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Seedy Saturdays

It is no secret that Seedy Saturday is by far my very favourite gardening event of the year. It's a great way to trade and purchase local, organic and heirloom seeds and support small gardening and seed suppliers. It is also a turning point in
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Gayla : February 19th, 2007 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Seasonal, Link, Seeds

Seed Catalogues MIA

I had intended to write a post about seed catalogue arrivals and all of the exciting new things I want to try this year but so far only two catalogues have arrived (one of which I didn't even order!) with rest of the usual suspects seemingly missing-in-action.
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Gayla : February 9th, 2007 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Link, Seeds, Deep Thoughts

Grow-op Set-up

There have been some whispers in the Forums about starting seeds already. Some of the members of You Grow Girl live in areas where it's already the season for growing. Here in Southern Ontario, though, we're still experiencing snow and wind chill warnings. I've
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Amy : February 6th, 2007 : 11 Comments
Posted in: Seasonal, Seeds, Propagation

Catalogue Pressure

I gave into a seed catalogue yesterday. It was about time, really, with all the spring-like weather we've been facing. I'd been scanning catalogues bit by bit, but the bad graphics usually turn me off, and ones with stock images don't get a
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Renee : January 19th, 2007 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Veggies, Link, Seeds, Stuff, Winter

Winter Growth

The weather has been remarkably warm this winter, so far here in Ontario. Today I was out in the back yard for a few minutes. I just wanted to get some fresh air and it was sunny out and the yard is still fairly green.
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Amy : January 13th, 2007 : 2 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Herbs, Seasonal, Seeds, Propagation

Where to Get Dandelion Seeds

I posted back in October about my new-found culinary interest in dandelion greens and a few of you have been writing to ask where I got the seeds. In my case the dandelions have been coming up all on their own in my commuity garden.
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Gayla : January 4th, 2007 : 6 Comments
Posted in: Herbs, Link, Seeds, Food

Reflections on Where I Am

Since moving to Nelson I've discovered many things, not only about small towns, but also just about living in a climate that is pretty much smack dab in the middle of where I grew up, and where I've been living the past five years. I also have no land.
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Kelly : November 22nd, 2006 : 5 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Herbs, Places, Seasonal, Containers, Seeds, Propagation

The Eggling Experience: Update 1

Germination has taken place in both the Eggling and the Real Egg. The Real Egg showed a few sprouts about 6 hours before the Eggling. Sorry about the lack of photo to accompany this update however both seedlings are microscopic in size and I don't have a
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Gayla : November 9th, 2006 : 4 Comments
Posted in: Journal, Seeds, Stuff

Eggling versus Real Egg: Fight

eggling1.jpg While setting up my "Eggling Experience" I thought it would fall more into the spirit of the much loved but long forgotten "The Lab" section of this site if I were to make this into an Eggling versus Real Egg experiment.
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Gayla : November 7th, 2006 : 8 Comments
Posted in: Projects, Link, Seeds, Stuff

Pinto Success!

pinto beans I have made much of my project to grow some genuine protein in my garden in the form of some humble pinto beans here at The Dirt and so it is with glowing pride that I come here to share
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Emira : October 8th, 2006 : 1 Comment
Posted in: Journal, Veggies, Link, Seeds, Food
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