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Look at cute little first true leaf!!! Enamored.

#Cauliflower #seedlings #gardenblr #Yes it's late for cauliflower we'll see what happens lol

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daily spraying gives the most aesthetic droplets. Tomatoes are strong and smell! Tomatillos is reaching more. Peppers are finally out and I love their leaves. Basil is growing well.

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https://youtu.be/oSXQZTO9oaA?feature=shared

Arianna delivers again. Slightly modified the order to feel right, but great for a beginning of the week.

it was a blue sky, sunny afternoon, with a light rain that made all the leaves shine. the trees are so green now and it feels like it happened over only 4 days. and now we're in another season. warmer season is definitely here.

#Diary

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Broccolini sowed indoors, basil, the full tray with tomatoes and tomatillos, and the peppers really making us wait for their sprouting

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We have lots of tomatoes and tomatillos that sprouted now, and peppers are finally germinating.

We repotted the olive tree with vermiculite, sowed more broccolini in a tray indoors in case the outdoors ones don't come up, and prepared old seeds in wet paper towels to see if they're alive. Two kinds of tomatoes, one chives, and one dill.

Aragula is sprouting outside, onions are growing a bit of green, and some sprouts can be seen in the carrot rows. 🙏

#gardenblr #garden journal #germinated #seedlings #broccolini #Old seeds

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Tomatoes can quickly form roots from any branch. They are easy to propagate. I read a post from a tomato fan that they plant their starts deep so most of the stem is underground. The tomatoes then grow a huge root system which results in a huge plant with lots of fruit. I am going to try that this year. I've been potting up my tomato seedlings with the stems a little lower than usual.

#Tomatoes #Propagating

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It's so so nice to see the colors of the sticks in the garden and just be able to tell where is what at a glance. 💕💕💕

#Labels #Gardening #gardenblr #Garden #Plant labels

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Had the plain one before, they're exactly like the regular soy chunks I love. Never been to Chipotle and it seems Chipotle style just means smoked paprika...

#Vegan meat alternatives

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Cauliflower and nasturtium are out!!

Cauliflower was sowed march 21st -> germinated march 27 = 6 days

Nasturtium sowed march 22nd -> germinated march 28 = 6 days

Just sowed basil indoors as well. 4 seeds in each small container.

#gardenblr #garden journal #gardening #Indoors #Seedlings #Sowing #Germinated #Basil #Cauliflower #Nasturtium

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Today!! Progress in motion, it feels good. Almost sowed the cabbage but there's roots there I gotta figure out before planting.

Germinated:

- 7 cauliflower seeds !!! They should pop out the green tomorrow

- a few nasturtium seeds, hallelujah!!!

Preparation:

- Hoed and raked the beds again, then Added soil mix to strawberries, Brussel sprouts, and root vegetables beds.

- Added the rest of the mix to two raised beds. Found a lot of potatoes in those beds, soil in good condition.

Sowed:

- 3 rows of onions in root vegetables bed

- 2 half rows of beets in root vegetables bed, 3 seeds together at a time because I watched a video today showing beets like to be very close to each other and push each other out of the ground?

- whole bed of Brussel sprouts, pretty much the whole packet ~30 seeds in

- an area of beets in shed side raised bed 3

- 1 row of sprinkled chives seeds alongside the beets and the wall of the bed. That bed is complete, I believe.

Watered everything too far for the hose with a spray bottle, painstakingly.

Lined the Brussel sprouts with rocks I found in honor of my wife's work and style in landscaping. 💘

#Gardening #Plantblr #Garden #home garden #Sowing #Soil preparation #Onions #Beets #brussel sprouts #Chives #gardenblr #garden journal #Germinated

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Clay-Busting Plants to Fight Soil Compaction

If you’re like me and struggle with clay soil, these 5 clay-busting plants will work through your heavy soil to loosen, aerate, and enrich it with organic matter. Use these annual plants as a cover crop or interplanted among your other crops.

1. Artichoke, Cynara scolymus

Artichokes grow deep, sturdy taproots that break through heavy clay soil. They also make a great plant to chop and drop as mulch and add lots of organic matter to benefit your soil. Artichokes come in both annual and perennial varieties, but short-season annual varieties will grow quickly and yield a harvest of edible flower buds from mid-summer to mid-fall. Harvest the buds and then chop and drop the entire plant in place, leaving the roots to decompose. Note: Artichokes are related to thistles and the plants are spiny so wear gloves when handling them!

