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Next gen, vegetable style

On September 6, 2013November 8, 2013 By AlissaIn Basil, Chatting, Flowers, TomatoesLeave a comment

In my third garden bed where I planted lettuce, basil and tomatoes, the tiny plants that have sprouted look suspiciously like marigolds, pak choy and sunflowers. I first planted pak choy years ago, my first year gardening, and it did really well. We had a lot of stir fries that year. The pak choy blossomed …

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Tropic tomatoes

On August 28, 2013November 8, 2013 By AlissaIn TomatoesLeave a comment

As my one current flourishing crop, the tomatoes are getting a lot of gentle loving care at the moment (and occasional random green tomatoes pulled off, care of the toddler). The type that I am growing is Tropic, bought from Green Harvest seeds. This is probably my favourite type of tomato - a big call, …

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Felling the giant sunflower

On August 20, 2013November 8, 2013 By AlissaIn FlowersLeave a comment

We took down the giant sunflower to make way for other things to be planted in the bed (tomatoes, carrots, basil and lettuce). Once it was down, we could finally measure it properly. Before we were measuring by standing next to it, sticking our hands in the air, and trying to see how much distance …

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3.2 metres

On July 21, 2013November 8, 2013 By AlissaIn Flowers2 Comments

That's how tall my very tall sunflower is. It's getting a bit of a lean from all the flowers on it. The seed company I got the seeds from said it should grow between 1.8 and 2.4 metres tall, so it's quite an overachiever.

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