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Answers to the quiz! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#4 is a weed patch | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#1 is a cucumber plant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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#3 is a tomato plant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#2 is watermelon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
#5 is a pepper plant (center of the garden) |
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The strange looking machine (Left) is a roto-tiller. It can loosen soil amd cut weeds much faster than a hoe. It is nice, but It burns gasoline and does polute like a gas powered lawn mower. It can also cut up the wrong plants if you are not careful. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The little plants (right) are actually Maple trees that sprouted from those whirley maple seeds that fall in the spring. Since a Maple tree is a plant that I don't want in my garden, it is a weed! The tiller is about to turn them under the soil. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(Left) The garden has just been tilled with the roto-tiller. Notice the bare soil to the left of the #2 marker. There are seven weeds that I couldn't get with the tiller because they were too close to the watermelons and peppers. See if you can find them. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I use hockey sticks for a lot of things, because they are made of hardwood. The hand shovel (Right)got new life when I added a hardwood handle to it. This shovel is great for getting weeds that the tiller or the hoe can't get. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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I promised you a picture of a cucumber flower on page 1, well here it is! (Left) They are a little bigger than the Tomato flower. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(Right) A little mushroom has sprouted in my strawberry patch. Notice the strawberry plant has 3 leaves, just like Poison Ivy. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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(Left) The Tomato flowers have developed into little green tomatoes. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This is what the garden looked like in early May. The soil was just turned over by the roto-tiller. Now the seeds that you want to grow can get a jump on the weeds. It is easy to turn weeds when they are small, so don't let them get knee high or you are in for a battle. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Here is what the garden looks like in late June. The Plants are flowering and waiting for pollen. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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