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Member since: Sep 07 | Years gardening: 7 Organic gardener

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09 Apr 2008
Sprouting Onion 'Ailsa Craig Exhibition' Sprouting and Starts for Spring garden
Late note.
Sunny 12°C / 53°F
09 Apr 2008
Basil Sprouting Basil 'Genovese' Sprouting

Sunny 12°C / 53°F
02 Apr 2008
Sprouting! Okra 'Clemson Spineless' Sprouting and Starts for Spring garden
In spite of the mold, 4 sprouts are up.
Cloudy -1°C / 30°F
31 Mar 2008
Moldy :( Starts for Spring garden
All of the flats are set up for sprouting, the big ones with tomatoes and fussy herbs are on a heat mat and the others surround those, picking up some radiated heat. The big trays are under locking plastic lids, while the others (onions, parsley, flowers) are under drapes of plastic wrap. This ...
Rainy 3°C / 37°F
29 Mar 2008
First Day Starts for Spring garden
Spent a few hours out in the garage today getting seeds into flats and pots. It was probably about 30 degrees, and I’m still chilled, but it feels good to know they’re going. It’s a week later than I started last year, which is good, as by the time they were planted last year ...
Sunny -3°C / 26°F
24 Mar 2008
New Gardening Bench
On Thursday I got the garage all re-organized, my gardening things sorted and the tools hung on the new wall. Today, darling husband Dave built me (in two hours!) a new potting bench. It’s all scrap lumber, though there was nothing broad enough to make the shelf I wanted, and fits perfect...
Sunny -4°C / 25°F
20 Mar 2008
Early-Season Chores
It’s the first day of spring, and what was forecast to be rain is icy blowing snow. Blech. Nonetheless, I’ll be celebrating the season by getting some gardening chores underway— in particular, by trying to organize my messy garage. After spending last season trying daily not ...
10 Feb 2008
First Gardening of 2008
This year, the first work on the garden was digital— I’ve just finished sorting through my seed stash and entering everything into myfolia’s stash organizer. Next, I’ll figure out which I want to swap and what I want to buy this year… probably no seed starting for ...
Snow -8°C / 18°F