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Planting carrot seeds using the board method.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?DUARS 27 May 2010 Planting carrot seeds using the board method. Carrot seeds are often hard to germinate for several reasons. Drying out, and temperature too high above about 28C. The board over the seeds keeps moisture present, and controls … Continue reading
Planting Tomatoes Outdoors.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?WMRTE 20 May 2010 Planting Tomatoes outdoors. Twenty one tomato plants were removed from their pots an placed in the outdoor garden. The area was heavily mulched using chip bedding. The plants will be staked using rebar and the new … Continue reading
Celery seedlings planted
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?DHFNE 4 May 2010 Celery seedlings planted Two plants were grown in 2009, and they were excellent, and huge about one foot in diameter, so this year five plants were sown. There was some space in the garlic bed so … Continue reading
Detroit Red Beets Planted
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?FBGIK 2 May 2010 Detroit Red Beets Planted. Procedure is to lay a row of commercial toilet paper along the row. If it is windy, which is usual the, paper is held in place with spikes. the paper is wetted … Continue reading
Carrots Planted
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?XJEKO 2 May 2010 Carrots Planted Procedure is to lay a row of commercial toilet paper along the row. If it is windy, which is usual the, paper is held in place with spikes. the Paper is wetted and the … Continue reading
Crosne (Stachys affinis)
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?BKEWM 2 May 2010 Crosne (Stachys affinis) planted Crosne tubers were stored in a garden soil, filled pot to overwinter outdoors. The tubers were in excellent condition, and some had sprouted, indicating that they could probably be planted in April … Continue reading
Planting Potatoes
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?CMERX 2 May 2010 Planting Potatoes A kilogram of five varieties were selected. Five rows, about eight inches deep, and two feet between rows, was dug, and the tubers separated about a foot apart and lightly covered. The row length … Continue reading
Early start for Cucumbers
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?EXOKL 2 May 2010 Early start for cucumbers. The complete pot will be placed in the ground about 1 June. The plants will just be vining in about a month, and they will suffer no shock when placed carefully in … Continue reading
Garlic planted
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?LDVDG 8 October 2009 Planting Garlic (Allium sativum, Hard neck) Planted using 2009 best and largest cloves. Seventy five cloves were planted for the main harvest. Forty five bulblets from another garden, and fifteen one year old cloves, which grew … Continue reading