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I’m getting kind of tired taking the seedlings outside for some sun and air. So last night I set up some grow lights hooked to a timer down in the basement for two of the seedling flats.
Upon closer inspection of the flats it seems that some of the flower seedlings (F4) are starting to wilt [...]

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A while back I was watching America’s Test Kitchen, and one of the recipes they made on the episode was for extra fluffy mashed potatoes. What I thought was interesting about the recipe was that instead of boiling the potatoes like you normally would. They ended up steaming the potatoes using a metal colander in [...]

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Soaking in the rays.

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I took a quick stroll by the hop rhizomes today after bringing in all the seedling flats from having some time in the sun. And we have got some hop bud activity, a lot on the Centennial and only one bud on the Goldings.
Yeah it’s still very early in the season. But since this is [...]

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Growing and growing, with the beans and cucumbers doing the best.

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I started most of the seeds on the March 18th, and this is what has been coming up so far. The cucumbers and peas seem to be doing the best. While the flowers don’t seem to be doing much at this point.

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The last couple of years, I’ve been getting my all my plants (flowers, herbs, vegetables, etc.) from a local greenhouse down the road from my house.Well I’ve come to the realization, that I’m at the mercy of the greenhouse, and whatever they grow. So if the greenhouse doesn’t grow it, I’m left to buy whatever [...]

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I had this whole idea a while back of what to do with this blog. But since it never materialized. I’m going to go in a totally different direction, and use this blog to post all my gardening stuff and cooking experiments instead. Enjoy.

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