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Member since: Oct 09 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 4 | Organic gardener
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22 Apr 2013Lupine 'Red Flame' Damaged, Y South Flower Bed garden , Y North Flower Bed garden , Iris suaveolens 2011 Bl...
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17 Mar 2013Tazetta Narcissus 'Minnow' 2011 Sprouting, Daffodil 'Pheasant's Edge' 2011 Sprouting, Jonquil Narcissus 201...
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Planted some starts that I’d bought and had been waiting in the wings, as well as seeds (some of which should have been in LONG before now).Mostly Cloudy 9°C / 48°F -
29 Dec 2012Y Parking Strip garden , Y Telephone Pole garden , Y South Flower Bed garden , Y North Flower Bed garden , ...
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Light Drizzle 6°C / 43°FFinally cleaning up the fall and winter debris! A nice layer of compost over everything would make it look much better.
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28 Dec 2012Tomato 'Japanese Black Trefele' G Dying, Tomato 'Brandywine' G Dying, Tomato 'Ananas Noire' Dying, Tomato '...
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28 Dec 2012
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(Retrospective) Vegetables and the first trimester
Carrot 'Deep purple' 2012 Harvesting, Carrot 'Bolero' Harvesting, Carrot 'Yaya' Harvesting, Carrot 'Sugarsn...Apparently they don’t mix, at least when the first trimester is when you’re pregnant. At least, for me this year. Ugh. So sad to see our beautiful garden without a desire to eat ANY of it. Especially beans and cole crops. Sigh. Hopefully will be able to save some seed and make use of ...Clear 7°C / 45°F -
01 Nov 2012Cucumber 'Tsuyataro' 2009 Dying, Cucumber 'Fountain F1' 2009 Dying, Cucumber 'Agnes F1' 2011 Dying, Cucumbe...
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[Written in December] Pregnancy has done strange things to my brain, including upping my laziness by several times. One cleanup around the first of November, but limited in scope. Hope to clean up the front yard before the end of the year.Light Drizzle 13°C / 55°F -
01 Aug 2012Garlic, Grocery store longneck 2011 Harvesting, Shallot, French 2011 Harvesting, Shallot, Asian sweet red H...
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15 Jul 2012
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Germinating seeds indoors - the last of the set
Anise hyssop 'Blue' 2012-7/4 Germinating, Culantro 'Ngo Gai' 2012-7/4 Germinating, Basil 'Samui' 2012-7/4 G...Storms 19°C / 66°FAlmost all of these germinated a while ago, but just now got around to detailing it.
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29 Jun 2012
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Planting out the summer things
Squash 'Fairy' 2012 Planting Out, Summer Squash 'Yellow Crookneck' 2011 Planting Out, Eggplant 'Millionaire...Sunny 26°C / 79°F -
27 May 2012Parsley 'Favorit' 2012 Hardening Off, Eggplant 'Millionaire F1' 2011 Hardening Off, Chile 'Prik Chi Faa' Ha...
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27 May 2012Leek 'King Richard' 2011 Planting Out, Leek 'Large American Flag' 2011 Moved, Green Onion 'Shimonita' 2011 ...
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27 May 2012Sweet Pea 'Old Spice Mix' 2012 Showing True Leaves, Sweet Pea 'Old Spice Mix' 2012 Showing True Leaves, Swe...
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Cloudy 19°C / 66°FNot sure I’ll make a bloom day post with my current schedule, so here’s the enumerated state of the flower gardens in the late spring. Main: Parking Strip garden Photos 1&2: North & South Flower Beds Photo 3: Telephone Pole garden (West) Photo 4: Telephone Pole garden (East)
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27 May 2012Datura 2012 , Daikon 'All Season' 2011 Harvesting, Chile 'Holland' 2011-3/27 Dying, Broccoli 'Umpqua' 2011 ...
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26 May 2012Roscoea tibetica Blooming, Endive, frisee 'Olesh Tres Fine' 2012-2/12 Bolting, Turnips 'Tennouji Kabura' 20...
