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Container Vegetables Part 3

Posted on Tuesday 23 June 2020 by brianbreczinski

After some disappointing results growing vegetables in containers the past couple of years (as usual, it worked much better when I first tried it), I wasn’t going to do any container gardening this year.  Thanks in part to the Covid-19 … Continue reading →

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Container Vegetables Part 2

Posted on Thursday 14 March 2019 by brianbreczinski

Growing vegetables in large containers (modified five gallon buckets) worked well in 2017, so I decided to double the number of containers from five to ten in 2018.  (See my posts Container Vegetables and Containers for Growing Vegetables for my 2017 … Continue reading →

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Preparing for & Planting Peas

Posted on Monday 14 April 2014 by brianbreczinski

I “rotate” my garden plants each year, moving each family of vegetables to the next of my four raised garden beds.  The vegetables don’t occupy the same soil for four years, which hopefully reduces the number of pests and diseases specific to … Continue reading →

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Planting a Pineapple

Posted on Thursday 19 December 2013 by brianbreczinski

I got rid of two pineapple plants that were growing in one pot to make room for my other plants, but relented and planted a new pineapple in the same pot.  After harvesting the pineapple in September, we put the … Continue reading →

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Transplanting Sweet William

Posted on Thursday 05 December 2013 by brianbreczinski

Last June, I planted sweet William (Dianthus barbatus) ‘extra dwarf mix’ seeds in a window planter.  As they are small plants, I feel they will have a chance in a small pot like this.  Because the seed was quite old, … Continue reading →

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Planting for Fall

Posted on Wednesday 31 July 2013 by brianbreczinski

Timing can be tricky when you’re planting fall crops.  Too late, and you’ll never harvest anything; too early, and summer’s heat may be too much for cool-weather crops. Tonight, I prepared raised bed number four.  I pulled various cabbage family … Continue reading →

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Transplanting 02: Early Tomatoes

Posted on Monday 29 April 2013 by brianbreczinski

The weather prediction looks perfect for newly transplanted seedlings over the next week:  rainy or cloudy, never too hot or cold.  I had been “hardening off” the early tomatoes since Thursday, i.e. putting them outside in a shady spot so … Continue reading →

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Some Updates

Posted on Friday 12 April 2013 by brianbreczinski

I’ve updated the blog’s About and Resources pages, which can also be accessed from the header at the top of this page. The seeds I recently planted in garden beds one and four have to be planted at a fairly … Continue reading →

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Preparing Garden Bed Number One

Posted on Saturday 06 April 2013 by brianbreczinski

This raised bed was prepared in the same manner as raised bed number two.  I already cleaned the old plant stems out earlier. I moved some of the screws holding the timbers together so that they were in solid wood … Continue reading →

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Preparing a Garden Bed

Posted on Sunday 31 March 2013 by brianbreczinski

Preparation of this raised bed (bed number two) began with the cleanup a few weeks ago.  After that, I turned over the soil with my garden fork.  This loosens the soil to allow air and water to move freely, mixes decaying … Continue reading →

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