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Kind of astonishing that a high school junior got to do this, actually.

Kavi’s home again after her bio research club’s presentation at MIT — it was a one-day trip, and they got in late last night. We’re proud of her hard work, of course, and Kavi said it went well. She’s currently thinking pre-med, so this was a great opportunity to see what it’s like to do

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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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