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Denise Daniel
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60% of another u-bed done: sweet basil, cilantro, cutting celery, Greek oregano, sage, lovage, and lemongrass. All I have left for the vegetable garden is planting the stuff I grow from seeds and the tomato and tomatillo plants. I've got a couple of trays of flowers that I need to plant too.
Seedlings planted in a metal raised bed, approximately 60% planted and mulched with woodchips. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy
May 26, 2025 at 8:48 PM Everybody can reply
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briagha1994.bsky.social
Denise Daniel
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Progress update: one U completely built, one U almost done, I just need to line one side with quarter inch hardware cloth and put the braces in. Then I have one more long 3 x 21 foot long bed to build. Then, of course, we have to fill them, hahaha.....
One 9x9 foot U shaped metal raised bed lined with hardware cloth. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy One 9x9 foot U shaped metal raised bed, almost completed. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy
April 16, 2025 at 8:49 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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Progress update: I finished chopping up the pile from when we pruned the trees to put in the bottoms of the beds, except for a couple of branches that I need to get the the polesaw out for. I'll start loading beds after lunch.

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A picture of piles of chopped up tree branches getting ready to be loaded in the bottoms of raised metal garden beds.
April 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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Progress Update: We took advantage of the break in the rain and added the 84 bags of compost and soil to the three new beds. Now we just need to do the irrigation and add some mulch.

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New raised metal bed filed with compost and soil, along previously established metal raised beds. 2 new raised metal beds filed with compost and soil, behind previously established metal raised beds.
April 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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The first day of the week of vacation that I took to build more raised hugelkulture beds and prep the garden for planting, lol. Hopefully, it will melt fast.

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Picture of my backyard when it is snowing very hard.
April 12, 2025 at 12:33 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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This weekend's agenda for seed starting, mostly cabbage and kale.

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Spreadsheet section with schedule for planting cabbage and kale and the prepared plant markers for the trays.
March 14, 2025 at 11:38 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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Well, we're starting to fill up the first set of shelves.

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Seed starting trays on chrome shelving with lights attached.
March 9, 2025 at 4:30 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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I can put 5 more trays on this set of shelves, and then I'll have to go to the upstairs set. Which means I have to finish cleaning the stuff off of the upstairs set.

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Seed starting trays on a chrome wire shelving set, rigged up with plant lights.
March 22, 2025 at 10:53 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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One bed done, leeks, shallots, Patterson yellow onions, and Sterling white onions. We also picked up 36 bags of composted cow manure to refresh the established raised beds and the pots in the greenhouse for peppers.

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Metal raised bed planted with onions and mulched with wood chips.
May 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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And so it begins. This is the weekend's seed starting agenda.

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Picture of a seed starting spreadsheet and prepared plant labels
January 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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I got the second half of the green beans done after the dye party, 14 more quarts. Hopefully they all seal.

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14 quarts of green beans on towel covered racks.
July 28, 2025 at 12:04 AM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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Baby Chinese cabbage, cabbage, and kale!

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Chinese cabbage, cabbage and kale seedlings in a 10 x 20 inch tray in 36 cells.
March 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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We have some baby peppers!

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Pepper seedlings in a seed starting tray, approximately half have sprouted so far.
March 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM Everybody can reply
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briagha1994.bsky.social
Denise Daniel
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All the cabbage, kale, and Chinese cabbage varieties, the celeriac, and the Hungarian Blue Bread Seed Poppies are in beds. Tomorrow, we will work on getting the pepper plants in the greenhouse while it's raining.

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Cabbage, Chinese cabbage, and kale plants, as well as onion, shallot and leek plants in raised metal beds mulched with woodchips. Cabbage, celeriac, and Hungarian Blue Bread Seed Poppy plants in raised metal beds mulched with woodchips.
May 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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I finally processed the garlic scapes today into scape pesto starter for the freezer, and I threw some in the roasted garlic hummus I made for yarn dyeing party tomorrow.

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Bright green garlic scape pesto starter in quart freezer bags.
July 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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Today, we weeded the pots, added composted cow manure and fertilizer, blended it with the drill auger bit, and got the tonato cages in each bucket. Tomorrow, we will plant tomato, tomatillo, and pepper plants in the pots, and I may plant some experiments with seeds with whatever buckets are left.
Five gallon pots and raised beds in the garden prepared for planting. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy #gardensky Five gallon pots and raised beds in the garden prepared for planting. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy #gardensky
June 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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This weekend's agenda for seed starting: more herbs and some marigolds.

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A picture of the seed starting schedule spreadsheet printed out with the labels prepared for the seed starting inserts.
April 5, 2025 at 1:54 AM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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All the rest of the Redwing and Blush onions from Dixondale, and the various varieties of onions, leeks and shallots I grew from seed are in beds. I'll be working on cabbage and kale this afternoon. Shawn did the landscape fabric.

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Metal raised bed with onion plants mulched with woodchips with the paths covered with landscape fabric. Metal raised bed with onion, leek snd shallot plants mulched with woodchips with the paths covered with landscape fabric.
May 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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After getting the 149 tomato plants repotted and in the half-assed greenhouse, we got the leek plants and 2/3 of the shallot plants from Dixondale in the new raised beds. My rhubarb is happy with all the rain.

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Picture of rhubarb plants next to a grill for scale.
May 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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We planted the last trays of flowers today. All the growlights are now off! Also, we weeded the peppers in the greenhouse. Lastly, I hadn't gotten around to killing the brambles that came up in my sand cherry bushes by the shed. Now I think I'm going to leave them until those berries ripen, lol.
Peppers growing in 5 gallon pots in a greenhouse. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy Bramble bushes covered in berries. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy
June 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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One more u-bed down: 3 kinds of Swiss Chard, 3 kinds of mustard greens, some dill, and 24 some odd purple basil plants.
U shaped metal raised bed mulched with wood chips and planted. #gardening #zone5bgardening #foodallergygardening #foodallergy #cornallergylife #cornallergy #gardensky #SwissChard #MustardGreens #Dill #PurpleBasil
May 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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Progress update: Shawn and I picked up 82 bags of soil and compost at Black Forest (3 trips with my truck) and started chopping up the pile from pruning the trees for the bottoms of the beds. We'll see if I can walk tomorrow, lol.

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Piles of chopped branches and twigs on a dead lawn next to two gardening stools on wheels.
April 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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Progress update: Moving slower than I would like, but it's my first real gardening work of the season and I need to build up stamina. I got all the chopped up branches in the beds, but it only filled half of them.

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Picture yard showing piles gone Metal raised beds with chopped branches in them. Metal raised beds with chopped branches in them.
April 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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Tonight's hilarity part 1: Zucchini Quick Sours, 8 pints.

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8 pints of Zucchini Quick Sour pickles on a towel covered canning rack.
August 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM Everybody can reply
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Denise Daniel
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The first 2 and 1/3 trays, onions, shallots, leeks, and Hungarian blue poppies. It almost took me longer to remember how to program the timer for the lights than plant. The next round of seeds isn't until March 9th.

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January 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM Everybody can reply
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