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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I'm confused. I never saw June 31 on a calendar.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    It's yours to use! That's how my entire garden area is. Built to be temporary for as little cost as possible. When it all rots and falls apart in a few years I'll fix it back up again. LOL
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    More dry beans??? I haven't even picked my first green beans of the year. I think some will be ready in a day or two.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Since I don't have any spare garden soil laying around, this was my solution for preventing the newly planted cucumber "hill" from collapsing. It will prevent evaporation too. Not fancy but it'll work.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Well this one almost slipped by. I could only see it from the opposite side of the bed. A nice 9 inch zuch. Another experiment, this time with the cucumbers. I've been pruning off all the suckers so far, but close to the top of the trellis I'll let 2 or 3 suckers form on each vine. I'll train...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Well dang! Maybe the tomatoes left will be huge because of the pruning. I'm growing mostly Romas, and have four indeterminate plants as well. I decided to only prune the lowest suckers off of them to see what happens. Last year I pruned all the indeterminate suckers off and trained the vines up...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Looks like an effective tool. Nice that it can be converted into an edger.
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    That thing looks dangerous. Not your typical ankle biter.
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    I will definitely try those candied tomatoes. I've read it's recommended to completely top chives a few times a season. I know they get tougher the longer they grow. Mine have been in the ground for 4 years now and they've responded well to topping. But since your's are getting established...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Garden tour pt. 2... Butternut squash growing on top of chicken run compost pile are starting to cascade over the sides of the pallets. The tomatoes on the side are volunteers that sprouted out of the chicken run bedding. Snow pea seeds for next year. Indeterminate tomatoes from saved seeds...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Garden tour... Kale and collard seedlings in the sun. Garlic bed waiting until October to be replanted. I worked in a lot of chicken run compost and have been watering it down regularly to keep the soil moist. An experiment. Three Roma tomatoes growing from seeds I planted directly in the...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I planted my chives in a corner of one of the raised beds. Started a few from seed and they took off after a couple years of getting established. I noticed there are lots of baby chive plants coming up volunteer from seeds. This pic is after this morning's haircut. Cutting them down forces them...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    Thanks!
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    Washingtonians Come Together! Washington Peeps

    Those candied tomatoes sound good! Are those tomatoes from your garden? I haven't gotten any ripe ones yet. Are your chives doing ok? I cut all mine down to the ground again this morning, third time this year I believe. After sorting, trimming and chopping I ended up with one and a third pounds...
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    What did you do in the garden today?

    I cut all the chive clumps down to the ground this morning and ended up with one gallon of chopped chives for the freezer, 1.35 pounds. That should last me until there's new, fresh chive growth to harvest again.
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