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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-14-10 06:26 PM
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So good to be back among the green people.
Too much time in GDP can be bad for my blood pressure.

Went outside for an hour and worked in the beautiful sun we have in CA, on the over grown mess my garden has become over the short winter. I enjoyed some of the fruits of my indoor harvest :smoke: as I did so and I feel so much better.

I'm hoping for a better garden this year than last year, just too many hot nights for my second year garden and too little of the good stuff. Both my neighbor and me noticed that trend last season. Tough tomatoes, tiny green beans and don't even get me started on the cucumbers.

Just wanted to say hi to you good folks and now that I've got a star, you'll see more of my this gardening season.

And I've got some really weird stuff I'm going to plant this year.
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 08:04 AM
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1. Do you have any space that gets afternoon shade?
Six hours of sun until 1:00 PM would give you a garden that was protected from the raw heat of the afternoon.
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 03:41 PM
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5. I've got lots of great space.
Problem last year was the hot nights we had. The average local temp was actually lower than the year before, but we had some long heat waves and it stayed too warm at night.

That's what the woman from the Master Gardener program I'm getting ready to take told me. Both me, and my neighbor across the street had the same problem last year.

This year will be my third garden, and sometimes I think I had such a bumper crop my first year nothing will ever compare.
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Zoigal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 12:35 PM
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2. Good luck on your garden this year.
Want to share what kind of weird stuff you're going to plant?.....z
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 03:38 PM
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4. So far I've got cotton and bamboo.
And I may add a cherry blossom tree or two, from seed. Plus all the regular stuff.
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blueworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 02:55 PM
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3. Hi backatcha
I understand, and although I a bunch of stuff to look forward to this year I'll also be able to harvest (at last) my first asparagus! If the snow melts by then. I'm also curious about the "weird stuff" you'll be planting. :hi:
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asdjrocky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 06:22 PM
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6. Asparagus takes like two years right?
We might try some of that at the farm if we get the property we are looking at.
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blueworld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 07:54 PM
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7. Yes, we planted it two years ago
We try to add fruits and/or perennial veggies every year...I hope you get the property you're looking at. We only have 5 acres, but it's amazing to me how much we can grow. :hi:
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Retrograde Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-15-10 08:37 PM
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8. "Mess" is an understatement
between the rain and other commitments yesterday was the first day I was able to do any serious work for a couple of months. Anybody need any oxalis, which is taking over the block? Luckily the city pick it up as part of the curbside compost program.

I just got my tomato seeds yesterday, although it seems that no matter when I plant (on the Peninsula) they don't produce until October anyway.
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