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Reflections ​from
​valle crucis

Fall is  in  the  air

9/13/2015

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It cooled  off quickly  this  weekend and the  days  are  really  getting  noticeably  shorter.  I have pulled most plants  from   my   in  ground   garden although I  really  hoped  that this  could  have  been  postponed.  Late    season tomato blight arrived in  what  seemed  to  be just  one  day.  Came  home   Thursday of  last   week   to  see  all   my  tomatoes  with dried  and  withered  leaves.   Ouch!  Pretty  depressing  since days  earlier I'd had  the  best  looking  tomatoes  I've  ever   grown with   4-5 ft high  plants    covered   with big   tomatoes  showing first signs of  ripening.  Picked 33  lbs  of greenish tomatoes  which  I  will  attempt  to   ripen  but  ultimately  not  sure   what  I'll  get.  My  detroit   beets  were  also  pulled amounting   to   about 5 lbs  of  medium  to  small  fruits.  Not  impressive.  Pulled 8 lbs of  corn  which  was  also   small  in  size    and not  fully  developed.  I   knew  the  light  conditions  in  the garden  were  not    great  so  perhaps I  should   be   content.  I'm still  getting beans and  I  will    leave  these  plants  in    for  awhile  longer  along   with   zinnias.  The   Secret  Garden is  doing pretty  well  for  the  time   being  but as  I've  said   before it's  a  race   with  time.  Sun  is   quickly  disappearing.   Starting some   cabbage  and  lettuce  with  the  after   care   kids.  They  are   having   fun and  we'll  see  if   we   can't keep  some   things   growing.   I  have  learned  so  much  this  growing  season.  The  climate  in  the  mountains  is  truly   unique.  Next   spring  I  will  take  what  I've    observed  and   try  to get  things  to  the  next   level.  






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Classroom Aquaculture

9/6/2015

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Ball  Jar Bouquets

9/6/2015

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A  nice    way    to  say thank you  to   the   teachers  that  have   worked   so  hard  to   bring  gardens  into   our   School.
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    Dana Holden

    Has been gardening for over 20 years and has her Master Gardeners certification. She is especially interested in propagating native plants and apple grafting. She is now the After School Program Coordinator and Garden Coordinator at Valle Crucis. 

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