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01 Mar 20093 true leaves Jefferson Alpine Strawberries Showing True Leaves and Backyard Berrypatch gardenIf I can manage to dissuade Turk from running through the bed, I’m going to start hardening these off in the next few days. Only 5 reds made it but 18 of the Jefferson white/yellow came up and are really thriving.9°C / 48°F
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28 Feb 2009Transplanted White Currents Transplanted and Backyard Berrypatch gardenGloire de Sablons Pink Current
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13 Jan 2009Sown Violet de Chioggia Artichoke Sown and Dogpatch gardenTrying these again. At least one of the plants has to come close to true to seed.
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13 Jan 2009Sown Romanesco Artichoke Sown and Dogpatch gardenThe artichokes didn’t come up true to seed, so I dug them up and am trying two more batches. If they work, then I’ll take offsets from the varieties and keep working with those.
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13 Jan 2009Sown Jefferson Alpine Strawberries Sown and Backyard Berrypatch gardenSewing all of the yellow/white alpine strawberries for the berry part of the garden. Will mix these in with the alexandria and arctic raspberries as groundcovers.
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13 Jan 2009Sown Rainbow Chard Sown and Dogpatch gardenThe hard frost in December seems to have decimated last years plants, so new ones are on the way. I’ll be using floating rowcovers to keep the leafminers out, as best I can.
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13 Jan 2009All up and accounted for Various Garlics Showing True Leaves and Dogpatch gardenThey’ve been up a while, but the garlics are growing strong. Music is huge. Yet to see why broadleaf czech is called broadleaf. Now that the fence is in place, shouldn’t have to worry about Turk re-arranging the plants this year.Cloudy 11°C / 52°F
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13 Dec 2008Purchased Ficus carica Purchased and Backyard Berrypatch gardenPurchased a ‘Stella’ fig from one green world. Now just trying to figure out exactly where it should be planted.
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15 Oct 2008Sown Various Garlics Sown and Dogpatch gardenPlanted garlic varieties: Music, Broadleaf Czech and Chesnick Red
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15 Oct 2008Sown Various Garlics Sown and Dogpatch gardenPlanted garlic varieties: Music, Broadleaf Czech and Chesnick Red
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