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12 Apr 2008Forget-me-nots coming forget-me-not Flowering and Front gardenThe first blue flower is open.Overcast 11°C / 52°F
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01 Apr 2008Begonias - I know nothing about them and I have to grow them 2 Front gardenA guy who lives up the street rescued a pile of begonia tubers from a community garden that is being developed into housing. He dumped a big bag full of them with me and he walks past our place every day, so I feel as if I have to grow them properly, but I know nothing about begonias. Any tips? T...
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30 Mar 2008Making slapped-together, wobbly, but passable neighbors Front gardenI fixed the fence. After a fashion.Sunny 4°C / 39°F
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29 Mar 2008oats are up oat Sprouting and Side gardenI also threw some alfalfa/lucerne into that patch, but a little later, so I’ll see how that mix goes when they’re both coming up.Cloudy 10°C / 50°F
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28 Mar 2008sprang Tricity Landscape Park, not just a gardenThere are 182 steps to the top of the ridge over the disused army base in the hills. Poor soldiers must have counted these steps when they patrolled between the double perimeter fences. When we got to the top this morning, I saw my first bumblebees of the year, I think Bombus terrestris queens. T...Overcast 11°C / 52°F
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19 Mar 2008EquinoxThe sun is above the equator, looking the Sphinx in the eye, and night is equal to day. The moon is bright, the air is clear, and the ground crunches under my boots. After waiting for it all winter, we have snow now. Easter will never come this early again while I’m here; a long weekend com...Cloudy -3°C / 27°F
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13 Mar 2008Sprouting White Clover 'repens' Sprouting and Smoking Spot Behind Work gardenIt’s a bit shady there, but some grass is growing , so these clover sprouts should be able to manage.Cloudy 6°C / 43°F
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11 Mar 2008It's coming red clover (2008 planting) Sprouting and Front gardenThis should cover the worst part of the garden, which has glass in just about every shovelful, and, with any luck, give the bumblebees something the browse.Overcast 5°C / 41°F
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08 Mar 2008Cleaned Up Garage gardenI picked the vodka bottles, soda bottles, and empty cigarette packages out, turned it over and buried compost, sowed red clover over most of the middle space, transplanted some oregano to the back, and popped a row of runner beans in along the wire fence to give it something vertical. She has som...Sunny 6°C / 43°F
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08 Mar 2008SimplifyingI’m planting larger swaths of fewer varieties, spreading out existing plantings, and covering bare space with clover.Sunny 6°C / 43°F
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