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Tasha: Chicago, USA

Bio: Leaving corporate America behind, Tasha now works as a freelance consultant/editor/researcher and is just happy to make enough money to keep her spoiled dog Hudson in pig ears and to fund her seedstarting obsession. In addition to gardening, Tasha enjoys playing ice hockey and knocking around big guys twice her size. Trying to keep Hudson, a Doberman with a big appetite, from using the garden as his own personal salad bar pretty much occupies the rest of her free time.

Email: thedirt@yougrowgirl.com

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The Problem with Seedlings

Uh oh, now I worry that I’ll be giving them a complex. “Problem children? She’s calling us PROBLEMS?? Oh, we’ll show HER problems….grumble…” Oh yes, the seedlings have minds of their own, have no doubt about that. And there’s the crux of the matter….the seedlings are a hard
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Tasha : March 13th, 2006 : 6 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Seeds, Fruit

Seedlings’ Big Day!

There comes a time in every seedling’s life when it must leave the safety of the nest for the cold, harsh world outside. Now, I’ve been reluctant to get to this point, having been sufficiently scarred from last year’s fiasco, where monsoon rains rolled in EVERY TIME I
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Tasha : May 10th, 2005 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Journal, Veggies

I’m in love, I’m in love!

I’m sure some of you know that feeling, when you just can’t pull your eyes away, and you feel the constant need to touch and stroke and caress. Marveling at the beauty and perfection that belongs to you and only you, that needs you as much as you
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Tasha : April 28th, 2005 : 7 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Info, Seeds

An Ode to Tigerella

I was going to title this “Stupid Evil Dumbass Bastards at the Gate,”(SEDBAGs for short) in honor of the Cucumber Killers next door who have taken to hacking off parts of my tomato plants with a vengeance if they deign to stray from their caged/staked confines for even
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Tasha : August 9th, 2004 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Veggies

Barbarians at the Gate

Well, it’s been a trying few days here in GardenLand. I now realize just how fortunate I was to have wonderful neighbors for the past 3 years, after I bought this place and moved in. Not only did Ed and Kerri have a cute dog for Hudson to
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Tasha : June 30th, 2004 : 6 Comments
Posted in: Journal

The Seedlings Have Left the Building

...or rather, they've finally moved *away* from the building. For about 2 months now, I've had trays of seedlings against the back of my house, all in various stages of hardening off. First it was the tomatoes, and then when I finally got all of those planted and/or
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Tasha : June 18th, 2004 : 1 Comment
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Time to start building an arc

Hello, my name is Schleprock, and I have the amazing ability to effect major climatic shifts in the environment. All I have to do is decide to go nutty with tomato growing, start hundreds of plants from seed, nurture and coddle them until they're ready to go outside....and
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Tasha : June 10th, 2004 : 3 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Flowers, Veggies
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