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Thankful Friday

Posted in Thankful Thursdays, not about gardening, sewing, sprouts on February 27, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This week I’m thankful for 
*time with friends.  I’m definitely an introvert, but it is so good to have quality time with friends.  
*progress on my paper.  I have done a lot of work this week revamping my paper.  I had hoped to have it in a form to submit to our collaborators by the end [...]

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Seed planting 2009!

Posted in containers, cucumbers, garden planning, herbs, planting, seeds, tomatoes, winter on February 22, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Hurray!  The day finally came to plant seeds.  Yesterday I finally sat down and decided what I was going to plant where so that I could start enough seeds.  I think I finally have a plan:
3 pots with Early Girl tomatoes  (directly sow lettuce in this pot, later)
1 pot with Yellow Pear tomatoes (directly sow [...]

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A little taste of summer in February

Posted in herbs, recipes, winter on February 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Last night I got out some of the pesto that I made from our basil last fall.  (I just used the Better Homes and Gardens cookbook’s recipe for pesto.  I froze the batches  in small containers (it freezes beautifully) and I just let it thaw overnight in the fridge when I know that I’m going [...]

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Thankful Thursday

Posted in Thankful Thursdays, not about gardening on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m thankful for the fun stuff I’ve been able to do recently– have a fabulous low-key “Valentine’s” celebration with Husband, participate in a fun student-member dinner with others from our church, find great deals at the outlets (yeah <$3 skirt!).  And I’m looking forward to some upcoming fun times with friends, too.
I am also thankful [...]

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Eggshells

Posted in container garden research, fertilizing on February 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »

I’m not very good at following through with planning ahead for the garden.  I get really excited about it all, but I don’t do any planting research enough ahead of time and when I get to the planting part, there are things I find out that I would have liked to have done.  This year, [...]

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Thankful Thursday

Posted in Thankful Thursdays on February 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m thankful this week for the productivity I’ve had at home.  It’s nice to at least be able to check home stuff off the list, even when the work stuff isn’t getting checked off so quickly.  I did *a lot* of baking and cooking last weekend, as well as quite a bit of sewing (more [...]

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Thankful Thursday

Posted in Thankful Thursdays, not about gardening on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I just (like, minutes ago) submitted my postdoc application.  I am so thankful for this opportunity that fits all the criteria for an interesting, local, etc. job.  It has definitely been a learning experience to apply.  Even if I don’t end up with an offer, I am glad to have had this opportunity.  Plus, the [...]

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I want to do it right this time…

Posted in garden planning, planting, seeds on February 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Last year, I started my seeds *WAY* late.  This year, I want to get it right!  I’ve marked back from the last-frost-date the number of weeks on each of the different seed packets.  Is it bad to start them too early?  I’d love some feedback from some more experienced gardeners out there, if you read [...]

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Not about gardening

Posted in not about gardening, sewing, winter on February 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Here we are again, wallowing in the throes of winter, and therefore there is not much to say about the garden, which is covered with a couple inches of snow on our balcony.  I’ve got my seed planting dates marked on the calendar and I’m saving up eggshells (more about that in another post, I [...]

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