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GreenDragon

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It's been an odd spring this year and many things seem to be maturing early. Half of my tobacco is already starting to bolt, and the hops are going crazy. The flowers are doing well though, lots of nasturtiums, roses, 4 o'clocks, sweet peas, and tulips. And my poor nectarine is straining with fruit (note the Gandalf staff holding half the tree up!). I've been thinning the fruit regularly, but it seems I wasn't aggressive enough. Oh well, it will get an aggressive pruning after harvest to strengthen the main supporting limbs.


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GreenDragon

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This weekend was the second priming (Viso Day). The first priming color cured very well, so here’s hoping this batch will also. I strung the larger strains like the previous week, and tied bundles and racked the smaller little Dutch and Japan 8. Hope the rack is up to @BigBonner standards. Will be stalk curing the final harvest in a few more weeks.


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This weekend was the second priming (Viso Day). The first priming color cured very well, so here’s hoping this batch will also. I strung the larger strains like the previous week, and tied bundles and racked the smaller little Dutch and Japan 8. Hope the rack is up to @BigBonner standards. Will be stalk curing the final harvest in a few more weeks.


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GreenDragon

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Well, my backyard is currently a war zone! I have 5 female, 2 juvenile, and one male hummingbirds fighting for possession of the backyard. Hummers are quite territorial and will stake out their favorite feeding spots. Between the four feeders, marigolds, peppers, tobacco, and hostas blooming right now it’s quite a show! Also the regular birds are hitting the seed feeders hard. Guess they are hungry after all the rain yesterday. The past five minutes I’ve seen finches, wrens, cardinals, mockingbirds, doves, and wood peckers.
(Also, she’s been staring at me for five minutes. Not sure what she wants - the feeder is freshly filled!)

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GreenDragon

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Today is a transition day on the Farmer homestead. I stalk harvested all the tobacco and will air cure it under the pavilion for a few weeks before moving it into the garage. I left the stalks in-situ to sucker as a green cover and flowers for the hummingbirds until the wife is ready to plant her fall crops in them.

We cleaned out the last of the squash and cucumbers and generally gave everything a good weeding and a shot of 10-10-10. The okra and sweet potatoes are really taking off thanks to the recent rains. Lastly the wife planted some beans and pumpkin seeds.

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GreenDragon

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The past few mornings have been perfect for stripping my stalk cured tobacco. I was able to package 10 bags of viso/ligero and transfer them to the garage for aging.

I had used a pair of loppers to cut the stalks about 6” from the ground during harvest and left the stumps in the ground to either die off or form a sucker crop for the humming birds. As you can see they rebounded quite vigorously and the birds have been loving them.

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Happy Fall Equinox everyone! A time of transition in the garden. Our beans are starting to bloom, and the peppers are really taking off and producing lots of fruits in the final push before winter. So much so that I had a branch snap off from the weight of the peppers even though I have them supported in a trellis.

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The Wife has given me a two week notice that she will be requiring my tobacco beds for her fall planting of crocus, shallots, and garlic. This is no problem as I’ve already harvested the leaf I’m going to save and just let the suckers grow for the hummingbirds and other pollinator's.

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Finally, I have to share that my plan of succession gardening in my hop bed was successful this year. As the hops are finished and harvested the morning glories I interplanted have exploded and provide a beautiful display each morning. This will continue through the first frost.


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