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Garden Happenings

Jun 10, '06 – 12:06 pm

Exciting things on the garden front! After a couple weeks of a finding only one or two strawberry du jour ripe and ready for consumption (usually by me), the little strawberry patch has finally come into its own. This morning I picked enough strawberries to generously top two bowls of cereal. We have different varieties [...]

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Spinach Round Two and Fortex Found

Jun 4, '06 – 8:28 pm

C’s Bamboo Bean Trellis I harvested the spinach that C planted in early May (it was ready to bolt) and replaced it with a summer-lovin’ (“…had me a bla-a-a-ast…”) strain from New Zealand, “Correnta Hybrid” (Territorial Seed). This is our first attempt growing this type of spinach. It doesn’t *quite* get full sun, as it [...]

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byCycle Online Trip Planner

May 27, '06 – 12:34 pm

I’ve often thought, “Wouldn’t it be great if there was a MapQuest for bike routes?” Turns out there is! I came across this link to the byCycle Trip Planner on the Sellwood Cycle Repair website. The Planner is still very much under development, but I have great hopes for this tool. As of now, it [...]

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Late Spring Plantings

May 20, '06 – 7:45 pm

C and I were inspired last weekend by the unseasonably summery weather and planted a raft of summer vegetable and herb starts: Early Cascade Tomato Black Krim Tomato Yellow Currant Tomato Yellow Crookneck Zucchini Black Beauty Eggplant “Asian” Eggplant (I forget the name, darnit) Spicy Veronese Basil Sweet Genoa Basil French Thyme We have had [...]

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