Purple Plum Radishes
I harvested my first batch of 'Purple Plum' radishes this evening from the rooftop garden. I'm growing them in an old wine crate alongside greens.
Unfortunately, I can't remember exactly 
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I harvested my first batch of 'Purple Plum' radishes this evening from the rooftop garden. I'm growing them in an old wine crate alongside greens.
Unfortunately, I can't remember exactly A Tale of Two Lettuces
Two sets of lettuce seeds sown at the same time; the first grown under a plastic take-out container "cloche", the second grown without.
With Cloche
Without Cloche
Here it is with the cloche
With Cloche
Without Cloche
Here it is with the cloche Garden update
We managed to upgrade our plot this year! Last year we had one along the evil bottom row, which has trees along the south side (ie. less sun), and is at the bottom of the slope (ie. really damp). We lucked out and got one along
They Were Right
"Invasive" does, in fact mean, well, "invasive". I'm always curious when I buy a new plant labelled as invasive, just how invasive can it be, really? That one little starter plant can't really get to be that big in one season, can it?
Besides the usual mints,
Perennial Delight
I survived the UBC Botanical Gardens Perinneal Plant Sale and have lived to tell the tale. It could not possibly have been a lovelier day for it, and I had a fabulous time even if I did end up leaving with only half of the things on my
Richter’s 2006
The mere mention of the word "Richter's" to my step-mom, Heather, this afternoon meant we were going on a short road trip!
It took about a half hour for us to get there, but man was it worth it. Imagine all the plants Richter's brings to Canada Blooms
Musings on Plants
Today I was eyeing the plants at my grocery store. We all know not to ever expect much from the grocery store plants, as they're usually completely neglected, dry, and limp looking if not half (or totally) dead. However, the grocery store plants are the closest
Eating violets
Yesterday morning you would have found me sitting in my little front yard with a bowl and a pair of scissors. The 9 year olds riding their bikes up and down the street looked at me oddly, as I sat and one by one picked violets.
Lilac Season
Sometime around last weekend the lilac in my backyard burst into bloom. Since then we've been enjoying stunning cut blooms and scent in the house. As I was bringing the cuttings into the house, I was reminded of last year around this time when I made my partner
Hide and Seek
Over the past few weeks, while I've been only half paying attention, my backyard flowerbeds have been totally taken over by bluebells. At first I was fairly pleased to see them full up with lovely green lush growth; however, slowly (but definitely surely) they have become totally overtaken
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