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Growing in Gardner

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Tag: kitchen garden

“If your plan is for one year, plant rice.

If your plan is for ten years, plant trees.

If your plan is for one hundred years, educate children.”

—Confucius

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What is your plan?

Quote• Posted on June 24, 2021June 23, 2021 by Lily
A close up of our northern highbush blueberry
Posted in Behind the Scenes, Bookworming, Conservation, Plants

Wild Wednesdays: Northern highbush blueberry

Posted on March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 by Lily

Welcome to the first installment of Wild Wednesdays! This week I’ll be sharing info I’ve learned about the Northern highbush blueberry Vaccinium corymbosum.  It’s the first berry plant we bought for our garden back in 2017. Continue reading “Wild Wednesdays: Northern highbush blueberry” →

Garden Growth–May 24, 2020

Not as productive a day as I had hoped, but productive nonetheless! Continue reading “Garden Growth–May 24, 2020” →

Status• Posted on May 24, 2020 by Lily

Garden Growth–19 May 2020

Although I have put some time in cleanup around the garden of late, today was the first day I really put in more than an hour at one go and it looked like there was a discernible difference.

From old seeds or sets?
I cannot remember fall planting onions as we did garlic. Yet…we already have onions!

Continue reading “Garden Growth–19 May 2020” →

Status• Posted on May 19, 2020 by Lily

You go, strawberries!

I saw this today, and it was a delight.

There are more (off camera) stretching beyond too.
I’ll show you, Burdock! I’ll just grow up between your big ol’ leaves to get my sun, thank you very much.

Continue reading “You go, strawberries!” →

Aside• Posted on May 14, 2020 by Lily
That bush you see on the property line had a baby hidden behind it.

May 13th, 2020–Office Window View

Image• Posted on May 13, 2020 by Lily
That poor wee concrete creature!

May 9th, 2020 (morning)–Office Window View

Image• Posted on May 9, 2020March 23, 2021 by Lily
Shadows in the backyard near 6pm.

May 7th, 2020–Office Window View

Image• Posted on May 7, 2020 by Lily
Early morning, natural light.

April 18th, 2020–Office Window View

Image• Posted on April 18, 2020 by Lily

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