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Hortus Urbanus: LGP Symposium
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Thursday, October 27, 2011. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Please contact me at epistulaehorti@gmail.com. View my complete profile. What's this blog all about? Mis) Adventures in Urban Gardening. Alan Jolliffe-The Art and Science of Gardening. Joel the Urban Gardener. Life Out of Doors. New York Plants and Other Stuff. Out From Under My Hat. Flower and Garden Show. Putting Gardens to Bed.
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Hortus Urbanus: Seattle Tilth's Edible Plant Sale!
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Saturday, May 1, 2010. Seattle Tilth's Edible Plant Sale! 70,000 edible starts for sale! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Want to Get Your Hands Dirty? Seattle Tilths Edible Plant Sale! Please contact me at epistulaehorti@gmail.com. View my complete profile. What's this blog all about? Mis) Adventures in Urban Gardening. Alan Jolliffe-The Art and Science of Gardening. Joel the Urban Gardener. Life Out of Doors. New York Plants and Other Stuff. Out From Under My Hat. Flower and Garden Show.
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Hortus Urbanus: October 2011
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Thursday, October 27, 2011. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Please contact me at epistulaehorti@gmail.com. View my complete profile. What's this blog all about? Mis) Adventures in Urban Gardening. Alan Jolliffe-The Art and Science of Gardening. Joel the Urban Gardener. Life Out of Doors. New York Plants and Other Stuff. Out From Under My Hat. Flower and Garden Show. Putting Gardens to Bed.
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Hortus Urbanus: Philly worms
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010. After a breif haitus (packing, moving, unpacking and starting a new job! I am ready to continue documenting my exploration of the. Starting first inside my new urban home: it's time to try making our own worm compost. Step 1: The Materials (outside). It took only a few hours to complete and looks nice enough to keep under the kitchen table! Step 2: The Materials (inside). Step 3: The food. Step 4: What I plan on adding (and you might want to add):. View my complete profile.
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Hortus Urbanus: October 2010
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010. I was lucky to inherit a community garden plot for one year (July to June, an odd growing season but I'll take what I can get! Plot as inherited: remnants of a mostly bolted veggie garden used for summer camp activities in mid-June. Then August happened. So hot and humid that after a few weeks of neglect, the weeds had taken over. September: gettin' in gear:. Bed 1: mesculin lettuce and kale. Bed 2: carrots and radishes and green onions. And we're on our way! Life Out of Doors.
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Hortus Urbanus: Garden Plot
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Wednesday, October 6, 2010. I was lucky to inherit a community garden plot for one year (July to June, an odd growing season but I'll take what I can get! Plot as inherited: remnants of a mostly bolted veggie garden used for summer camp activities in mid-June. Then August happened. So hot and humid that after a few weeks of neglect, the weeds had taken over. September: gettin' in gear:. Bed 1: mesculin lettuce and kale. Bed 2: carrots and radishes and green onions. And we're on our way! Life Out of Doors.
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Hortus Urbanus: May Blooms
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Sunday, May 16, 2010. Ceanothus is an evergreen shrub or small tree with many clusters of small blue flower clumps in spring and summer. Bees swarm to the bright flowers in early May. Spring is a good time to trim out any deadwood in the plant. Helianthemum (also called Rock rose, Sun rose or Sun flower- as its Greek name translates) is a bright spring and summer flowering plant in the Cistaceae family that does well in rock gardens and in full sun. Photinia was featured in April Blooms. Kniphofia, commo...
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Hortus Urbanus: April Blooms
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Monday, April 12, 2010. It has been a long winter and a blustery early spring in the Northwest but flowers continue to pop up all around the city. Daffodils are starting to close and fade and but these new blooms are next in line. Iberis sempervirens, also called "candytuft" is an evergreen subshrub (low to the ground) that produces a blanket of bright white flowers in April and May. Iberis sempervirens is a perennial in the brassicaceae family (along with cabbage, broccoli and kale). The evergreen berge...
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Hortus Urbanus: December 2009
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Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Now that most of the perennials are cut back in my neighborhood, the exposed soil is gleaming with new questions. What is soil? What's it made of? Why does it matter? I set out to answer these questions and, to avoid a total surrender to science, I've added some local winter garden pictures from around the city. The word soil is originally derived from the Latin. Meaning cultivated soil or the topmost layer of earth Oxford Latin Dictionary 4). Minerals (sand, silt, clay). There...
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Hortus Urbanus: October 2009
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Wednesday, October 28, 2009. Neighborhood Walk: Find out what's in season, what's in bloom and what is ready to be harvested. For vegetables, this information is found most readily at farmers' markets, grocery stores and community gardens. I did some exploring and researching and here is what I have found:. Squash comes from the genus. Beets are a biennial member of the. Chard is another member of the. Saturday, October 24, 2009. Project 1 "Getting to Know the Natives". Project 1: Neighborhood Walk.
