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Sunflowers in the Raised Vegetable Garden

May 8th, 2009 3 Comments

Sunflower Friday! Want a cheap Mother’s Day gift? Plant sunflowers. Here is what Malcolm’s Mother is getting this year… Don’t Tell Sarah About the Sunflowers We want it to be a surprise. —Farmer Matt

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Jan Norris Hates My Garden: No Watermelon for Norris

May 6th, 2009 12 Comments

Ah, Matt. Good luck with the melons. Tried to tell you that it’s not the right time to plant the melons, or the right way, but you wouldn’t listen. [W]ait till April, replant with dry cakey soil and on mounds that are mulched with plastic gunk. (SOURCE: Jan Norris) Former Food Editor Doubts My Ability […]

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Cucumbers in my Raised Vegetable Garden

April 30th, 2009 3 Comments

Check Out This Cucumber Broward Farm Bureau Supplied the Seeds I picked up this pack of ‘Marketmore 76 Cucumber’ seeds from the Broward Farm Bureau booth at the South Florida Fair. They were promoting this variety of cucumbers because they are resistant to scab, mosiac, downey mildew and powdery mildew. I don’t really know what […]

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