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June 11, 2011 By Candace Godwin Leave a Comment

I love basil.  Its heady, sweet smell is an instant reminder of summer, warm sunshine and tomatoes.  During the winter months I purchase living basil (hydroponic) and come early March, it’s the first seeds that I start. Unfortunately, for the second year in a row, the beautiful flat of basil which I started and nurtured during the cold, wet spring has succumbed to just that…
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June 10, 2011 By Candace Godwin Leave a Comment

It’s time for the Friends of Manito Spring Plant Sale at the Manito Gardens in Spokane, WA., this Saturday, June 11 from 10 am to 4 pm.   This is a fabulous sale for plants (just download the 19 page list to see everything they’re selling!).  It is a fund-raiser for the gardens, so while the plants are not necessarily “bargained-priced,” you are going…
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May 27, 2011 By Candace Godwin Leave a Comment

In addition to this blog, I keep an “old fashioned” garden journal – one I write in just about every weekend.  I usually start writing in January – listing out the new seeds or plants I want to try – and wrap it up in October with the “most successful” list for that garden season. This year my January wish-list was…
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May 21, 2011 By Candace Godwin 2 Comments

It’s been another cool, wet spring in north Idaho, but I think we are finally out of frost danger.  The 50+ tomato plants that I started in early March have been hardening off in the covered hoop bed for about two weeks.  We’ve been monitoring the overnight temperatures pretty closely with the help of a thermometer with a remote sensor and this…
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It's been less than a week since this bed was full It's been less than a week since this bed was full of garlic. Now, arugula and chard seedlings are emerging, and the carrots and beans should be up any day. In the garage where it's cooler, I've started a few flats of lettuce and radicchio for fall. These have popped up in just 3 days. Summer makes seed starting a breeze! 

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