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TOMATO TRIP: Stupice… sweet :-)

Wish granted… Stupice… Sun Sugar… and Juliet bonus šŸ™‚

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Tomato Trip

STUPICE: Very early and very productive Czech variety… on the wishlist… Detour… Open Source Seed Initiative… Adelaide Festival… Dwarf Tomato Project… TomatoVille… Back to tomatoes… Striped German… San Marzano… Costoluto Genovese… Momotaro… Mexico… to be continued…

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Fava & Tomatoes

May is for Fresh Fava Beans… followed by tomatoes… Berkeley Pink Tie Dye… Brad’s Atomic Grape… Health Kick… Momotaro… San Marzano… Super Sweet! LEARN TOMATO GROWING TERMS … to be continued… tomatoes around the world šŸ™‚

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Anniversary Gifts

Heuchera ‘Canyon Duet’… Alpine Strawberry Mignonette… for pots… Phacelia californica… Phacelia ciliata… for pollinators… Persimmon Fuyu ‘Jiro’… for a soil test… Calico Monkeyflower… for beauty… Pacific Coast Iris… for colors… Happy Plantiversary! šŸ™‚

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Canyon Snow Iris

For a good new year! It’s the second Canyon Snow Iris in the backyard and the first one doesn’t seem to find its place… hence a warm welcome to the new iris! šŸ™‚

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DAY TRIP: New Years Creek Trail…

… on AƱo Nuevo Point Trail… back from the beach… elephant seals with reservation… bird symphony… rainy mushrooms… beauty!

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PLANT ITINERARIES: Birthday Figs

Desert King Ischia Fig Ischia Fig Tree – Ficus carica Kadota Kadota Figs All About the Kadota Fig Kadota Fig Tree White Kadota Fig Tree

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SAN JOSE: La Vie en Rose

At San Jose Heritage Rose Garden that is… a beautiful place!

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EDIBLE GARDEN: Ribes Sanguineum

On the native plant wish list for a while… moving it up for the edible flowers… very fruity šŸ™‚

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PLANT ITINERARIES: The Edible Garden

In search of lovage… Hibiscus Roselle Jamaica… cherry tomatoes planted by good fortune last summer… didn’t find lovage this time… saving its space in the garden though… one plant leads to another… one cannot pass a chocolate cherry tomato… okra … Continue reading

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