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Last Day of the Year

By ⋅ December 31, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

We have been eating tomatoes from our greenhouse for the past month or so, but up until now they have been tasty but on the small side. However, we are now starting to get more and more large, juicy tomatoes. What a treat in the Winter. Below is an example of the larger tomatoes that […]

Another Day In the Life

By ⋅ November 15, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Sunrise this morning was spectacular. The air was crisp and cool when I went out on the terrace to take these shots this morning. What a great start to the day. Dripping Springs Sunrise Dripping Springs Sunrise The Big Beef and Celebrity tomatoes that I planted in the greenhouse last month are doing wonderfully. The […]

Growing and Blooming

By ⋅ April 12, 2007 ⋅ 5 comments

We have almost sold out of our early spring vegetable plants and annual flowers, and what we aren’t selling I can’t resist planting in any nook or cranny I can find. We tried a couple of new varieties of violas this year that I was particularly pleased with; the Viola Bilbo Baggins (pictured first), and […]

What’s Blooming This Week at Lost Valley Gardens

By ⋅ March 23, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Here are some of the photos that I took this morning to journal how things are looking at the beginning of spring this year. I selected my favorites from a set of 38 photos. Click here if you want to view the whole set as a slideshow. I love the look of these lavender colored […]

Put Out My First Tomatoes of the Season

By ⋅ March 19, 2007 ⋅ 3 comments

Yesterday seemed like the perfect day to put out my first tomato transplants of the spring. The soil in my raised beds was still cool and moist from the recent rains, and the forecast for the week is for mostly cloudy days in the low 70s and moderate nights in the mid 60s. More rain […]

What’s Happening in the Greenhouse?

By ⋅ November 10, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

I know I haven’t done much blogging lately. It is sometimes hard to find the time. But work is keeping me very busy at the moment – which is good, and the nursery and gardens are consuming most of my other waking moments. The weather has been wonderful (although a little more rain would be […]

Fall Crops Are in the Greenhouse

By ⋅ August 11, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Well, it may be 100 degrees outside, but it is a cool 80 degrees in our greenhouse at the north end near the evaporative cool wall. All of my transplants are doing very well, and should be ready to put in the ground in early September. Take a look at some of the plants we […]

Testing Some Basic HTML Functions

By ⋅ August 9, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Ron took this picture in the greenhouse last winter. It looks like two flowers leaning over to touch one another. I planted some cauliflower and tomato seedlings this morning and moved them into the greenhouse. I also spent alot of time reading two books about web design using XHTML and CSS. I’m using this page […]

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