Category Archives: cucumbers

It’s Starting to Warm Up

Posted on May 2, 2014 by JonesGardenBlog

No 100 degree days yet, but soon.  Humidity is barely holding on to the double digits.  It was 11% yesterday when I checked. A quick tour around the garden. After wind the last week my cilantro (that has gone to … Continue reading →

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Sprouts, Flowers, and Fruit

Posted on March 28, 2014 by JonesGardenBlog

The cucumbers and Old Time Tennessee Melons have sprouted in bed 3.  I’m happy to see that almost all of them are up.  I love good germination rates.  🙂 Okay, here is one of the cucumber sprouts and one of … Continue reading →

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Harvest for August

Posted on September 6, 2013 by JonesGardenBlog

Maybe I should change the name of the post to the NON-harvest for August.  It was dismal.  even the egg numbers weren’t good between the heat and vacations. Eggs – 73 Watermelons – 2 melons totaling 24.5 lbs NM Peppers … Continue reading →

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Harvest for July

Posted on July 31, 2013 by JonesGardenBlog

I’m jumping the gun by a day because… I didn’t get anything out of the garden this morning.  I’m going to estimate the eggs for the day, which won’t effect things too much.  July production in general has fallen off … Continue reading →

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What is that jungle hiding?

Posted on July 9, 2013 by JonesGardenBlog

The problem that I have found with intensive gardening techniques is that eventually everything grows into one big tangled mass of vegetable matter.  For instance, my cucumbers should have had a trellis (lesson learned for next spring), and so they … Continue reading →

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