Great pictures Richard! :-)

I planted a few more things in the garden today which caused me to run out of space. I am now out of room unless I till more ground up which I don't plan to do.

Todays addition includes-

-6X Habanero Peppers
-2X Banana Peppers
-2X Burpless Cucumbers
-6X Butternut Squash

Hope to make some kickass salsa when the time comes! I will save the Habanero salsa for a little work suprise. :-)
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I'm just growing herbs this year. BTW nice gardens guys!
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Had an unexpected frost last night up here..... still waiting to see what the damage is. :-)
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Sorry to hear that, hope all is OK and if not hope you have time to re-seed. We had triple digit temps over the weekend.

I am still figuring out the best location for my small worm farm since moving into this place and as a consequence I will need to start over in that arena. The high temps made the little farm a kill zone. Living and learning the gardeners life. :-)
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Garden updates-

The frost only ended up killing one butternut squash plant. :-)

Today I added a "big bomb" pepper plant? I've never heard of these before.
It was 1 1/2 feet tall and the lady gave it to me for .90 cents. It grows 2 inch diameter round peppers? Tag says gourmet peppers.... We shall see.

Sweet corn is up to about 4 inches tall now.
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The pictures in this thread are GREAT!

Keep 'em coming bro's!
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Well all righty then…

Starting off, the red Amaryllis have bloomed.

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The carnations smell like cinnamon.

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Coriander AKA cilantro seed is coming along.

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The Holy Basil AKA Tulsi, an adaptogenic medicinal/culinary basil is coming along nicely.

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My mojito spearmint is ready for action.

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Dang this 5 photos per post limit means onto the next post.
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Figs are filling in.

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Strawberries

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The olive trees I started from cutting almost a year ago are heading towards treedom. That little fellow in the foreground is a little volunteer tobacco plant I caught growing in another planter so now it has it's own little pot.

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Speaking of tobacco, my three year old plant is making another good showing.

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Rounding out this post are a few good looking leaves from that tobacco plant.

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In all of it's glory.

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Another volunteer tobacco plant. Once you have grown tobacco they start showing up on there own after a while.

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That's Leonotis leonurus growing center frame, to the left of the fig tree.

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I have been busy building a new Actively Aerated Compost Tea Brewer.

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I am still tweaking the air lift pumps trying to get the most out of the 38 watt pump and air diffusers. Nothing like combining, Microbiology, plumbing, gardening and general fun.

If you want to see the progressive construction & testing photo gallery for this project go to this link.

http://gallery.me.com/tzaddi#100576&view=mosaic&sel=0

Here is a link to a little movie I had fun making the other day, showing the brewer in action… before I added the nutrients and compost.

http://homepage.mac.com/tzaddi/iMovieTheater137.html

I think you will need a QT plug-in for your browser to view it.

That's it for the garden today!
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Love the wonderful vibrant colors in your photos. The bright color of the amaryllis makes me think of a sexy broad with that color lipstick and heels on. Man I'm a sicko. :-):-)

Figs! Nothing like fresh figs. :-)

+ I fed all of my plants the other weekend. What a difference that makes. Everything is starting to take off with the warm weather and constant watering. I will take some pictures this weekend.

Asparagus has grown up and out into a little trees. Maybe next year I will be able to eat some.
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I hear you loud and clear and that is what nature has in mind 2B sure. You would have been hypnotized by the perfume that the Angel's Trumpets (Brugmansia) gave off in the atrium in the evening last October. If you ever get a chance to take in it's fragrance on a fall evening I highly recommend it.
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Good to hear that your plants are eating well. :-)

Looking forward to seeing that update when you get around to it.
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Three gophers trapped in one evening! I'm up to 18 this growing season. Well on my way to beat lat year's record of 23.
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STILL an awesome thread :-)
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Some photos of my plants that are starting to do something-

Some of my asparagus that I am letting go to seed this year. The little guys just keeping popping up everyday now.
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One of my many stalks of sweet corn growing
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One of my poblano peppers
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One of two of my first sweet banana peppers
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My first "big bomb" gourmet pepper
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With all the rain we got today and more coming tonight I'm sure everything will start producing now
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My garden was doing great - until the sheriff ripped it up.
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My soon-to-be roommate and I want to start up a garden, but this whole AACT and other stuff is way over my head! The soil out here is heavy clay so we'll be going with either a raised bed setup (for the time being) or maybe a container system. Haven't quite decided yet. It will be one of those "trial by error" adventures.
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I think the raised garden is the way to go. That's my plan for next year once my inlaws get the loader and dump truck running. As long as you don't do the raised garden near any trees you should be fine. Trees have a tendency to grow their roots right up into raises gardens for some reason?
Good luck with your project and hope to see some photos of your progress. :-)
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