All Discussions Tagged 'mcrorie' - Zoobird2024-03-29T09:25:10Zhttps://www.zoobird.com/group/communitygardens/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=mcrorie&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGreat Days at the Gardentag:www.zoobird.com,2012-06-15:2129360:Topic:496032012-06-15T14:03:40.061ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
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<p>Hello Zoobird! Yes, here in Gainesville, FL the garden is fine, thanks! I've got lots of plants growing in my patch: my tomatoes, courtesy of Farmer John, are thriving. They have flowered and I'm just waiting for the birds and the bees to do their thing and get the tomatoes going. I planted some spinach and it's doing fine. My biggest challenge is telling sprouts from…</p>
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<p>Hello Zoobird! Yes, here in Gainesville, FL the garden is fine, thanks! I've got lots of plants growing in my patch: my tomatoes, courtesy of Farmer John, are thriving. They have flowered and I'm just waiting for the birds and the bees to do their thing and get the tomatoes going. I planted some spinach and it's doing fine. My biggest challenge is telling sprouts from weeds, especially when the sprouts are mixed from a mesclun mix packet. </p>
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<p><a href="http://www.zoobird.com/profile/MarcWilliams" target="_blank">Marc Williams</a> is one of our resident botanists. He's got an informative website called <a href="http://www.botanyeveryday.com/" target="_blank">Botany Everyday</a> which I love. He is guiding his readers (including me) through a book called <a href="http://www.hopspress.com/Books/Botany_in_a_Day.htm" target="_blank">"Botany in a Day", by Elpel</a>. You can follow along at Marc's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/botanyeveryday/" target="_blank">Botany Everyday Facebook page</a>. He's posting commentary about a part of the book every few weeks, so you can read and follow along. You can ask questions on his page, too. Marc will try to answer your questions. </p>
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<p>The object of Elpel's "Botany in a Day" is to teach you a pattern method of identifying plants. So, once you get the pattern, you'll be able to tell sprouts you've planted from weeds. At least, that's the vision. </p>
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<p>Let us know what you think! </p> A Great Day at the McRorie Community Garden (12/10/08)tag:www.zoobird.com,2008-12-11:2129360:Topic:91912008-12-11T11:20:20.533ZMichael Levinhttps://www.zoobird.com/profile/MichaelLevin
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I went to the garden yesterday and it was beautiful. That's Ron Chandler's circular patch above. Ron is in Thailand right now, I think. I just sent him an email this morning. Last we <a href="http://www.zoobird.com/profiles/blogs/thailand-day-10">heard</a>, he was stranded in the Bankok airport.<br />
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Here's a shot of some of Ron's broccoli.<br />
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A few weeks ago McRorie gardeners…
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I went to the garden yesterday and it was beautiful. That's Ron Chandler's circular patch above. Ron is in Thailand right now, I think. I just sent him an email this morning. Last we <a href="http://www.zoobird.com/profiles/blogs/thailand-day-10">heard</a>, he was stranded in the Bankok airport.<br />
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Here's a shot of some of Ron's broccoli.<br />
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A few weeks ago McRorie gardeners got together and buit a compost bin. Nice!<br />
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These greens are from Genie and David's patch.<br />
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This is my patch. You can see all the collard greens.<br />
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The urban mandalas were taken down when the fence was replaced. This is one I particularly like.<br />
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I spotted a couple of loofah's in the compost heap. <a href="http://www.zoobird.com/video/2129360:Video:1358">Bruce</a> grew them and I actually ate one when it was small. They taste just like zucchini when they're small. This picture shows how they dry and turn into sponges.<br />
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Here's <a href="http://www.zoobird.com/profile/Rachel">Rachel's</a> patch. Go to her page and see how it looked a couple of months ago if you're interested.<br />
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This is one of my favorite shots. I ran into Jon Trunk (hi, Jon!) and he explained that he and Blake had planted this patch with some leftover seeds and manure. It's a beaut, isn't it?<br />
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Here's another shot of my collard greens. They are a staple from my patch. Thanks, Shmal! (I inherited my patch from Shmal).<br />
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These are tomatoes in Ron's patch.<br />
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Mary gave me these bok choy as sprouts. She gave me 6 bok choy and 6 mesclun sprouts. About 4 bok choy survived and one or two mesclun remain. I was so happy to see them thriving! I've been away for Thanksgiving.<br />
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This is my prize daikon radish. It's going strong. I love it!<br />
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This is the view from the top of the daikon radish. I can't wait to do some cooking with the root.<br />
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Here are some more tomatoes around the perimeter of the garden. They are actually doing pretty well considering we've had 4 freezes this Fall.<br />
<p>How's your Fall garden doing? Full moon tomorrow night 1639 UT! And, the Geminids meteor shower begins Saturday.</p>