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Starting, with seeds
I have been struggling with a distinct lack of gardening momentum. The weather finally kicked into gear and warmed up, and yet my garden plot sat, in the backyard, untidy and neglected. Sure, there’s...
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I am more compulsive in other areas of my life
Apparently, over the winter, someone decided to throw approximately 1,000 small twigs into my garden plot. It’s lucky that, although I definitely have areas in which I exhibit great symptoms of...
View ArticleA different kind of weeding
While Lauren and I were locked deep in conversation with a Victory Garden visitor (Well, let me be honest about this…said visitor was expounding on the lack of grocery stores in the Tenderloin and the...
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Friends don’t let friends use tape measures
Last weekend, Cameron and Anita were over at my house with some other people, and just after Cameron fixed me a very excellent Manhattan, I asked him about the raised beds they’d just installed in...
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From seed to seedlings
On Sunday afternoon, I returned to the scene of my planting back in December. Although I’d seen pictures that demonstrated actual seedling growth, I did have some trepidation, imagining the bed that I...
View ArticleFree lettuce seeds from Earthbound Farm
It’s not quite planting weather yet in most of the country, but in four to six weeks, it most certainly will be. And, thanks to a Twitter message from Dina of Nutritious Feast, I learned today that...
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A seedy admission
“You look awfully chipper today,” said one of my coworkers the morning after my lip-blistering experience with the padrón peppers. “I’m not sure why,” I said. “I’m just rarin’ to go!” She suggested...
View ArticleSeedlings, not seeds
One of the most gratifying things about putting out the word that a patio garden is in the offing has been the offer of seeds from friends near and a little bit far. Seed shopping? Nope. Don’t need to....
View ArticleSmelly seedlings? That’s no insult…
Earlier today, at the very beginning of our monthly staff meeting at work, my coworker Pilar leaned over and murmured, “Your tomato seedlings smell.” Anyone listening carefully might have considered...
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Instant(ish) gratification gardening
At the moment, I am not in possession of large amounts of free time. We’re still unpacking (slowly) our new place. We’re in a particularly high-gear phase of wedding planning. Plus, it’s a busy time of...
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