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my dad sent these to me - tinks! i want my old plants here! i am lonely plant-wise, bean-wise, but not chunk-wise. i cant grow much here, even the cilantro is limp. my one lemon balm seedling also died, a new one popped up, but i dont know if anything can grow on the lanai - it doesnt get enough sun, it gets all wind, the ti plant looks thrashed ( Read more... )

well it's been 3 weeks since i last posted, and i've been a busy bee: harvesting snap peas,tearing out snap peas, replanting the community garden plot with squash, radish, flowers, throwing seeds into any usable container and protecting them from hungry snails, going on garden tours, working at the master gardener hotline, teaching gardening to ( Read more... )

well it's been a while since the last garden update. the most exciting event has been seeing the buds on the daffodils; i just noticed them yesterday. a couple weeks ago i launched a "daffodil recovery project" to excavate some of the areas where i thought bulbs should be growing. i found a few green tips and so dug the soil away from them so ( Read more... )

I am taking a study break from the Master Gardener text - I have already learned a lot about soil structure and fertility, and I look forward to a conversation with Mr. Fan at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas (hopefully in November). After interacting with Humboldt State University students and graduates at the farm last weekend, an idea took root ( Read more... )