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Deck Jalapeno

July 9, 2016July 9, 2016 Jenny Burris Leave a comment Vegetables

Each year I propogate more peppers and tomatoes than my my small vegetable plot can hold.  I’ve successfully grown not only peppers in pots but corn on my upper deck. This year the plants are healthy and tall with a little guy already going! The variety I’m growing is Burpee’s ‘Big Guy‘ hot pepper.  They […]

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Summer Garden

July 6, 2016July 7, 2016 Jenny Burris Leave a comment Back Yard, Vegetables

I planted the following in 2016 garden: Burpee Pick-a-Bushel cucumber:  harvest 50 days Touchon carrot:  harvest 65 days Green Ice Lettuce – yucky Chioggia beet: 54 days Dwarf blue curled Vates Kale: 55 days Northern Xtra-sweet hybrid sh2 corn: 67 days Habanero : 95 days after transplant! Vegetable spaghetti Winter squash 100 days  Fresh salsa […]

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Spaghetti squash

June 28, 2016 Jenny Burris Leave a comment Vegetables

Winter squash blooms are the happiest of all the vege flowers.  I have a few small fruits already, and can’t wait to taste it!    The three sisters didn’t work out in this bed.  The beans never sprouted.  

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Spring Harvest

June 4, 2016February 24, 2018 Jenny Burris Leave a comment Vegetables

The first crop of radishes took 6 weeks to be ready, a week longer than the seed packet said.  Early Scarlet Globe seeds were sown directly into the raised beds on April 3rd under a cold frame.  These did not have the heat of previous crops.   I don’t think I’ll use this kind again. […]

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A spring of surprises and cozy greenhouses

April 23, 2016March 12, 2017 Jenny Burris Leave a comment Garden Accents, Propagation, Vegetables

A spring storm in Colorado covers an apple blossom in snow; hardening off indoor grown seedlings; and how to warm a mini-greenhouse at night.

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