June 10, 2008 by dave.

About 4 years ago I wanted blueberry bushes and we discovered Waters Blueberry Farm on the Internet. I know we could have bought some local but we wanted to make sure we bought good plants that come from people who specialize in this fruit. We purchased 2 young bushes at the time…..and then last year we bought 3 more. I believe the farm / site is a family business and as thus, you get outstanding service. I’ve emailed them questions and they are alway eager to help. They offer several types of blueberry plants and you can choose from several ages of plants. Younger bushes cost less but you have to wait longer for blueberries.

We’ve had decent luck with the blueberries and this should be a real good year for them. This spring our oldest two plants had LOTS of flowers on them (= LOTS of blueberries to come). The only advice I can offer is to follow the instructions they send with the plants….watering, feeding, and applying the Miracid is pretty important.

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June 10, 2008 by dave.

The garden is doing well…..and there are no weeds growing which is excellent. Since the first posting on this topic I added a cutting garden. It was a mother’s day present to my wife - something she wanted years ago. It’s small but should be sufficient. You can see it on the right side of the picture.

As for the specifics of the garden: I got the tomato plants in the mail last week and set them in. I had purchased the Best Of Show Collection which is a selection of some pretty neat tomatoes. They are still doing well so I assume they will survive. The cucumber plants are coming up and so are the carrots. The lettuce and spinach are doing very well and I was able to thin out the plants over the past weekend and I made several salads out of what I cleared out. The weather is in the 90’s (and has been for the past 3 days but by keeping it all well watered I think the garden will continue to thrive.

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