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19 Apr 2009Roll Call Part 2: Now We're Cooking with Gas 1 Covert garden , Rudbeckia Sprouting, Large Gold Coreopsis Sprouting, Alaska Shasta Daisy Sprouting, and Bla...Add to the roll call: 1, 1, 3, 6, 6, 8, 11 1. Rudbeckia 3. Salmon Yarrow (#2) 6. Large Gold Coreopsis 8. Alaska Shasta Daisy 11. Black-Eyed Susan Almost half of the containers have now sprouted. Not bad!Sunny 15°C / 59°F
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17 Apr 2009Roll Call 1 Salmon Yarrow Sprouting, Shasta Daisy Sprouting, Mexican Hat Sprouting, and Lemon Gem Marigold SproutingThe first few days after I planted all the seeds for CG I accidentally left them outside all night. After the second night I brought then indoors and put them on top of the fridge. After the fourth night I got smart and covered them with a bit of plastic wrap to keep the environment more humid an...Sunny 12°C / 53°F
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16 Apr 2009Hallelullah! 1 2 Hot Pepper 'Long Purple Cayenne' Sprouting and Balcony gardenJust when I was beginning to think there was something wrong with my potting soil…Sunny 21°C / 69°F
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13 Apr 2009Good News.... 2Sunny 18°C / 64°F
… and not so good news.
I performed the rest of the soil tests this morning, and guess what I found?
Phosphorus – looks good, probably in the “Sufficient” range
Potassium – even better, I’m guessing “Surplus”
Nitrogen – nada
Huh? That’s ...
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13 Apr 2009Moving Day... 1 The Worm Hotel gardenSunny 10°C / 50°F
… was Saturday.
I can’t believe I forgot.
:)
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12 Apr 2009Sweet Pea Booster 2 Balcony garden , Sweet Pea 'Pastel Sunset' Sprouting, Sweet Pea 'Little Sweetheart' Sown, and Sweet Pea 'Vi...Sunny 12°C / 54°F
Only three sweet peas had made an appearance as of a few days ago, with one more poking it’s head above the soil between then and now. But I started to despair that most of the sweet pea seeds from gardenpunk weren’t going to germinate. I thought that maybe I had planted them out too ...
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02 Apr 2009Stirring Behind the Building gardenThere’s sign of green things growing Behind the Building. Could be the wildflower seeds beginning to sprout, or it could be more weeds – hard to say until they get a bit bigger. In the meantime I’ll pull the few things I know are weeds.Sunny 12°C / 54°F
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01 Apr 2009Not An April Fool! 2 Balcony gardenSunny 12°C / 54°F
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29 Mar 2009Browns and Greens 2 The Worm Hotel gardenSo as I mentioned on the main “garden” page for the Worm Hotel, I have my Worm Factory but as of yet no worms for it. Bay Worms estimates that they will have some worms available for me in a few weeks. In the meantime, they recommended to “start your compost of browns and greens...Sunny 18°C / 65°F
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29 Mar 2009Back on Track 2 2 Covert gardenSunny 15°C / 59°F
I’ve finally paid some attention to the Covert Garden after an entire winter of non-activity. Despite my best intentions I never did order the cover crop, and after 3 months of rain the roadside is a tangle of non-native grasses, leaves, and baby thistle. I definitely want to get that thist...
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