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		<title>First Freeze</title>
		<link>http://stephensgarden.wordpress.com/2007/10/27/first-freeze/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 21:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first freeze happened this week.  Monday, was kind of iffy.  There was some damage around the edges of certain beds.  Tuesday, I pulled all the tomatoes and watermelon left on the vines.  The tomatoes really blew me a way.  There&#8217;s 15-20 lbs of green fruit.  This is 2-4 times what I pulled off in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephensgarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1251528&amp;post=56&amp;subd=stephensgarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mulch Found</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was no post last week, because I was spreading mulch in the backyard. A friend who&#8217;s brother is a farmer dropped off a small round bale of 2 yr old hay. It took most of a day to spread most of the bale over the entire backyard, except for the beds. It&#8217;s kind of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephensgarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1251528&amp;post=55&amp;subd=stephensgarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Search of Mulch</title>
		<link>http://stephensgarden.wordpress.com/2007/10/06/in-search-of-mulch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2007 16:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year I&#8217;m trying lots of mulches looking for the right price point and effectiveness.  There are many variables.  Particularly, the duration of the mulch, its effect on the soil, side effects (weed seeds), surface area covered per $, shipping cost, storage before it&#8217;s laid, and the work required to put it down.  And some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephensgarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1251528&amp;post=53&amp;subd=stephensgarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Bulbs</title>
		<link>http://stephensgarden.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/fall-bulbs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Sep 2007 21:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Time to order fall bulbs.  I picked ones that should survive limited water and clay soil. Black Eyed Susan Carnation Cyclamen Echinacea Perennial Hibiscus Hyacinth Golden Sedum Red Sedum Tulips Yarrow<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephensgarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1251528&amp;post=52&amp;subd=stephensgarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Results of the Green Manure Plantings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:46:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past three months I&#8217;ve put various green manure seed out; crimson and white clover, banner bean, oats, and common vetch. The only reliable seed is the banner bean. Oats are growing in one of the ground beds where the seed was able to hide among the decomposing sunflower stalks. In other areas, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephensgarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1251528&amp;post=51&amp;subd=stephensgarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Mulch</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s fall and I started putting down mulch. Pete&#8217;s Greenhouse did not have the same selection of mulch as in the spring. I got 21 bags of pine bark and 6 bags of pecan, just to be different. The pecan was pricier, but worth it for certain areas. It&#8217;s got a natural red color and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephensgarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1251528&amp;post=50&amp;subd=stephensgarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fall</title>
		<link>http://stephensgarden.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/fall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every day brings us one more closer to the first frost.  The one that will likely kill most of the vegetables and fruits.  It&#8217;s sad to see.  Some of the plants like the cucumbers won&#8217;t make it much longer anyway.  They are soaking up all their remaining energy and nutrients to make fruit and a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephensgarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1251528&amp;post=48&amp;subd=stephensgarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hyacinths Planted</title>
		<link>http://stephensgarden.wordpress.com/2007/09/16/hyacinths-planted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend I picked up some hyacinth bulbs. In March the fragrance from a couple of pots made the new house smell wonderful for weeks. It&#8217;s easy to force them to bloom all winter. Just grow the bulbs in a refrigerator for 12 weeks. Yeah, sounds funny, but I&#8217;m serious. You only need a temperature [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephensgarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1251528&amp;post=47&amp;subd=stephensgarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bread and Butter Pickles</title>
		<link>http://stephensgarden.wordpress.com/2007/09/08/bread-and-butter-pickles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Sep 2007 00:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I pulled down the Sunflowers two of the barely alive cucumbers came back to life and started fruiting. In addition, the lemon cucumbers have been fruiting like crazy. This week I got 9 small Lemon cukes and 4 regular size Straight 8s. I made a mistake with the okra by not picking it for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephensgarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1251528&amp;post=46&amp;subd=stephensgarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mr Stripey Tomato</title>
		<link>http://stephensgarden.wordpress.com/2007/08/26/mr-stripey-tomato/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 21:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year I got three tomato varieties in ~6 plants.  One of them was a clearance Mr Stripey plant.  The others started from seed.  I had no idea what to expect.  It was competing against multiple, older seeds of a hybrid and Cherokee Purple. It started slow.  Buried, like all the tomatoes at up to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=stephensgarden.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1251528&amp;post=44&amp;subd=stephensgarden&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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