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Today’s mail hit the table with a thud, and there it was amidst the Christmas sale fliers, bills and donation requests: the first vegetable seed catalog of the season. Now this may seem like a pretty banal event to most … Continue reading
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To the Pacific Northwest home or community gardener, few phrases strike terror to the heart like ‘Tomato Blight’. After all, to get ripe tomatoes in our climate one must nurture tomato plants through the early season as intensively as newborns, … Continue reading
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In his book ‘The Botany of Desire’, Michael Pollan puts forward the most intriguing premise that plants have shaped the path of development of human societies to their advantage as much as humans have shaped the evolution of plants. This idea hits home as I … Continue reading
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Though June’s weather has been typically drippy and cool, with the help of remay and lots of positive thinking the Talbert garden is progressing very nicely! I thought that all of you who followed my early posts (“A Hopeful Time”) might … Continue reading
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OK, many of you might consider potatoes to be a mundane, cheap staple food, russets in a bag from the grocery store – why waste precious garden space growing the humble spud? It’s because a home-grown potato is not only … Continue reading
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Ananas Noire: 80 days, indeterminate. “A.K.A. Black Pineapple tomato. The name of this Belgian tomato, introduced by Pascal Moreau in 2005, is French for black pineapple. Large, sprawling, regular leaf plant that yields heavy crop of 1 to 1 1/2 lb., round, … Continue reading
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Gardening is one of the most profound expressions of faith in the universe! You toil to break the clods, you lovingly nurture your starter plants and tuck in your little seeds, then you wait and hope! Plus, around here, all … Continue reading