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22 Apr 2012
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Planting out tomatoes (late journal entry)
Tomato 'Japanese Black Trefele' G Planting Out, Tomato 'Ananas Noire' Planting Out, Tomato 'Momotaro' G Pla...Cloudy -
21 Apr 2012
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Prepping for the summer food & flowers
Backyard West Window garden , Backyard Hothouse garden , Cabbage 'Saratoga F1' 2011-9/5 Harvesting, Cabbage...So much to do today! DH worked on the irrigation system, which is now fully functional. Weeded, prepped tomato beds, transplanted some plants desperate for the ground, installed bamboo barrier for the back tomato beds, and already sketching out what next year’s flowers should look like.Cloudy 19°C / 66°F -
18 Apr 2012Parsley leftovers Harvesting, Cilantro 'Santo' 2011-9/5 Harvesting, Broccoli 'Purple Sprouting' 2011 Harves...
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Another lovely harvest day.Rainy 14°C / 57°F -
17 Apr 2012Radishes 'Icicle Short Top' 2012-1/29 Harvesting, Radishes 'Viola' 2012-1/29 Harvesting, Radish 'Champion H...
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15 Apr 2012Daffodil 'Pheasant's Edge' 2011 Setting Fruit, Jonquil Narcissus 2011 Budding, Narcissus, fragrant double '...
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11 Apr 2012Tulip 'Jenny' 2011 Blooming, Y Parking Strip garden , Lupine 'Red Flame' Growing, Stock 'Ten Week Bouquet' ...
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Rainy 14°C / 57°FThe tulips are responding to the warm weather and starting their shows! May the spring tulip succession begin.
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10 Apr 2012A Shower garden , Cosmos 'White Seashells' 2012 Sprouting, Stock 'Dwarf Ten Week Mix' 2011-3/27 Sprouting, ...
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Cloudy 21°C / 70°FThe shower is very full at the moment, three and a half flats of mostly flower seeds. This is the first year I’ve had a flower garden, and it does in fact add to the overall work for the garden – who knew? Also, sowing seeds more thickly than suggested is really the way to go. The las...
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07 Apr 2012Celery 'Utah 52-70 Improved' 2012 Potting Up, Celery 'Utah 52-70 Improved' 2012 Moved, Cabbage 'Saratoga F1...
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05 Apr 2012Broccoli 'Purple Sprouting' 2011 Harvesting
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28 Feb 2012Cyclamen coum 'Silverleaf' Blooming, Gentian 2011 Breaking Dormancy, Sweet Pea 'Electric Blue' 2012 Sprouti...
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Rainy 9°C / 48°FI’m getting slammed at work, so am doing my best to be brief!
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24 Feb 2012A Shower garden
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Rainy 7°C / 45°F
This is my plant nursery – an extra shower! Since we have little use for more than one shower unless we have guests, this is how we’ve repurposed it. Craigslist for the plant lights (though they needed new bulbs), and a quick trip to the hardware store is all it took!
I’m partic...
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23 Feb 2012Cabbage, Chinese 'Vitaminna' 2012-2/12 Sprouting, Lettuce 'Arctic King' 2011-9/5 Damaged, Spinach 'Giant Wi...
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Cloudy 9°C / 48°F
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23 Feb 2012Spinach 'Giant Winter' 2011-9/5 Growing, Spinach 'Olympia' 2011-9/5 Growing, Meconopsis Breaking Dormancy, ...
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Cloudy 9°C / 48°F
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22 Feb 2012
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Quick update - blooming and sprouting
Daffodil 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation' 2011 Blooming, Pea 'Usui' 2012-1/29 Sprouting, Pea 'Oregon Sugar Pod ...Cloudy 9°C / 48°FDid a quick check on the garden for an update. Since it’s 4 blocks from my house, it’s not that far, but still inconvenient enough to not visit every day. Everything that sprouted is still going pretty slowly (but for the radishes, of course), but the peas are finally poking their tip...
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21 Feb 2012Y Parking Strip garden , Tulipa bakeri 'Lilac Wonder' 2011 Sprouting, Tulip 'Ballerina' 2011 Sprouting, Tul...
