Tag Archives: Gardening

Gardening, a beautiful distraction

Thursday, February 4, 2010 – 1:46 pm

I am having my pap this afternoon, as well as an IUD implanted. The first not being overly traumatic, the second, I’ve never had one before so I am a little nervous about having a copper tv antennae stuck in me for birth control (pardon the mental imagine…) More then anything though this will be [...]

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Seeds

Sunday, January 31, 2010 – 12:22 pm

(A sunflowers from last summer’s garden.)
I ordered my seeds from Seed Savers Exchange today. The order can be split into two categories, child and adult. I don’t think you are ever too young to play in the dirt! I’ve decided to build a 4×4 foot bed for Damian since he has shown an interest in [...]

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Planning

Wednesday, January 27, 2010 – 6:36 am

This year my main gardening focus is on successive sowing. I would like to have Spring, Summer and Autumn crops. This of course entails a lot of research on my part and what is becoming a small tidal wave of lists and chart.
While there are so many things that I would love to grow, I [...]

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Spring?

Tuesday, January 19, 2010 – 7:20 pm

The temperature rose all the way to 50°F yesterday! In January! In Spokane! And we have had above 40°F weather for well over a week now and forecast for the foreseeable future. My parsley has grown back! My grass is almost to a cutting length in some places! Trees are budding that should not be [...]

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Chrysanthemums

Wednesday, November 4, 2009 – 8:57 am

Michael brought these home for me the other day, orange chrysanthemums! I love the scarecrow head with the crow perched on him.
I really love mums but I have never had the greatest luck keeping them alive through the Winter. I heard if you get them earliest enough in the Autumn you can transplant them, but [...]

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