The O/R 2012 Gardening Thread!

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Some edible "weeds". These come up everywhere, every year.

Lambs quarters
http://www.specialtyproduce.com/prod...arter_4181.php



Amaranth
http://soupqueen.blogspot.com/2007/0...nach-soup.html

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You never know what kind of "gifts" your cat will bring you.

The other day we were out in the garden when we noticed BONKERS walking towards us. As he got closer he let out a very muffled meow. He walked over to my gf and dropped something at her feet.
It was a baby sparrow. It was early evening so we decided to take it in for the night.



Early the next day we released the baby near our bird feeding area. Not more than a few minutes later the bird flew away.

"Hmmph, try to give you guys a gift and you just let it go!"

[Odd]

Bonkers thought you might want roasted ortolan.

I say you made the better choice.

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Pulled up a few radishes. We gave most of these to my folks. We pulled about the same last Sunday.

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Moar flowers!

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"Whatcha doin'?"

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Every year after all of our plants are up, we top off our garden with some type of mulch.

My gf works for a catering service and gets to collect old coffee grounds. There were enough grounds to fill 4 five gallon buckets.

This is about one third of what she had.



I dumped these throughout the garden, filters also. We both love coffee so this was an olfactory treat as well.



I picked up a few bales of straw.



We also lay down a couple layers of newspaper, then top off with straw.





Finito!



This all will till in nicely later this year.

[Pinki]

Very interesting mulching method! We have our garden in and just starting to produce (tomatoes, yellow squash, pattypan squash, cucumbers, etc). I hope to post some pictures (once I take them!).

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Strawberries and our first sugar snap peas





Spiderwort

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[Pinki]

Beautiful!

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The last of the radishes and the onions that survived the winter.



The delfino cilantro had gone to seed so I cut the tops off to save the seed. The grape vines were trimmed to promote the grape growth. We saved the leaves to make Stuffed Grape Leaves (Dolmades) Recipe - Allrecipes.com

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Green beans!!!

All of the beans we are growing this year are from seeds saved from last year.

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Hibiscus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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I trim the lower one foot of each plant to promote better air circulation around the plant. The plants are placed as close as possible in a Biointensive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia technique.

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Pulled up the cilantro. These were hung in the garage to dry. The seeds will be saved for next year.



The rattlesnake beans have been producing. These went to my folks.



Yellow squash.



Harvested and shelled some peas.
(Blue Masonjarita© optional)



More beans and cucumbers.

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Considering the weather this year, we have had some productive plants.







Chard

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The tomato plants are loaded and have been producing the best tomatoes since we started gardening here.









This pile of basil made five pounds of pesto.





Pulled up all the onions.



Most of the onions.