Oregon Tree Huggerpeas » Oregon Tree Hugger http://oregontreehugger.com Sustainability, Greenery, and Insanity Wed, 06 Oct 2010 01:33:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 One of These is Getting Less Sun http://oregontreehugger.com/one-of-these-is-getting-less-sun/ http://oregontreehugger.com/one-of-these-is-getting-less-sun/#comments Wed, 26 May 2010 06:49:02 +0000 Nikole http://oregontreehugger.com/?p=653 One of the three wine barrel planters in the second row of this picture is not getting enough sun. You be the judge of which barrel of peas is suffering a bit. Click on the image for a larger view.

Peas with Varying Sunlight

I did move it into this position for the picture, and so that the one could get more sun. We’ll see if it helps.

]]> http://oregontreehugger.com/one-of-these-is-getting-less-sun/feed/ 0 Today’s “Growing Your Own” Update http://oregontreehugger.com/todays-growing-your-own-update/ http://oregontreehugger.com/todays-growing-your-own-update/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 21:33:29 +0000 Nikole http://oregontreehugger.com/?p=321 The morning sun cast a soft light on the gardens here a the Hugger House, and I took a tour to review how everything is doing.

]]> The beds are coming along nicely. The root vegetables (carrots, radishes and beets) have all been planted, as well as the flowers and the herbs that will sprout between rows. The tomatoes have also been pruned a bit. The only thing missing at this point is that small section in the front right, where the peppers will go.

Straw bale raised beds vegetable garden

The peas were trellised this week (a bit too late, but I’ve been busy!) and the evergreen blueberry bush has been planted in a wine barrel container.

Container vegetable garden

The baby peppers were dropped in their coconut pots into 4 in plastic pots, while the taller ones got a bath in the sink to remove aphids from their tops. The peppers will be heading into the outside garden soon. I also harvested the top of some of my basil plants.

Peppers in a Garden Window
Herbs and peppers in a garden window

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]]> The temperature dropped down to 39 last night. I was worried about the little seedlings, so I ran outside and brought them all inside from the spot they have been sunning from for the last few days. I won’t have this option once they go in the ground though, so I am dreading that late-season cold-snap night of having to run out there to cover them and then hoping for the best.

My peas and strawberries are blooming though, as we’ve had some nice sun in here recently. So I hope those are okay through this colder night. They both seem to be pretty hardy.

I do have to laugh at myself for how scared I feel to send all my little "babies" into the world, worrying about how they will do in the cold. On one level, they are a representation of all the hard work it took to get to this point, and they are an investment in our food. On another level, they are just so cute and I don’t want to lose them after all the love and care I poured into them!

Enjoy the pics of the pea and strawberry blossoms below.

pea blossoms
strawberry blossom

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