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Juliekay
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
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 Posted - Apr 12 2006 : 6:08:21 PM
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Hubby and I moved here to Oklahoma one year ago from downtown Chicago and now we are in a position to finally have a garden. We lived in a 3rd floor condo with a view of Sears Tower from our balcony, we weren't married yet. Now I have a backyard with a garden and a birdbath, we are married and expecting our first baby on July 5th. Funny how things can change in a year.
Our garden has 5 varieties of tomatoes, broccoli, kohl rabi, cauliflower, and arugula. Herbs are oregano, rosemary, cilantro, and basil. Everything's doing okay. The broccoli we bought already grown partially from lowe's, but the kohl rabi, broccoli and arugula we grew from seed. The tomatoes we just planted last weekend, already partially grown, as well as the herbs. Can't wait to start harvesting. We also started a little compost pile and I am going to try to find somewhere to put a clothesline. This weekend, I think I'm getting some flowers for the planter under the front window. Just wanted to share my excitement.
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TejasFarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
105 Posts
Dawnn
Bartonville
Texas
USA
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Posted - Apr 12 2006 : 7:34:47 PM
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Isn't it exciting!! I planted my first garden this year as well and my corn, radishes, squash, bean are coming up! I have also put in 5 kinds of tomatoes, 5 kinds of peppers,canteloupe, watermelon, cucumbers, sunflowers, nasturium, hyacinth bean vine, morning glory, cosmos, zinnias and on and on. I could spend the whole day just puttering! Love it!! I am in the process of building a fence around it (my dh just thinks this is hilarious as I have never built anything in my life!)and I can't wait to get it done!
How are you going to water? We put in a drip irrigation system which was suprisingly inexpensive and works great.
Can't wait to hear more about your garden! |
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celebrate2727
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beth
MJF
Farmgirl
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Posted - Apr 12 2006 : 7:35:17 PM
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Outstanding julie. And congrats on the new baby. Don't forget to freeze some of th eharvest for this winter when the little one starts on solid food.
blessings
beth
Dreaming of Friday Night Lights
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary Ann
Illinois
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Posted - Apr 13 2006 : 04:23:59 AM
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Juliekay, I sure understand your move. What a wonderful way to raise a child! Good luck with your garden; your excitement is a joy to see. It takes us old timers back....  |
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Juliekay
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
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Posted - Apr 13 2006 : 07:15:11 AM
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| Tejasfarmgirl, we are just using the hose. Our garden is small and in the backyard, probably 10 x12. I try to imitate the rain by putting my thumb over the outlet and making it "sprinkle rain" so the garden gets wet but not have too much force. My herbs are in planters on the front porch, so I use my lemonade pitcher to water them, rather than buy a watering can. |
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akcowgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
296 Posts
Valerie
Homer
Alaska
USA
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Posted - Apr 14 2006 : 1:52:34 PM
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Congrats on the new garden and the new baby!!! I can't wait to mine growing too.
Valerie
Yes, I live in my own little world. But that's ok they know me here.
Deja Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.
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Libbie
Farmgirl Connection Cultivator
3579 Posts
Anne E.
Elsinore
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 15 2006 : 08:22:41 AM
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What fun! A new garden AND a new babe!!! Congratulations - I think you'll find this new garden to be a wonderful place to be and to look out over as you rock your little one to sleep in the evenings....Congrats, again.
XOXO, Libbie
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Terri
Farmgirl at Heart
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Terri
Reardan
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 15 2006 : 09:02:45 AM
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Oh, I'm so jealous. Where I live, (Eastern Washington), it's 35* and trying to rain/snow this morning, with days of rain on the way. We're at least a month away from safely planting warm season things outside. May I strongly suggest using drip or soaker hoses for watering. That way the water goes right where it's needed--to the roots-- and the crops that are susceptible to mildew or other fungal diseases won't get such a good start, as the foliage isn't wet most of the time. You also don't "waste" as much water through evaporation by using a drip system as you would with overhead irrigation. And the weeds aren't getting watered so they don't grow as quickly!! (Like in the paths...)You can turn the faucet on to a slower rate, and water through the night, or put a timer on the faucet--THIS is a very good thing to have and use!! Hope this helps. I LIVE for gardening!! Winters are a little tough for me, but now that I'm starting to see flowers and can play in the dirt, I'm smiling more and more every day!! Terri
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ladybugsmom6
True Blue Farmgirl
128 Posts
Tami
Horicon
WI
USA
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Posted - Apr 19 2006 : 10:11:00 AM
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AMEN Terri! i am so grouchy all winter (or was it the complicated pregnancy?) but now that i am in the dirt i have such a better additude! so do my kids. here in wisconsin, we are not ready for alot of planting, but we start small and do a little each day! (it is good to have a newborn to help me go slow!)
-Tami
now ladybugsmom7, the newest farm girl Danielle elizabethwas born March23, Danielle Elizabeth |
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ali2583
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alison
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canada
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Posted - Apr 19 2006 : 3:09:12 PM
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I'm with Terri (in fact, not all that far away from Eastern Washington too!) It will be a good month before I'm able to plant anything safely outside without risk of frost. But I have started tomatoes, nicotianas, hostas and begonias inside, and so far they are all doing great.
Julie, hope you love your garden as much as I do, it's so rewarding. It's hard work, but well worth it, so enjoy the fruits of your labours. And congrats on your baby too!
"God's gift to you is life. What you choose to do with that life is your gift to God" |
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Juliekay
True Blue Farmgirl
237 Posts
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Posted - Apr 19 2006 : 6:14:32 PM
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| Thanks so much for all the congratulations everyone! Well, one of the broccoli plants prematurely flowered. I think it was because of the terrible heat we had over the last week. It got up to 97 on Monday! I'm pretty proud of myself cuz I didn't turn on the air! Anyway this website I went to said that the heat could cause premature flowering of the broccoli head. So I plucked the head off. I hope I did the right thing. Hopefully it will produce again. The broccoli blossoms are really quite pretty. Very delicate small yellowish flowers, all clustered together. I put it in a wine glass on my table. |
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coconutcakes
True Blue Farmgirl
52 Posts
Emily
Summerfield
NC
USA
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Posted - Apr 21 2006 : 11:34:22 AM
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Enjoy your soon-to-arrive baby and your first garden!
I'm expecting a baby later this year myself, and I won't be able to do as much in my garden (due to having to be careful, was on bedrest last pregnancy). My babies and gardens continue to help me grow as much as I try to help them!
Emily
"After a long period abroad nothing could make me more homesick or emotional than an American magazine ad of a luscious layer cake, except one, and that was a pictured lemon pie." Irma Rombauer, Joy of Cooking (1943) |
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RosieRiveter
Farmgirl in Training
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Rosie
White Creek
NY
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Posted - Apr 21 2006 : 4:55:20 PM
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Congrats on your new baby, Julie! And you'll have a great time with the garden, I'm sure. I am trying broccoli for the first ime, too. I started them indoors and they are just getting their second set of leaves. This year will be a learning curve for me in this new zone.
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Terri
Farmgirl at Heart
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Terri
Reardan
WA
USA
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Posted - Apr 21 2006 : 5:42:25 PM
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Alison--Were you able to get anything seeded/planted this week? It was 70* here Thurs., so I went out and planted seedlings of Romaine lettuce, onions, & bok choy. Today, I seeded carrots, gourmet lettuce mix & snap peas, to take advantage of the rain predicted the next few days. Spring is so crazy--freezing one day, warm the next, raining/snowing/hailing/sunny all in the same day...!!!! But seeing everything greening up is worth it all!!
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