The beet plants are still growing relatively well. I did top up the soil in the growing trough, but the wind keeps tossing the leaves around, and the tops of the stems tend to flop this way and that, leaving … Continue reading
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I’m quite happy with the progress of the beet plants, even though we lost a couple along the way. The current survivors are growing very well, and I wonder if my potting concoction had anything to do with it. When … Continue reading
I’m growing beets for the first time, thanks to The Weed, who shared some seeds with me. They were the oddest seeds I’d ever seen – none of them the same, each looking dry and extremely bumpy! And then I … Continue reading
I’ve been a little lax about sowing new seeds over the last couple of months. I guess it’s because it finally occurred to me that late December to late February is not the most ideal time to have young, vulnerable … Continue reading