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		<title>5 Tips for fresh sweet corn in mid-October</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s mid-October and, believe it or not, I&#8217;ve still got sweet corn growing in the veggie garden. Eggplant, chili peppers, tomatillos and tomatoes too. In fact, we&#8217;ll probably be harvesting fresh &#8220;summer&#8221; produce well into mid-autumn.
It would be easy to dismiss the long harvest as a benefit of living in San Diego, but it&#8217;s not [...]


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		<title>The Curious Case of the Tomatoes in the Tomato</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a weird one.
Yesterday I went down into what remains of the vegetable garden to see what was usable for dinner. I found a couple of nice eggplants, plenty of basil and half a dozen ripe&#8211;heading towards over-ripe&#8211;tomatoes, so I decided to make Eggplant Parmesan. I picked the fruit and headed back to the kitchen.
I [...]


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		<title>The Lazy Gardener&#8217;s Plant Pick: Feijoa (Pineapple Guava)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Autumn’s in full swing here at the ranch which also means it’s harvest time. Around here that means seasonal crops and a number of fruit trees – apples, persimmons, pomegranates and others grown from Maine to California.
It’s also harvest time for one prolific fruit tree that you don’t see very much outside of the USDA’s [...]


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		<title>How to make organic insecticidal soap</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I use this recipe around the ranch all the time and it works great &#8212; as good as just about any insecticide, but without all the nasty chemical side effects &#8212; If you haven&#8217;t tried it, you should. It&#8217;s a great and inexpensive way to control pests.
Get Rid of garden pests naturally with this recipe [...]


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		<link>http://www.sagersgardens.com/2009/09/29/how-to-make-organic-insecticidal-soap/</link>
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		<title>So ends the summer of 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a little slow here at the ranch as of late. Late summer&#8217;s heat and dryness really don&#8217;t make for a good gardening atmosphere, so I&#8217;ve been laying low waiting for the seasons to change and the heat to go.
Last night was the last sunset of the summer of 2009 and autumn begins today [...]


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		<title>Life of a sunflower patch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor Day has come and gone and there&#8217;s only two weeks left of summer. I can tell.
The sun, still bright and yellow, is no longer directly overhead at mid-day. Most of the perennials need a good pruning and many of the summer annuals are spent. The garden looks tired in general.

For the next couple of [...]


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		<title>Garden Tip: Wringing new life from old soaker hose</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love soaker hose &#8212; the weepy pipe made from recycled tires. It&#8217;s cheap (usually less than $2 per foot), does a great job of applying water directly to plant roots, and lasts for years.
Unfortunately, over time the pores in soaker hose start to clog with mineral deposits, dirt and tiny insects, making it more [...]


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		<title>Fall Garden Planting Tips</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor Day weekend is here – a typically busy time in the garden.
I’m sure you, like me, are harvesting spring / summer crops &#8212; corn, tomatoes, eggplant, squash, beans, melons, etc.
But this is also a good time to get started on fall crops that mature in 60 days or so and benefit flavor-wise from cooler [...]


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		<link>http://www.sagersgardens.com/2009/09/03/fall-garden-planting-tips/</link>
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		<title>Of Dead Ducks and Passing Days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend I went down to the tack shed to get feed for the birds and found Elroy dead next to the horse trough that serves as the duck&#8217;s pond.
Finding dead poultry isn&#8217;t all that unusual &#8212; with 20 or so birds at any one time &#8212; one tends to die every so often [...]


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		<title>Company Vegetable Gardens are Growing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal has a story today on how some small businesses are setting up company gardens where employees can do some tilling, build a little camaraderie, and take home some fresh produce on the cheap. Some are even implementing it as part of their corporate wellness program.

I think that’s pretty cool.

I never really [...]


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