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Slugs and Soil Today

Posted by Scott G on Sunday, June 21, 2009, In : Garden

The Garden - Today I did a lot outside from organizing the garage, to cutting the lawn to working on the garden. A few things I did in the garden today should make a difference.

I went to Home Depot and grabbed 5 bags of garden soil, a container of slug / snail poison, and a couple tomato cages.

The soil was primarily because I dug out some existing dirt around the cucumbers, I would have really saved myself a ton of work if I would have made the mounds / berms prior to transplanting the st...
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Finally Some Rain In Seattle

Posted by Scott G on Saturday, June 20, 2009, In : Garden

Seattle, WA - It was 10 minutes away from setting a new record for the longest span without rain since 1982 where it lasted 29 days.

It was at the beginning of this long stretch of rainless weather in Seattle that I started planting my first garden. I planted a few vegetables that were starter plants from Home Depot and also a couple packets of Boston Pickling cucumber seeds. I was really surprised when almost all of them sprouted.

When I was younger my friend's grandfather used to grow cucu...
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