Paula chose to harvest our two red cabbages this evening. the little one weighs 227 grams and the big one weighs 480 grams.
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05/23/2024 more
More leaves, new flowers!
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I’m taking today and tomorrow off so I hope I can look around the garden a little more.
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Most cilantro in our yard is blooming now, attracting excellent little pollinators and parasitic wasps. The few remaining ones we used this evening on an Indian curry made by the Chef.
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As hoped, we got them seeded before rain. They’ve now had several inches of rain to support their summer growth!
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We got more rain overnight and I needed to smooth out the disturbed soil near the house foundation where we recently got piers. While I had the hoe out, I scraped out some little drainage ditches to pull some water away from the porch.
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Spring keeps springing!
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05/05/2024 giving up
I’m too far behind on photos to put on blog so I’m wiping the slate clean. (I will catch up on the spreadsheet though haha.) you can see how much is happening even today!
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We went up to Native Plant Nursery of Oklahoma City today to help the Chef’s mom add some drought tolerant native plants to her garden. We got her six plants but we stuck to our personal list and thus got only one! We feel positively responsible.
The people staffing the nursery were helpful and knowledgeable and willing to brainstorm ideas with us. (Especially helpful since the Chef’s mom lives a bit away where some different species can grow.)
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