first blog entry is about putting the garden to bed. I spent this past weekend getting some things cleaned up in the yard preparing for Winter. This summer I lined my driveway with 8 white 26” Crescent Garden Dot planters. I planted with coleus in the center, surrounded by white geraniums, dusty miller and red petunias.
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