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Planning and Stratifying
Native plant - yard garden
This weekend, I placed many of my native plant seeds on wet paper towels in baggies. I have tried other methods of stratifying in the past, damp sand with seeds for example, but I recently read about this technique and have decided to try it. The damp paper towel will continue to provide a moist ...
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Success or not? Bringing herbs indoors
winter windowsill garden
During the fall of 2007, I brought many of my herb plants inside. These plants are facing a south window but are not under any lamps so they are not getting a lot of light.
Most of the plants I brought in had been initially potted and were not transplanted into pots. Some were still small and we...
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Looking back on Spinach and Chard
Spinach and Chard, fall07 garden
Well, look at that; it seems that I didn’t make use of this site at all after starting my kitchen garden in the fall! I can give you an update on my spinach and chard: both were delicious! I grew only a few rows in the clayey soil beside my neighbour’s house. I did not have many weeds...
