Tag: Kaye Kittrell

Downpour! – Episode 5

Downpour! – Episode 5

| May 7, 2012 | Reply

Please check out Episode 5 of “Late Bloomer,” “Downpour!” Kaye learns an important lesson about being prepared BEFORE the storm hits! With neighbor Brooke and a red-backed jumping spider. Thanks for watching!

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Rainy Day-Episode 4!

Rainy Day-Episode 4!

| May 4, 2012 | Reply

What can you do in the garden on a cold, rainy day? Kaye finds out in “Rainy Day – Episode 4” of “Late Bloomer!” Thanks for watching!

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Slug Patrol

Slug Patrol

| May 4, 2012 | 5 Replies

I just returned from nightly slug and snail patrol.  It was about 8PM, and I spotted this slug on my largest cabbage. I ran and got the camera for those of you who wonder what critter is eating up your vegetables at night. It almost got out of sight before I got the camera in […]

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Podcast with Brian Willson, Student of Permaculture

Podcast with Brian Willson, Student of Permaculture

| May 1, 2012 | Reply

Podcast with Brian Willson, Student of Permaculture. A neighbor and friend, Mark DuBrow, who has been encouraging my vegetable garden effort, dropped by on April 23, with old friend, Vietnam Vet and student of Permaculture, Brian Willson, who shared some thoughts with me about creating biodiversity in my garden. Here is part of our conversation.

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Catch-up Day – Episode 3

Catch-up Day – Episode 3

| April 30, 2012 | Reply

Watch Kaye tackle problems and get some things planted in episode 3 of “Late Bloomer.”

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Small Garden, Big Jobs!

Small Garden, Big Jobs!

| April 30, 2012 | 6 Replies

Planting vegetables and caring for them is glamorous compared to the big jobs in your yard that have to be done every spring. Since my vegetables are growing in the front yard, except for tomatoes and potatoes in pots in the back yard, I tend to ignore the back. But, yesterday was the day to […]

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What’s New!

What’s New!

| April 27, 2012 | 1 Reply

If you have watched “Curbside Cauliflower” – Episode 2 of “Late Bloomer,” you know I am growing cauliflower in the parkway, and you heard me say, “One morning, you go out and it looks like this…and the next morning, this is staring back at you.” And there is a photo of a fully-formed white cauliflower […]

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Yellow Fungus!

Yellow Fungus!

| April 26, 2012 | Reply

Yellow Fungus! I just discovered this mess under my birch tree. This one, about a foot across, was the largest of several piles. Now, I was already worried about keeping the base of the tree dry to keep the oak root fungus under control, but it’s rained a lot and I had to dump some […]

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Growing Cauliflower Curbside – Episode 2

Growing Cauliflower Curbside – Episode 2

| April 25, 2012 | 3 Replies

“Growing Cauliflower Curbside” is Episode 2 of the new urban garden web show, “Late Bloomer.” Kaye’s first vegetable (ever!) is quite a challenge, but rewarding! Please watch and share Late Bloomer, episode 2, “Growing Curbside Cauliflower.”

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Evening Garden Cruise Pest Hunt

Evening Garden Cruise Pest Hunt

| April 25, 2012 | 8 Replies

On my evening garden cruise pest hunt, I investigate my garden with a flashlight. My neighbor, C.L., (you’ll see him in my episodes of “Late Bloomer”) has been telling me to come out at 2:00 in the morning and see what’s crawling around, that I could gather the snails and slugs in a bucket. I want to […]

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