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Garden stories for looking back and ahead.obsequieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475265990458941100noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411609467862802872.post-45850433411005695542019-09-05T02:54:00.000-05:002019-09-05T02:54:05.376-05:00September Sweet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've been lucky to not have a frost yet this season, which is more than I can say for last year. The vines are going strong, and the first pumpkins are being harvested. The Cinderella varieties are some of the first to be picked, and a few beautiful carving pumpkins. It will be interesting to see what hides in the middle of the patch...<br />
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On a side note, the Gnadenfeld melons are a definite must for next year. So far they are the winner after actually getting to eat a few of these lovelies, ripe and sweet. <br />
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obsequieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475265990458941100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411609467862802872.post-58028917361149707512019-08-07T03:17:00.000-05:002019-08-07T03:17:27.830-05:00Fly By<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's hard to believe it's already August. I haven't a clue how many
pumpkins are in the patch because of all the vines and leaves, but it
seems like there are plenty of potential babies popping up every day.
The first pumpkins that were hand pollinated are already carving size,
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August is actually bittersweet when you think about it. Everything is at it's most exciting, you start to enjoy the fruits and vegetables you waited for, and at the same time...it's the beginning of the end of garden season. Yes, things start to ripen and it's exciting, but it goes by in a flash and you know it's going to end soon enough. </div>
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At least there's everything wonderful about fall to look forward to...</div>
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obsequieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475265990458941100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411609467862802872.post-49379071064530197822019-07-29T02:41:00.001-05:002019-07-29T02:41:48.240-05:00Jump Jive July<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The pumpkins are popping up in abundance. It feels like just yesterday the first pumpkins were hand pollinated, and now the vines have taken over that one can't even walk between the plants. When you look under the leaves you can find new babies every day, it seems.<br />
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Since taking the photo the baby pumpkin has at least doubled in size in a matter of days. Things change quickly this time of year.<br />
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(Photo 1: July 16th, 2019. Photo 2: July 25th, 2019. Photo 3: July 25th, 2019)obsequieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475265990458941100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411609467862802872.post-77867087493275910092019-07-04T16:22:00.000-05:002019-07-04T16:22:08.784-05:00Vining OutWell, with all the rain we are finally getting things are starting to come along in the garden. The carrots and beets are further behind than I would care for, but they're finally showing up.<br />
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The section of pumpkin patch that was newly tilled in the fall has, of course, become a mess of grass, but I'm slowly managing that as well. The larger pumpkin plants are starting to vine out and they'll be showing some male flowers soon enough. Each plant is getting a layer of straw for mulch around the bases and I'm excited to see how everything shapes up.<br />
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The melon row is hit and miss. The cantaloupes all seem to be doing quite well, but the watermelons are lagging behind a bit for my liking, but we'll see how it goes. The melon row is also getting a layer of straw mulch as well.<br />
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After last years dry summer, a dry fall, and a rather dry winter...this spring is following suit. The little rain we had previously has barely made a difference and I'm starting to feel rather desperate for a couple solid days of rain just to catch up, or even just a good storm.<br />
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The pumpkin patch has been spotty for germination, and I've found myself spot-watering to help it along, as well as adding a few extra seeds for good measure. On the flip side, the melons are starting to pop up quite well with these past few days of heat and hand watering. I'm quite determined to get at least one good melon for eating this year! So far the only one lagging behind is the "Tip Top" variety of cantaloupe. If at least one hasn't popped up by tomorrow I may just re-seed, just in case.<br />
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The growing season in Manitoba is generally dreadful just based on how short it is, but add to that these drought conditions makes it downright stressful some days. Oh well, wait and see...<br />
<br />obsequieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475265990458941100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411609467862802872.post-33241788509263729692019-05-21T00:16:00.001-05:002019-05-21T00:16:33.157-05:00Pumpkin Pop UpIt may be a bit early for Manitoba, but I spent the afternoon of May 12th seeding the pumpkin patch, with help from Igor of course. We had still been having quite low temperatures at night, but by the time the seeds sprouted it should be fine.<br />
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Well today the first one bopped up out of the ground. Of course it's one of my "mystery" seeds, one of two packs of saved seeds that were neglected to be labelled. It looks like we'll see soon enough what they really are. I planted about the same amount of hills as last year, but spaced them much further apart to prevent the over-crowding like last year. Besides, I don't need THAT many pumpkins...or do I?<br />
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The garden has gotten away from me, and it hasn't even begun yet. Most years the layout is planned and each variety is decided on, but I'm late doing it all this year. I pulled out my seed box and figured out just how many varieties of each plant there is, but there is still the matter of layout. The layout should have been planned and ready by the beginning of April already, but it's just gotten pushed back. Once it's finally planned (I should have it finally figured out in the next few days) I can start seeding some early carrots and/or beets.<br />
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The nightly lows are hovering around -3 and -4 for a few days, so all the seedlings had to be brought in from the little greenhouse. It's an unusually cold spurt, with some snow even in the forecast for tomorrow. Normally the snow would be frowned upon, but we desperately need the moisture.<br />
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This year I am determined to get some sort of melons growing. More often than not the plants will either grow very well, with zero fruiting, or the plant will look terrible until near the end of the season and then start fruiting like crazy without enough time to ripen. This year I have row covers and many varieties to experiment with. For watermelons there are 3 varieties (Cream of Saskatchewan, Sweet Siberian, and Sugar Baby), and five varieties of cantaloupe (Petite Gris, Minnesota Midget, Tip Top, Gnadenfeld, and Noire Des Carmes), with the hope of one of them producing some sort of decent results.<br />
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The pumpkin and squash seeds are quite a mishmash, with over 13 varieties this year. It's hard to say for certain how many different varieties I have because some of the saved seeds were not labelled. Woops. So we'll just say it's 13+.<br />
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<br />obsequieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00475265990458941100noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7411609467862802872.post-61935548999062423672019-04-10T21:18:00.001-05:002019-04-10T21:18:25.884-05:00Here We GrowAn old blog, a clean slate.<br />
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The future home of everything about my gardens...<br />
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