2. Daikon Radish, Raphanus sativus

Daikon radish is an amazing clay-busting vegetable since they push up to 24 inches into the soil! Sow in spring, summer, or fall and harvest some for eating about 50 days later. Let the ones you don’t harvest grow until they flower (the flowers attract beneficial insects!) and die back. Once they’ve died back just chop them off at ground level and let them break down. As your daikon radishes rot they break up the clay and build up humus!

3. Cowpea, Vigna unguiculata

Cowpeas or black-eyed peas have vigorous, dense, fibrous roots that work to break up your clay soil. They’re also nitrogen fixers and enrich the soil! Sow in the spring as a summer cover crop. Cowpea’s quick growth helps suppress weeds and the flowers attract beneficial insects! If you want to eat your cowpeas (you can harvest them fresh like green beans or let the pods dry to harvest them for soup beans) cut them back in the fall and let them break down. If you want to grow cowpeas for maximum soil benefits through root growth and nitrogen content, cut the plants back while they’re still flowering and before they set pods. Or do some of both!

4. Mustard, Brassica spp.

Mustard is a superstar for clay-busting thanks to it’s massive, fibrous root system. Mustard also produces TONS of biomass, making it a great chop and drop green manure/mulch. It also helps to suppress soil-borne pathogens! The leaves, flowers, and seeds are edible and chickens love it too. *If you don’t want mustard spreading, timing is super important because it will disperse vigorously if you allow it to go to seed. Cut mustard back before it seeds, while it’s still flowering and incorporate the plant matter into the soil. Mustard also has an allelopathic effect so wait about 3 weeks after chopping to plant new crops in it’s place.

5. Annual Sunflower, Helianthus anuus

Even cheery sunflowers will bust up your clay soil! They make a great cover crop especially when you choose varieties that don’t need to be staked, they’ll grow deep vigorous roots into compacted soils. Sunflowers also attract HUNDREDS of varieties of insects and are a great choice for both the maintained garden and natural areas. Cut the plants back in the winter, leaving the roots to decompose in the soil. Sunflowers have an allelopathic effect so it’s important to let them decompose over the winter before you plant in spring.

What else can you do to bust up clay?

Broadfork: The broadfork is a great tool for hand tilling (and much more gentle than regular tilling). Use the broadfork when the soil is dry and work backwards so you don’t step on and re-compact the loosened soil.

Digging Fork: The digging fork is great for long term maintenance of your clay soil. Use it to poke holes in the garden to help aerate the soil every spring and fall.

Soil Amendments: Once the soil is loosened up, add soil amendments so the rain can wash them in. Lots of organic matter is needed for clay soils: compost, green manure, leaf mold, biochar, worm casings, and greensand are all good options!

Cover Crop or Mulch: Bare clay soil = compaction. After you’ve loosened the soil and added soil amendments, keep that beautiful soil covered! Sow your crops or add shredded leaves, alfalfa hay, or straw (just make sure it’s not contaminated by herbicide!!) as mulch.

Source 1, Source 2

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Did the inventory of the news seeds and compared to the designs and pairings i came up with. Organized the same bed plants packets together, and found a new combo that works for the strawberry area. Very happy about it.

A lot of moving puzzle pieces to do and it fries the brain.

Tomatoes, Lavender and Cauliflower, and maybe more brassicas to be put planted indoors tomorrow probably. Need to arrange space and decide wjere to set it all up.

It should be freezing temperatures tonight.

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Made some new rock markers for the 2023 garden! I think I am most excited for the black krim tomatoes and the fig trees.

#Ohhh smart #What do you write on them with so it doesn't fade with rain? #Labels

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#Moon #Moonlight #moonchild #night photography #nature photography #photoblog #lensblr #lensculture

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through the branches

#original photographers #photographers on tumblr #Lensblr #night photography #Woodland #Forest #Winter #aesthetic #Cold #Nature #nature photography #forest photography #Sunset #sunset photography #Dark #Dark mood #dark aesthetic #dark academia

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did this tonight and the shavasana sent me to the spiritual Wandering like shavasana at the end of dance classes do <3

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#Squirrels #orignal photography #Original photographers #Wildlife #Wildlife photography #Squirrel #Autumn #fall colors #Fall season #Animals #photography on tumblr #photoblog #photography