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"Just a little blog about my gardening experience above 5,000 feet in Boulder County, Colorado"

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"After two years of mending soil and trying out new plants, I'm going to try and document my experiences for the coming year."

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bed update Saturday, July 7, 2007 |







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Haiku: Pawnee Buttes Sand Cherry Saturday, April 7, 2007 |

prunus besseyi

Unseen on the rocky verge.

Has always been there.

_C. Kraus

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Wish List 2007 Monday, January 15, 2007 |


To start a new year, I'm starting a journal to track our garden's progress.

What better way to start than with my wish list and plan. The catalogs rolled into my mailbox as another snowstorm hit the Denver Metro area. It seems that I get antsier as we get more snow and cold.

Considering my bed rotation and reflective energy off of the west side of my house, I think i have a good plan. I wintered over some spinach. We'll see how it does once we get some of this white stuff melted off.

Below is my starting list of 'wants'.

Potato
Kennebec
Red Pontiac

Watermelon
Fordhook Hybrid

Cucumber
Sweet Burpless Hybrid

Spinach
Baby’s Leaf Hybrid

Lettuce
Simpson Elite

Peas
Sugar Bon

Pepper
Jalapeno M

Pepper
Anaheim Chili

Carrot
Nantes Half Long

Zucchini
Sweet Zuke Hybid

Tomato
Fourth of July
Roma VF
Yellow Pear

Corn
Checkered Choice

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Post Script

"Thanks to all for your input and advice, past present and future. I find that I can think more clearly on the day's events after proper watering and weeding has occured."