Author Archives: Brian

Keeping plants watered when away

Leaving for 5 days, I wanted to make sure the jalapeño plants survived. I put them in a blowup pool of water and they actually grew better than they did with me watering them every other day. Worked perfectly!

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Ripen By Force

After seeing my green tomatoes stay green on the plant for weeks, I decided to try something different… forcing them to ripen by use of ethylene gas! That’s right, I put all the cherry tomatoes in a bag and locked … Continue reading

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Turning the Compost, Part Deux

Thanks Bob for the photos!

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Gardening Tips with Chris Cooper

Many thanks to Chris Cooper of the UT Shelby County Extension Service for coming out and helping with our gardens, advising us on things we can do to help with some of the problems we’ve seen, etc. Thanks also to … Continue reading

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Tomatoes!

“From our garden!” – Bob Lundy (photo of Heather Lundy and many tomatoes)

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Recycling bins are here!

Just past the gardens are new recycling bins!

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Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

We’re official!  Thanks Mayor A C Wharton, Jr. for stopping by to do us the honor of cutting the ribbon.

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VIDEO: Making Our Beds

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Everybody Shoveling

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Making Our Beds

Great job everyone on the building of all the new Garden Beds! Here’s some photos from the build day, Saturday, March 31, 2012.

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