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My apologies to anyone who subscribes to my blog for gardening related posts, I’ve been neglecting this blog, and the garden.  But here’s a note on my progress so far this year.

After my shopping spree at Seedy Saturday Vancouver, it took me a while, but I got my horseradish and Jerusalem artichokes potted up.  They are living in containers on the patio.  I’ve left a Brussels sprout plant from last year, and it is going to seed already.  I doubt that I’ll plant the seeds, but it’s fun to watch.

The Square Foot Garden in Tracy’s parents’ backyard has been cleaned up, but it needs a refresher of compost.  I cleaned out the compost bin already, but it needs some more.  I’ve got a bucket of coffee grounds from my office that is going to go into the compost, but it won’t be enough, so I’ll probably have to buy some.

So far, I have planted onion and leek starts, and moved the parsley that survived the winter into their new squares.  Some seeds have gone in as well: spinach, peas, chard, and carrots.  They’ve sprouted and are doing fine.  My only problem is that I lost my notepaper that I wrote down where I planted things.  Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to let things grow enough to know what is a weed.

This weekend I’ll be buying some seedlings, and putting the rest of the seeds in.