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I never got to it, and was swept up in the tsunami of seed collecting then never circled back around to that task. But it looks like...

What funny timing. He just showed up right at the moment I was going to take a picture of a flower. Normally I wouldn't be thrilled...

Thank you @heirloomgal. That is very interesting. Did you receive any response from Prairie Garden Seed? The main diagnostic difference...

I’d love to be able to identify this mid-sized tomato. I received it several years ago labelled ‘Wagner Blue Berries’. I think this was...

My instinct and horribly basic understanding of genetics suggest that you wouldn’t get separate strains but would have the same happen...

What a weird season. I feel like there is something planetary going on or something. Some garden plants are way late, and some are way...

It is my experience too that it’s very early. It’s a favourite with me. I love its cheerful earliness and also very much like its lovely...

The sunchoke plants this year are HUGE. The few I grew last year were not like this, maybe they weren't in a great spot and got crowded...

New bean bed photo, waiting for soil. DH nailed some old strips of siding inside to hold them all together, and prevent soil seeping...

It looks a great crop. And I was about to ask the same question. In England there aren’t very many different varieties of garlic...

Oh oh oh some good news today! We built a new raised bean bed in the front yard! It probably won't be only beans in there, but...

Agreed, variety seems to play a central role. Probably some mysterious combination of variety and how it reacts with heat or lack...

That is very similar to the random plant sickness I’ve been experiencing. I’m thinking some varieties are particularly prone to it. I...

I truly am not one to get thrilled about *pretty garden pictures* given how ubiquitous they are all over social media (and I admittedly...

That’s beyond awful @heirloomgal. My heartfelt sympathies. It makes the one or two giving up the ghost, which I was worrying about, seem...