June 2008: Share your garden update

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Priscilla (wishing I was in Costa Rica) ~. Jun 5, 2008, 1:06pm EDT

My cucumbers are doing very well right now. Pepper are starting to put out the beginnings of veggies. Tomatoes are still stretching to the sky. All other plants & flowers are doing awesome.

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Janet H. Jun 5, 2008, 1:15pm EDT

My husband just planted our garden yesterday. Up until this week we were still getting frost warnings here.

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☀ Aunt Shanny Jun 5, 2008, 1:23pm EDT

My arugula is thriving! I have more than we could eat right now. The radishes are growing well, but are still pretty small. I ran out of space for my tomatoes and peppers so had to get creative with some space.

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Julia Schrenkler Jun 5, 2008, 1:52pm EDT

Priscilla are you planting cukes for salads or for pickling?

Hear you on the late planting, Janet. We're hoping for aggressive growth or some items might cut it close.

Shannon did you try to arrange for some container gardening?

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Mark J. Jun 5, 2008, 1:55pm EDT

I have basil, sage, lavender and thyme in the ground right now. I am having a hec of a time finding dill plants this year for some reason. I have two cherry tomatoe plants in the ground and are caged and ready for some warm weather to really start growing. My lawn needs mowing but it keeps threatening to rain.

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Risa G. Jun 5, 2008, 5:17pm EDT

My front beds are in good condition - lots of flowers - my Johnson Blue Geranium (grown from a bare root), and Rhodedendron are all in bloom. The backyard is another story - been very lazy - need to work a lot on the raised bed. Needs weeding and removing of grass. Needs to be mulched, manured and needs tomato and chile plants. Lots still to do there. I also want to plant a few pots of flowers and herbs.

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Julia Schrenkler Jun 6, 2008, 9:45am EDT

Hi Mark J. What type of lavender are you growing? I've had a few tries of it in past years and ended up treating it like an annual up here.

Sounds good, Risa. Hope working in the garden doesn't feel like working for you. What chiles do you like?

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Kerry Dexter Jun 6, 2008, 1:46pm EDT

not a gardener here. a good friend is though and she's often said she finds gardening a way sort over her thoughts and think things out while she's working in the soil. what do you think?

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Diana Raabe Jun 7, 2008, 1:15pm EDT

Kerry - gardening can, indeed, be therapeutic. I spent two very peaceful hours pulling dandelions one afternoon and it was actually pretty nice.

My Black Knight Delphinium is budding already, as well as the two smaller ones. The wildflower garden looks great but what happened to my bee balm? It doesn't seem to be coming up! I had a ton of it along with some echinacea near the steps, but there's no sign of it this year. Any clues, anyone?

There are numerous new things to plant -- maybe today's the day.

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Julia Schrenkler Jun 9, 2008, 10:43am EDT

Kerry, it is good for the spirit. Gardening is physical, it is outside, and it is mindful. Not to mention the fact that a good run of gardening has visible results. Many of us work in jobs where measurements (if any) come in the form of graphs, which can pale compared to seeing progress in a living thing.

Did you get to planting last weekend, Diana? Not sure what to tell you about your bee balm, when we grew it we couldn't control it. It did as it pleased.

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Diana Raabe Jun 23, 2008, 10:28am EDT

My bee balm was fairly out of control for years - last fall I thinned some of it but nowhere near what I seem to have lost. In any event, I replaced what was lost with just a few plants that are doing fine.

I did actually finish the planting -- but picked up a few more things this past weekend. Summer planting doesn't always work out the best, but we are in the process of adding a large wildflower garden and I wanted to start it out with some things that attract butterflies and bees.

Ah! You should see the delphiniums now! I'll have to post some photos of their progress.

Julia, what is in your yard? (I think you're on vacation so "I'll take my answer off the answer," as they say.)

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william johnson Mar 10, 2009, 9:44am EDT

hellow everyone , i will be new to the st paul area in may , i saw that you can still get frost in june ...where am i moving too. lol. as it seems i will have a late start in the garden any heads up i need to know , thank you in advance . troy

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June 2008: Share your garden update

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