Mushrooms Appear
I don't understand mushrooms at all. They seem mysterious and magical. Here two popped up in the tomato row. Maybe there is some...
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Winthrop Estate
- Aug 10, 2022
- 1 min
The Hots!
And here we have our first impala hot pepper! It just looks hot, no? I am going to have a steep learning curve on hot sauce making this...
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Winthrop Estate
- Aug 8, 2022
- 1 min
Minimizing the Weeds
The weeds are growing vigorously this time of year and I'm happy to say that we planed many of our rows with organic paper mulch in an...
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Winthrop Estate
- Aug 7, 2022
- 1 min
Drip Hose
We are watering most of the garden with drip hoses. We like the 1" hoses to the ½" hoses. They run along the beds watering the roots of...
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Winthrop Estate
- Aug 7, 2022
- 1 min
Heavy
I am very happy to say, the trellis wires are starting to sag. The weight of the tomatoes is starting to pull down the metal lines. Wow...
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Winthrop Estate
- Aug 6, 2022
- 1 min
Boundaries
I was weeding and thinking. I was thinking about boundaries. Where do we draw the line? A weed outside of the garden fence is ignored. ...
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Winthrop Estate
- Aug 4, 2022
- 1 min
Onions Showing
Our onions are pushing up out of the ground. Some have greens that are falling over. These are the ones we pull as they will likely not...
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Winthrop Estate
- Aug 4, 2022
- 1 min
Trying out the Huacatay Mint
We planted some of the Huacatay mint in the ground and it's sending up little babies, spreading a bit. It's a marigold-type of plant, so...
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Winthrop Estate
- Aug 3, 2022
- 1 min
Clever: Fishing Line
The deer found the young green leaves of our thornless blackberry bushes we planted this May so we are trying to keep them out by...
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Winthrop Estate
- Aug 2, 2022
- 1 min
Building the Wall
This photo is from a few weeks ago. I'm winding the top of the tomato plant around the twine so it climbs up. We are making a wall of...
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Winthrop Estate
- Aug 2, 2022
- 1 min
Turning and Heat
Back at the compost pile again! We use the tractor to turn it. I can't imagine making compost without the tractor. All organic matter...
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Winthrop Estate
- Aug 1, 2022
- 1 min
Power Tools
I think of this tractor as small and cute. The bucket holds about 3 wheelbarrows of dirt. And when I ask this tractor to move some tree...
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Winthrop Estate
- Jul 31, 2022
- 1 min
Symbiotic
This Tiger's Eye drying bean from the Seed Saver's Exchange is doing just what we hoped it would do. It's climbing up the corn stalk,...
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Winthrop Estate
- Jul 30, 2022
- 1 min
Continuous Harvest
This row is almost ready for the next harvest of the top quarter or so of each stem. This Genovese basil was chosen for our garden so we...
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Winthrop Estate
- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
Sooooo fresh
These beans are meant to stay on the plant and develop the little beans inside the pods so we can dry them but as I was walking by this...
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Winthrop Estate
- Jul 28, 2022
- 1 min
The Upper Garden
Ah, a moment to step back and admire the whole upper garden! How nice it looks! Ok, yes, I do tend to look at the trees, not the forest. ...
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Winthrop Estate
- Jul 27, 2022
- 1 min
Baskets
Willows are great for making baskets. They are also very fast growing and provide pretty foliage for half the year that is good...
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Winthrop Estate
- Jul 26, 2022
- 1 min
Rabbit
This is not a picture of a rabbit, those cute furry animals who were after Mr. McGregor's gardens all the time. It's a picture of a...
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Winthrop Estate
- Jul 25, 2022
- 1 min
Evolved Thinking
Last year when I grew celery, I told my husband that if he ever juices my celery, I'm gonna give up. Juicing is basically taking the...
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Winthrop Estate
- Jul 24, 2022
- 1 min
Master Crafter
This farm blog is turning to the edge of the garden for this post to observe a small master craftsman's work. This little bird decided...
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