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20 Feb 2012
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Creating Folia plant tags - one method (Or, how to exercise your OCD)
A Shower garden , A Shower garden , A Shower garden , A Shower garden , and A Shower gardenRainy 12°C / 54°F
(in progress – explanations soon….)
Update: Now I have a moment to explain the crazy.
I created a set of Folia plant tags to keep attached to the plants, from seedbed to planting out in the garden. Partially, this is motivated by the fact that I don’t garden at my own house but ...
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19 Feb 2012
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Seedling mixing, a finished cloche, and a lovely garden day!
Poppy 'Ziar' 2012-2/5 Sprouting, Crocus sativus 2011 Growing, Hyacinth 'Odysseus' 2011 Sprouting, Snowdrop ...Cloudy 8°C / 46°F
(update: found the mosaic feature for flickr!)
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16 Feb 2012Lettuce 'Arctic King' 2011-9/5 Harvesting, Lettuce 'Crisp Mint' 2011 Harvesting, Arugula volunteers Harvest...
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15 Feb 2012
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Crocuses, seedbeds, and harvests, oh my!
Poppy 'Lavender Breadseed' 2012-2/5 Sprouting, Parsley leftovers Harvesting, Arugula volunteers Harvesting,...Cloudy 10°C / 50°F -
12 Feb 2012
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First ever cloche (maybe), more harvests, and seeds outside!
Kale 'Nero Di Toscana' 2011-1/23 Under Attack, Kale 'Nero Di Toscana' 2011-1/23 Harvesting, Bloomsdale savo...Rainy 8°C / 47°FWhen we made the new bed yesterday and covered it with 3-4" of potting soil, it looked lovely and oh-so-ready for tomatillos… that are not oh-so-ready to go in the 45oF soil! . But, DH being the wonderful husband and thinker that he is, thought up the brilliant idea to create a coldfr...
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11 Feb 2012Mizspoona volunteer 2011 Harvesting, Bok Choi 'Ching Chiang' 2011-9/5 Harvesting, Spinach 'Akarenso' 2011-9...
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Rainy 10°C / 50°FTook out the grass from under the Dangerhouse West Window, and filled in with potting soil from Barry’s tomato pots.
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09 Feb 2012
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Radishes still sprout in the winter!
Fothergilla 'Mount Airy' 2011 Breaking Dormancy, Radishes 'Viola' 2012-1/29 Sprouting, Radish 'Champion Hei...Rainy 9°C / 49°F
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06 Feb 2012
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500lb Goal! A Kale harvest, and planting shelling peas.
Kale 'Nero Di Toscana' 2011-1/23 Harvesting and Cabbage 'January King' 2011 Under AttackSunny 16°C / 61°FHarvested kale for as a gift for Robyn, but forgot to weigh it! My decision to weigh every bit of anything harvested from the garden to reach our 500# goal will be compromised… but perhaps I’ll double the harvest weight next time to make up for it. Today was another beautiful day (in ...
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05 Feb 2012Pansies 2012 Planting Out, Primroses 2012 Planting Out, Primroses 2012 Planting Out, Pansies 2012 Planting ...
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The weather has been beautiful here, in the 50-55oF range! Just had to add a bit of spring color in the form of a couple primroses and pansies, and finished up the early spring planting that was already late.Cloudy 12°C / 54°F -
04 Feb 2012
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Early spring cleanup - weeding, trimming, and sprouts!
Iris, Dwarf Blue 'Reticulata' Sprouting, Tazetta Narcissus 'Minnow' 2011 Sprouting, Daffodil 'Rijnveld's Ea...“The Winter Look” is slowing giving way to “The Spring Look”.Cloudy 12°C / 54°F -
29 Jan 2012
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Late winter harvest & planting!
Tah Tsoi 2011-9/5 (divided) Harvesting, Tah Tsoi 2011-9/5 Harvesting, and Carrot 'Mokum' 2011-5/30 HarvestingStorms 11°C / 52°F
