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Planted: kale and potatoes
This is a “here is everything I did this week, I deserve a gold star” posts. Weeding. On Thursday, my brain was full from work, so I spent an hour pulling weeds from the three central beds in the front … Continue reading
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Doing the potato dance.
1. Respond to unexpected arrival of Canada Post courier by accepting a mysterious mid-sized brown box. 2. Place box on kitchen counter, and open to find a smaller brown box inside containing the forgotten back-ordered bean and squash seeds along … Continue reading
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No space for high maintenance plants (or people).
Another cold rainy Sunday, the perfect day for a date at Southlands Nursery. I managed to find double tuberose bulbs (sold out last time) and the Man selected more ferns and a funky shrubby evergreen. We found a replacement for … Continue reading
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Planted: peas, radishes, arugula, spinach and parsley.
Planted all the “cold-weather” veggies today, including Sugar Lace snap peas, spinach (space), arugula, radishes (easter egg blend and french breakfast) and parsley (hardy Italian and curly moss). I soaked the peas for about an hour in water until they … Continue reading
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