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I have chosen quite a few plants this year that I haven’t grown before now. There is a list of all of the seeds that were planted this year under articles. As usual I planted quite a few tomatoes and peppers but not quite as many as in years past. In years past I have notated the full name of my seedlings on wooden craft sticks. Starting a couple of years ago, I realized that I needed to find a way to limit the time spent labeling plants. I chose to simply use a letter and number sequence for each major grouping of plants. The plant ids are truly random and have not carried from year to year. A pepper this year has a prefix of “O” but last year had a prefix of “P”. At any rate, here are the seeds planted.

My desire to document the progress of the garden always starts out strong and fades. So, the information in the planting list is partial at best. It is supposed to be an enjoyable hobby so I guess I shouldn’t worry about it.

The planting list

Gardening

The Franklin Park Conservatory had a retired plant sale today. Jameson and I decided to go for a drive to check it out. WOW, Absolutely crazy. The little atrium was packed with tropicals and orchids and the prices couldn’t have been better. The most expensive plant I saw was a palm that was in a 2 plus foot wide pot and must have been close to 10 feet tall. It was priced at $25.00. (Read the rest of this entry »)

Gardening

Walgreens has their seeds on sale this week for 10 packs for $1.00. Pretty hard to go wrong at 10 cents a pack.  You will need the coupon which you can get from their web site. Look for the link for ads in the center right of the page. The coupon is on page 7.

http://www.walgreens.com

Gardening