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Sunday, September 16, 2018 RyanH Eganville, Ontario

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Haven't posted in a while. Not much to update as I haven't really done much with the plant other than stop in and check for issues and run the water pump a couple times a day from my phone. This time of the year can be the easy time if you aren't fighting disease or rot. So far I'm safe on this plant for now.

It's still closing the gap on the bamboo stakes that I place beside the fruit and check every couple of days. This one has been pretty consistent. Up here I would usually cover the fruit with blankets at night to hold in heat but this year I refuse to. I hate remembering to take them off and put them on daily as well to try and dry them. This year the fruit is going to have to get used to the cold temps on her own. We get heavy dew this time of year as you can see in this morning picture and the blankets are always soaked. They never get back to dry all year so I gave up on them. Also a group of mice had an orgy in my stack of blankets that I had in the garden shed last winter and most blankets were destroyed when I found the evidence this spring.

I haven't gotten a good picture for a while. This picture of from the nest cam that I have attached to a tree watching the garden.
 



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