Happy First Day of April (ooops !)

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Ooops ! The joke is on me. This was supposed to be posted in the garden group.

Sorry folks it really was an accident not an April Fool's Joke.

Deanna in Colorado

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, " genny_y2k " <genny_y2k wrote:

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> No April Fool's Joke here.

> I'm having too much fun watching my seedlings coming up. To me it's nothing

short of miraculous.

>

> By the way the lettuce is an experiment. I found a packet of seed that is

several years old and decided to try it. I think every one of those seeds came

up, and they are sharing a spot in a container with the Mesclun. Both are now

several inches high.

>

> I planted both lettuce and Mesclun, the first week of March and covered them

at night and during the day if the temp dropped to freezing.

>

> The mustard is up and of course the Comfrey has leaves several inches high,

and the Marigolds are sprouting.

>

> I'm starting everything from seed, outside, in containers, this year or

" whatever comes up " (from previous years), just to see how healthy they will be.

Besides that I want everything to be organic, including my seeds, if possible.

> I just have this feeling that most of the problems last year were from either

store bought plants or seedlings started indoors.

> The exception has been Parsley. I planted it from seed indoors late last Fall

and it is really healthy. It is now outdoors with the potted Chives, which are

several years old.

>

> I spent a glorious hour or so sitting on the balcony, emptying used green tea

bags,cutting off the staples, and cutting the paper tea bags into small pieces.

Busy work and good exercise for my hands, and my compost will love it.

>

> All the containers got a sprinkling of crushed egg shells and I received my

gift of vitamin D from the sun.

>

> Life is just way too much fun sometimes

> Deanna in Colorado

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