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Peppers!

Between the increase in watering over the last few weeks and the cooler temps, the pepper plants have been going crazy.  I decided this morning that I really needed to bring the bigger peppers in before they started to ripen … Continue reading

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Two in Two

In two days we’ve gotten two sprouts.  Trust me when I say that in real life the sprouts are NOT blurry and smudgy but are really quite clear.  🙂  Only 129 more to sprout.

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Soil Blocks

I tried to make my own soil block recipe back here.  Germination rate was bad, the look of the blocks was bad, they were just… well bad.  I had it in my head that peat was bad and stinky, from … Continue reading

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Peppers with GB

I love my kids.  They drive me crazy at times, but even in those times, I love them. My youngest loves to go out to the garden with me.  He talks.  I garden.  He’s not real observant, so I have … Continue reading

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Bed 3 frustration and an update on other seedlings

Bed 3 has decided that it doesn’t want to germinate seeds quite as well as bed 1 or 2.  Hmmm… not sure why that is.  Part of that is broccoli.  So far the germination rate on both types of broccoli … Continue reading

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