Category Archives: Garden Journal

Bring on Spring

Veggie seeds have been ordered. Bring on Spring!

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Is it that time of the year already?

You’re damned right it is.   It’s bitterly cold outside.  Seed catalogs are showing up by the shovelful in the mail.   It’s time to start thinking about the vegetable garden this year.  As in the past couple of years I’ve got … Continue reading

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JasperReports underlining all text in HTML reports in Internet Explorer?

Last week I ran into an odd situation with our HTML output from JasperReports in Internet Explorer 7.  All text, link or otherwise,  was being underlined and I’m not really sure of the root cause other than it would appear … Continue reading

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Thanks for the Weblogic support Oracle!

I know that it’s a tough thing to move forum contents from one system to another and I know that Oracle and BEA, prior to their buyout by Oracle, had a different forum system than Oracle.   I also understand that … Continue reading

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Seed order for 2009 is done!

Whew. Big piece of work for the summer out of the way. Looking forward to starting some of this stuff in the basement soon. That is the next step, getting the basement set up for seed growing!

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Critters and corn

I’ve got something hacking on my corn. I suspect it’s the squirrels as they should be the only thing that can get over the fencing I have around the corn without bringing down the fence. I know its not some … Continue reading

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The second plot

I completely forgot to write about the second garden plot I put in. I planted three kinds of corn with seed from Vermont Bean Seed Company. My daughter and I planted: Silver King Hybrid white sweet corn Incredible Hybrid yellow … Continue reading

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On rain and expectations

We didn’t get Indianapolis-level rains this past weekend but we did end up having about 3 inches fall over the weekend with nary a break for things to dry out a bit. It really had me thinking about how I … Continue reading

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Too much rain

If my garden survives all of the rain we’ve had this weekend it will be a miracle. Too much standing water and some of it I just planted so those parts haven’t had a chance to take root yet. Keeping … Continue reading

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I’m behind but the first garden plot is in

Was a beautiful day to get the first plot done. I know I’m way behind but I’m not sure it makes as much of a difference this year since it has been so cool for so long. In fact we’re … Continue reading

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