We've decided on names. Ready for it? Primero, Gusty, Stretch, Missy Misfit, and Gordo, where many multi-fingered seekers of life now dwell.
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| You, me, and Gordo |
Saturday was a hot one, and the main objectives were 1) replacing a few of the greens that fell prey to some hungry neighbors - o' kale & broccoli, may you rest in peace - and 2) separating out the carrots so that they each have some personal space.
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| Jeff weeding Stretch |
What we're doing about the voracious natives? Making sure to keep our organic homemade spray handy, and are planning to be more diligent, particularly after rains (which is when the "incident" occurred while we were snug as bugs visiting our fams out of town). Fortunately, we'd had kale & broccoli sprouts coming out our ears in trays, and were able to give ourselves another chance at parenthood...
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| The Carrot Ordeal.. |
If we thought for a moment that the carrots might not take, just one word comes to mind - WRONG. Around about 150 or so of those Cosmic-Purple-Compost-Eaters are now wriggling their little roots right down into Primero (the lower bed) and Gordo (the western-most spot with the view). We did have to lay to rest some of the uprooted unfortunates who we simply didn't have room for. We hope they don't think we didn't appreciate their efforts...really, it was us, not you....
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| Goldie Beets! |
Everyone is growing great so far. The beets are absolutely b-e-e-tiful, the beans are beaming right up their teepees, the squashes have invaded the tree linings, the onions' stalks are fattening up, the new sweet peppers have found a sweet spot, and the rest appear to be happily settling into their new abodes...
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