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Fall Garden Update

10.14.2011 Gardening

Fall gardening is different. You only have to water when it doesn’t rain, and lets face it if you live in the northeast. . . it rains. If we had pruned our tomato plants more and staggered their planting by a few weeks we would probably still be pulling tomatoes from the garden, but we [...]

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Our Garden is Not Beautiful

08.25.2011 Gardening

Our garden does not always look beautiful. In fact, the post I planned to write today is all about the ugly things that are happening in our garden. One of the perils of gardening in Astoria (part of NYC) is that our love for the outdoors is not always shared by everyone that has access [...]

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Training, Weeding, and Bugs…Oh My!

07.17.2011 Gardening

It has been a perfect growing season in Astoria. The weather has provided a magical mix of rain and sun. The result; we are completely overgrown. In years past our tomatoes have reached 3-4 feet tall; this year, they are 8 feet tall and still growing. Our cucumber and bean trellis has exceeded our expectations [...]

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Homecoming Harvest

07.12.2011 Gardening

Well, I’ve been in Alaska for five weeks working for an amazing organization. The weather there was cold and wet. While I was gone, Erich was working his butt off keeping the garden alive. The result is that I got to come home to a harvest that looked like this:

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