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Member since: Aug 08 | Last seen: Apr 11 | Years gardening: 6 | Organic gardener
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20 Feb 2010Blobs of fruits garden and North side terrace garden
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Major work happening on the house. In preparation, i moved a bunch of things. Rue from near the front porch to back between the goumi in the blobs of fruit garden. The red rose from by the compost bin to near the north wall, up on the terrace. The planter for seamus’s basil garden moved out...13°C / 56°F -
09 Jul 2009
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23°C / 73°FYou know how you should always be courteous to guests, because they might turn out to be gods in disguise, testing your hospitality? The leaves of this plant (weed?) intrigued me, and i wasn’t planning on putting anything else there so i let it grow. Now it’s about 2.5 feet tall, with...
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26 Jun 2009poppies (will make them sleep) Flowering, Morello cherry Ripening, Potato Mulching, Strawberries Harvesting...
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The tomatoes and cukes remain tiny, but i have hope for them. It is only June. For a couple more days. I mounded up more earth and straw over the potatoes. The last strawberries (they seem like) are liberally seasoned with the best sauce: patience and time. The cherries will probably be ripe...Sunny 21°C / 70°F -
02 Jun 2009
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last night's dinner and where it came from
Rocket 'Rocket' Harvesting, Lettuce Harvesting, companion oregano Harvesting, parsley Harvesting, and snow ...25°C / 77°FGreen tossed potato salad Copious parsley Oregano Mature, spicy arugula Potatoes dumpstered by RevPhil Chives from the CSA Olive oil, pepper, salt, nutritional yeast, lemon juice, garlic from the co-op Tossed green salad Red lettuces Young, tender arugula Peas Mixed lettuces fr...
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02 Jun 2009
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oh, i planted these out a while ago
experimental lupini Flowering and experimental lupini Planting Out21°C / 69°FAnd they have been just LOVELY. The leaves, the flowers (white). I will certainly plant them again. We’ll see how the beans turn out.
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02 Jun 2009creeping pennyroyal and Entry garden
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So i hear about recipes that call for snails, with rosemary as a substitution, because snails-for-eating are fed on rosemary and taste like it. Well, there must be some deliciously pungent slugs creeping about, because they’ve destroyed the pennyroyal. Apparently, that is what they like bes...21°C / 69°F -
27 May 2009Lamb's quarters Potting Up
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Pulling out the grasses and weeds to make room for a friend’s experimental corn, i found one little lamb’s quarters sprout. I put it in a pot to protect it; when it gets big and strong enough (and i have the time to clear more grass out front) into the weed specimen garden it will go!21°C / 69°F -
02 Apr 2009parsley Transplanted
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date is a guess; it’s been happy out there, though.22°C / 72°F -
02 Mar 2009jade babies Potting Up
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There was a pretty pot and a spot for a plant such as this in megan’s bathroom, so on it moves.21°C / 69°F -
07 Feb 2009Lamb's quarters and Firepit ring garden
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i’m hoping more appears. no sign of it yet.Cloudy 11°C / 51°F
