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Out in the yard
For the past few days now, it has been nice enough for me to get outside with my shovel! I got to dig out a new bed (only three more to go) and get some weeding done. The only thing we have blooming right now are hyacinths, the anemone and primros...

Finally outside!!
The weather finally cooperated (for a couple of days) and I was able to get outside and dig some things up! And put some things in. I finally got our peony bed dug out (and planted some Swiss Chard, beets, cilantro and dill among the peonies that wer...

Seeds. . .
So it's actually kind of sad. . .my first round of hot weather seeds failed (cayenne, sun gold tomatoes, and green zebra tomatoes). IF they came up, I killed them. And what's worse, I did it with the peas and lemon cukes, too. Transplanted those guys...

Will this rain ever go away?
Cabin fever is setting in. . .too much rain when all I want to do is dig in my gosh darned garden! I just got home after about a week long stint of work (lots of overnights this week) and was super excited to start digging and direct sowing some s...

Clippings
This weekend, I ventured out to a new craigslist friend in Bothell that hooked me up with some really cool plants. I planted most of them (just one lemon balm left!) but I'll get to those when I update about outside. The point of this post is about c...