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Winter sowing, aka cold stratification

February 5th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 10 Comments 

Winter sowing, as far as I can tell, is identical to what, in my self-education as a gardener, I learned as cold stratification. The more traditional description of the procedure is to put the seeds in the fridge for the requisite period of time, and then sow them in pots or flats or whatever your […]

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Poppy Seed Queens

January 20th, 2008 by Kathy Purdy · 17 Comments 

Just about half a year ago, I was lamenting the loss of my favorite pink peony poppy. Thanks to one of my readers, I learned that these beauties are being sold on eBay. EBay! I had known that seeds and plants were sold on eBay, but had never thought to look myself.
Julie Calhoun and the […]

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Value Seeds, or Pinch Me, I Must Be Dreaming

February 16th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 1 Comment 

Thanks to an eclectic garden, I learned about Value Seeds. This reminds me of Edward Hamilton Books, my favorite place to shop for gardening books. Someone else’s castoffs, but still good quality, one price for shipping no matter how much you buy, get-it-before-it’s-gone selection, and very low prices. I haven’t ordered from them myself, but […]

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Using spreadsheets in garden planning: Part 4

January 21st, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · No Comments 

In part 3 I showed how to put the finishing touches on a spreadsheet that calculated the potential cost of a plant order in progress. But because of its tabular format, a spreadsheet is often used in situations where a lot of information needs to be organized, even if no calculations are made. Below are […]

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Using spreadsheets in garden planning: Part 2

January 17th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 4 Comments 

In part 1 we logged into Google Spreadsheets and got things set up. Now let’s get this thing to do some work for us.
Creating the Formula
We’re going to teach this worksheet to multiply the price of a plant by the number of plants we want to give us the total price. The end result will […]

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Using spreadsheets in garden planning: Part 1

January 16th, 2007 by Kathy Purdy · 6 Comments 

I mentioned in a recent post that I use a spreadsheet to plan my garden purchases. Others have mentioned using a spreadsheet to track their seed sowing. But that doesn’t help you much if you don’t know a spreadsheet from a tablecloth, so let’s start right there: a spreadsheet is a computer program that arranges […]

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Seed info

January 9th, 2007 by Craig Levy · 8 Comments 

Spring-like warmth and an absence of snow have conspired to create irresistible conditions for working outside in the garden. But not much beyond a little cleaning, mulching, and pruning can be done, as the soil is soaked and soggy and, as tempting as it is, it’s much too early to sow seeds outside. I’m channeling […]

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