I was feeling a bit miserable this morning, so I went searching for some colour in the garden:
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What a wonderful garden 
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The zoomed-out view is a bit of a mess at the moment because I have “left it for the wildlife”, as my aunt puts it (AKA not tidied up any of the dead plants for the winter). I am very pleased with the heather though; it’s recovered well from an ill-advised pruning a couple of years ago.
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Today’s excitement is the arrival of the greenhouse I ordered 6 months ago:
Not the best location, admittedly, but we have a very small garden.
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Oh now that is a sweet size 
I recently saw one that was on wheels and could be converted into a small one person “writer’s room”
Am definitely considering doing more veggie planting when I get to have that bigger garden after the renovations are done.
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Veggie gardening is great 
I’m planning to plant more perennial veg this year, to save me effort in the long run! I’ve got some walking onions overwintering in the conservatory to plant out in the spring.
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I prefer my vegetables sessile, thank you very much.
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Was that a single plant? I heard potatoes were easy? Or is this because of winter?
I think it was 8 plants. To be fair, I just planted the seed potatoes and left them - this is what complete neglect produces 
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Some evidence of the approaching spring
I’ve also sown my first seeds of the year: chillies, sweet peppers and luffas in the heated propagator.
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I’ve got Pohutukawa started in my mini greenhouse, been 10 days or so… no signs of life yet. I’ve significantly dampened the soil (think it was too dry) - not soil, bu seed starting mix (that I hate, doesn’t absorb water at all well, but whatever). I’ve got it on a heater, the soil is warm, hopefully with the added moisture the seeds will kick off.
I"m also trying to grow manuka in addition to the rest of my list
Get Stuffed & Japanese Trifele & Black Cherry & Riesenstraube & Yellow Currant Tomatos
Oxlip Cowslip Primrose
Hellebore
Alexanders
Angelica
Chervil
Caraway
Cumin
Beebalm
lovage
Upland Cress
black hollyhock
Salad Burnet
Strawberry Spinach
Ramsons & wild leeks
Fenugreek
Heartsease
Radio Calendula.
Purple de Milpe Tomatillos.
Hardy herbs will go in the front garden to continue packing it out. Much of the rest will go in beds in the back (which still gets a crap ton of sun over the house, despite facing north- we’re 43 and a bit degrees north). Front yard faces south, mostly. I put hardy herbs there and it’s my main herb garden.
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To my great shock, I seem to have managed to get 3 pohutukawa seeds to germinate. (The photo shows the first one).
They’re incredibly wee, I have no idea how long they’ll take before they can be moved into little pots and planted on (some months,I understand). But… holy crap.
I may well be the first person in Canada to grow Pohutukawa from seed.
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That’s super exciting! 
I had some new arrivals for the garden yesterday:
Two honeyberry plants (a kind of edible honeysuckle)
And something to satisfy my nerdery:
There were also some rhubarb crowns, which currently just look like sticks in dirt 
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I’m very impressed by that kit
Snowed last night here in Georgetown but in my basement greenhouse my tomatos seem to be doing well under the grow lamps. Another few weeks and I’ll put them in dissolvable pots and out them outside in a clear plastic container - cold frame substitute.
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I should mention I’m growing 6 different varieties, I’ll only be keeping one of each. They are
Yellow currant
Riesenstraube
Black cherry
Yellow zebra
Japanese black trifele
Get stuffed (a hollow variety)
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