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15 Mar 2009Repotted Agastache 'Apricot Sprite' Repotted and Balcony gardenRepotted as am ditching the giant tomato bins. I’m surprised (and pleased) this little guy is still kicking! It’s suffered a lot of abuse.Partly Sunny 14°C / 58°F
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11 Mar 2009F for Fail, or, Anyone Want Some Seeds? 1 4Keeping up with happenings, that is. Nothing new has died on the balcony, but precious little has been planted. After January (gorgeous and warm) came February (torrentially rainy and cold). February was kind of miserable, actually. And now March has been so-so, off to an ok start but alarmingly ...Sunny 8°C / 47°F
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03 Feb 2009February Parsley 5 3 Parsley 'Extra Curled Dwarf' and Balcony gardenSunny 7°C / 44°F
Wow. This pot of parsley has been going strong for almost a year. People take heed: you need never buy parsley at the store again. It is the easiest plant to grow in a container. It survives lack of water and freezing temperatures. It is practically a weed.
Long live weeds.
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29 Jan 2009Finally! A Flower 1 Nasturtium Vine Flowering and Balcony gardenSunny 6°C / 43°F
Katxena’s nasturtium was also hardy. There were some losses, but the remainder seem to be ok. Plus, it’s flowering for the very first time! Did it need that cold weather or something?
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29 Jan 2009Doing Just Fine 1 Blueberry 'Sunshine Blue' Budding and Balcony gardenSunny 6°C / 43°F
My blueberry is one of the lucky hardy ones! It survived the freeze and has started to bud out… maybe it will set fruit this year…? I think it is 3 years old now.
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28 Jan 2009Back 2 6Three months! Ack! It’s been three months almost since I last posted! Things here have been generally cold, and wet (except for that heatwave in the beginning of January – bliss). Almost everything on my balcony died due to lack of diligence and several nights of sub-freezing temperat...Sunny 4°C / 39°F
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01 Nov 2008I knew I waited too long to build that ark... 2Rain! Rain like we haven’t seen in, well, most likely six months. We did have rain the very first week of October, but it seemed highly unusual to have rain so early, and then there was nothing until yesterday, when the first of two “storms” pushed though. (Back East we only cal...Rainy 14°C / 58°F
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27 Oct 2008Winter Nasturtiums Nasturtium 'Tip Top Alaska' SproutingSunny 14°C / 57°F
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25 Oct 2008Second Time's a Charm Kale 'Russian Red' Sprouting and Balcony gardenSunny 22°C / 72°F
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25 Oct 2008Autumn Harvest 1 Strawberry Fruiting and Balcony gardenSunny 22°C / 72°F
The strawberries are flowering and setting fruit and the first few berries have just started to ripen…
Buzz buzz buzz!
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