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28 Jul 2009Crisis Averted Specialty Basils gardenI’ve been hardening off my basil seedlings but yesterday I forgot to water them and they were seriously wilted. Oops. Luckily it seems that most of them have recovered. Pretty soon I’m going to pinch them back to encourage bushiness.Sunny 24°C / 75°F
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16 Jul 2009True Leaves Cilantro 'Santo' Showing True Leaves, Cilantro 'Delfino' Showing True Leaves, Basil 'Napoletano' Showing Tr...Sunny 24°C / 75°F
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08 Jul 2009Sprouting! Cilantro 'Santo' Sprouting and Cilantro 'Delfino' SproutingSunny 19°C / 66°F
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07 Jul 2009Sprouting Basil 'Sweet Dani' Sprouting, Basil 'Lime' Sprouting, and Basil 'Pistou' SproutingAll my basils have sprouted now.Sunny 22°C / 72°F
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05 Jul 2009Sprouting Basil 'Cinnamon' SproutingSunny 24°C / 76°F
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01 Jul 2009Leaves! Basil 'Purple Petra' Sprouting, Basil 'Greek Yevani' Sprouting, Basil 'Napoletano' Sprouting, and Lemon Ba...Sunny 19°C / 66°F
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25 Sep 2008Whoa, this guy is growing fast! Tomato 'Roma' and Fern's Long Beach Patio gardenI was a bit worried that this tomato had stopped growing because I thought I hadn’t seen any growth, but I’m obviously just forgetting what it looked like just 10 days ago! It has doubled in size and grown three or four new branches. I’ll have to take a new photo.Sunny 22°C / 72°F
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14 Sep 2008Yanked It Out! Canna Lily 'Salmon Pink' and Fern's Long Beach Patio gardenMeh. Not too thrilled with Cannas.Cloudy 21°C / 69°F
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10 Sep 2008Goin Crazy! Perpetual Spinach 'Ruby' and Fern's Long Beach Patio gardenOvercast 21°C / 69°F
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31 Aug 2008Pruned Way Back Peach 'Babcock Giant White' and Fern's Long Beach Patio gardenI pruned my peach tree back to four branches. According to what I read about peach tree shaping, they should have four main branches, essentially one pointing in each of the cardinal directions. The branch should be at a 45 degree or wider angle from the trunk. Since pruning, the tree had put out...Sunny 22°C / 71°F
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