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13 June 2008
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Last night for dinner I sauteed some onions from the garden - probably the best I've ever eaten.
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Cilantro propped up by tomato cages.
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Molly examines the pruned parsley and missing spearmint.
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The spearmint in its new home.
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Alora and Zara harvest peas from the dying plants.<br>
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Tomato flowers.
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Uncaged zucchini.
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The sunflowers are now taller than Maxwell.<br>
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A cucumber flowerbud.
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This pear branch hangs low with fruit.
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The blueberries continue to ripen.
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Pretty marigolds by the bamboo.
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12 June 2008
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Plot A Notes:<br>
Small basil plant doing well.<br>
Moved spearmint to other places outside the garden.<br>
Severely pruned parsley.<br>
Caged middle cilantro plant.<br>
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Plot B Notes:<br>
Uncaged zucchini which is becoming giant.<br>
Did a test spray of RoundUp in the grass around one of the underperforming tomato plants.<br>
Hail damage becoming visible on basil and sunflower plants.
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11 June 2008
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There was a major hailstorm this afternoon. Some garden plants faired well. Some did not: Cilantro fell over, and I righted it 
and propped it against the nearby tomato cages. All gourd species not attached to wires were blown over - birdhouse, cucumber 
and watermelon. All but two very sickly tomato plants looked untouched. The giant parsley bush and the spearmint had some bent
shots. I right 3 cornstalks which had fallen over.
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8 June 2008
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Yester evening there were thunderstorms. I think that I planted the grapevines too shallow and then a lack of water lead them 
to dry out. I am not sure if this is rectifiable.
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Corn
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Another walnut tree popped up in plot A. I discovered what these "weeds" really were the other day when I accidentally pulled 
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A morning glory climbs the cage around the zucchini plant.
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The sunflowers have finally surpassed the geraniums.
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Yet another tomato plant has appeared - this one hidden among the peas.
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Apparently tying up the second backberry cane killed it.
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7 June 2008
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Cabernet Franc vine had a small leafbud at the bottom node which I plucked.<br>
Zinfandel had a couple leaves emanating from just below the soil. I plucked these too. 
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5 June 2008
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The jalapeños are forming.
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gourd, pumpkin, gourd
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Bell pepper flowers
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Onions
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Tomato flower buds
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Cucumbers and corn
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Cantaloupe
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Watermelon
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Why are the pea plants turning brown? Is it the nearby grass?
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4 June 2008
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The only fruitbearing limb of the plum tree cracked and broke.
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Plot B Notes:<br>
From the difference in leave shape I have concluded that the center "gourd" plant is actually a pumpkin plant.<br>
I think I can definitively state that nearby grass inhibits tomato plant growth.
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2 June 2008
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Plot A Notes:<br>
The snowpeas are producing almost as fast as the kids can eat them.<br>
The gourds among the peas are also huge.<br>
The onions are growing well, as are the tomato plants among them.<br>
I tried to transplant the gourd plants from among the onions by the chicken coop, but the chickens ate them.<br>
The cilantro and parsley is flowering at around 1m in height.<br>
The pepper plants seem small, and only one has flowered.<br>
The oregano is around 18 inches tall on the side which wasn't scorched.<br>
Sage continues to flower.<br>
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Plot B Notes:<br>
Rosemary is thriving despite Zara's predadations.<br>
The sunflowers will be taller than the geraniums soon.<br>
I caged the cucumber plants yesterday.<br>
The tomatos which survived are mostly thriving with growth varying inversely with the amount of nearby grass.<br>
The watermelon plants each have several leaves.<br>
Basil plants are still small, but growing.<br>
The birdhouse gourds are growing slowly, and another tomato plant has appeared among them.<br>
Some morning glories have also sprung up.<br>
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Plot Γ Notes:<br>
Corn is 2-4 inches tall although not all seeds have germinated.<br>
Cucumbers will reach the first wire soon<br>
Cantaloupe lives.<br>
The thornless blackberry, <i>Rubus X Arapaho PP8510</i>, is doing well tied to the first wire.<br>
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Vineyard Notes:<br>
No new growth since pruning the leaves at the bottom of the Viognier and Chardonnay and putting boxes around all the vines.<br>
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1 June 2008
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Thunderstorms this morning continue the excelent stretch of rain this spring which has fed our garden.
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Tonight I finished the Γ plot edgeway.
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