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Garden log 3/14/24

Garden log 3/14/24. Hm — I’m not sure if this was the right choice or not. I ordered some tiny starter plants on Etsy for the first time, and this creeping phlox was so happy under my grow lights, it burst into full bloom a few days ago. We’re mostly having warm temps, although there’s […]

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Remember that plant ID apps sometimes get it wrong.

Remember that plant ID apps sometimes get it wrong — my phone thinks that first pic is lily-of-the-valley, but it is very wrong — that’s puschkinia (aka striped squill), a spring ephemeral. Lily-of-the-valley typically blooms around Mother’s Day for us; I expect it’ll be earlier this year, but not for another month still. Easy to

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Garden Log 3/7/24

Nice day today, worked on the hellebores. Usually, I’d do this in early April, but this weather. I’d ordered some new hellebores from Etsy, and they seem nice and healthy. Some are definitely bigger than others, but they all seem fine, from HostaKing (search for ‘Lenten rose’): https://www.etsy.com/shop/HostaKing I also dug up and moved a

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Garden Log 3/6/24

Potted on my little tomato seedlings — remember when you replant tomatoes, bury the stems up to the first set of leaves. Tomatoes are wacky — they’ll develop new roots all up the buried stems, making for a bigger, stronger plant. I have SO many tomatoes. And I ordered more from the Tomato Lady. In

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Garden Log 3/4/24

Two days of 75F weather have defeated me, and I have given up and planted my Trader Joe’s hellebores, knowing it means I’m now committed to checking and watering them as needed. I plant these in pots for now, and at some point, when I want something else there or when they’re done blooming, I’ll

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