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Korina Adkins
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  • Glendale, AZ
  • United States
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Looks like some sort of cucurbit -- a melon or gourd.
June 3
This has my experience as well. Maybe we didn't have enough cool days. My tomatoes are going gangbusters as well.
May 17
nice chard and Pacifico harvest!
May 5
Looks like you have a nice crop of tabby there.
May 5
Sounds good to me. If you have any specific needs, or any event where some work is involved, feel free to send me a message through the site. My schedule is usually pretty tight, but I can often work in a hour or so here and there, and this is a cau…
March 24

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My buckets runneth over

I don't have gutters or anything like that to catch water. So I set out some buckets Monday night. Tuesday morning, this is what I saw:



I added a cooler, and an oil drip pan, and Wednesday morning, saw this:

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Posted on January 21, 2010 at 8:51am — 3 Comments

Korina Adkins

Making something out of (almost) nothing

"Free" is great. I love "free." I love "free" even better when it tastes good. That's why I love making delicious things from goods I grew or foraged.

I had some mild success gathering figs this past Summer. But didn't really do anything with them. I also made some fine prickly pear syrup (and soon, wine!) with foraged tunas.

Then a while back, I read about purslane. People said it grew everywhere. So I started keeping my eyes peeled for that weed. My first discovery was right outside my garag… Continue

Posted on October 13, 2009 at 3:14pm — 4 Comments

Korina Adkins

They don't sell THAT at Victoria's Secret!

The charentais melons are growing crazy fast! I counted 5 babies on 2 vines so far. This one if the biggest:



After last night's monsoon-like weather, I noticed the vine supporting it was bent and chafed where it hangs over the trellis. I was afraid to lose the fruit to a damaged stem. So this morning, I made this with some cheesecloth:

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Posted on May 19, 2009 at 12:52pm — 5 Comments

Korina Adkins

My "vacation" day

Monday I had a doctor's appt mid-day, so I just took the whole day off.

6:00 am
First thing, I hit the gym. When I got home, I folded the bread dough that I had prepared the night before, and hit the showers.

8:00 am
All sparkly clean, I did some graphic design work, and then pre-heated the oven. I finished the baking and MM MM it smelled good.



I'm not much of a baker, but… Continue

Posted on April 22, 2009 at 10:00am — 3 Comments

Korina Adkins

Tomato babies!

I have two wee little tomato nubbins! I have tomatoes growing in three different conditions:

On the East side, in a bed:



On the West side, in pots:




Also on the West side, upside-down, in hanging baskets:



Guess which one produced first?

One of the upside-down ones! S… Continue

Posted on April 9, 2009 at 1:00pm — 5 Comments

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At 5:41pm on September 24, 2009, TCarmichael said…
There is one! I saw you on Digestif.
At 4:40pm on September 24, 2009, TCarmichael said…
Small world - I just saw you on Facebook!
At 1:21pm on September 12, 2009, Nayeema Eusuf said…
love your garden photos!
At 7:00am on September 1, 2009, Dana said…
Hi Korina - I posted my "cheater planting calendar" in .xls for you. Enjoy!
At 8:10am on May 8, 2009, Amy said…
How are your upside down tomatoes going? Last night I was tying up my in-grounds and was thinking about you. Update please!
At 9:16am on March 20, 2009, ronbravo said…
Hi Korina! Welcome to AZ Homegrown Solutions. Thank you for deciding to join.
 
 
 

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