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Saturday Garden Report 7/6/13

July 6, 2013 by Tiffany Davis Leave a Comment

GardenReportGardening in the desert during the summer is a gamble at best.  I kept it very small this year and I am having more success than last year!

I had 3 4×4 beds originally, but the soil I picked up from a local quarry was more mud than soil; alas nothing grew there.  I will be pulling that out and using a mix of compost and organic garden soil for fall planting.

Please excuse the state of my yard…we’re still working on functional and attractive. ;P

 Now on to the report!

The tomato bucket experiment is coming to a close.

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Cherry Tomatoes – did the best of the 3 but started drying out in the oppressive heat last week.

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Golden Jubilee – I did get a few good and super tasty tomatoes off this plant. They were much smaller than I was expecting. I did have a few with blossom rot but that was corrected with some egg shells.

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Pink Brandywine – Had lots of growth and blossoms but not one tomato. 🙁 New growth at the bottom…

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Sweet potatoes grown from my pantry. There was NO yellow last week so we’ve decided that these have been over-watered. I think they’ll come back strong with a day or 2 off.

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Green Bell Peppers – these have really grown in the last few weeks. Those 3 are nearly tripled in size. The other 2 are finally starting to show some growth.

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The cucumbers…there were a lot more. The sun just seemed to eat them up. I have started shading them in the hottest part of the day and I’m seeing a comeback.

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WATERMELON!!!!!! I am super duper excited about these! I remember eating home grown watermelon from my grandfather’s garden, as a kid, never better.

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