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Continue reading →: Jerusalem ArtichokesSo when I was in the garden centre treating myself to a Venus fly trap growing kit, I also treated myself to these Jerusalem Artichoke tubers! I’ve wanted to try them for the last few years, and this year will finally be the year. (As long as everything goes right of…
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Continue reading →: Venus Fly TrapDid you know that Venus Fly Traps originate in the swamps and bogs of North Carolina and South Carolina? Because I didn’t. I honestly thought they were rainforest plants. Yesterday, I stopped at the garden centre on my way home from an appointment in the city, and rewarded myself for being…
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Continue reading →: Tomatoes 2016 – Part 3I feel behind on my tomato seedlings this year. I think the combination of having started later (to try and prevent my usual tomato forest) and the ridiculously nice Spring we have been having so far is what is making me feel this way. Either way, Everything will get going…
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Continue reading →: March 2016 UpdateThings are starting to pick up garden wise now. Our weather has been pretty glorious this month. A few little snow falls, but nothing that has really stuck around. It has been a nice change from a few years ago when it was -30 (Celsius) for nearly the whole month…
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Continue reading →: Flowers for 2016 (so far)I have decided to put some honest effort into growing more flowers this year. Bees and Butterflies and other friendly bugs should be happy! Apart from the bedding plants that I usually buy every year, I already have a few trusty perennials in the yard: 2 colours of Delphinium, a…
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