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Papaya, eggplant, mints January DSC_9651
Lemon tree guild: comfrey, rue, parsley, culantro, rose geranium, sweet potato. January DSC_9652
Tea tree January DSC_9653
Tree tomato (tomatilla), pineapple January DSC_9654
Chinese toon, sweet potato, pineapple January DSC_9655
Mushroom peek-a-boo January DSC_9656
Tree tomato January DSC_9657
Smaller tree tomato January DSC_9658
Small tree tomato January DSC_9659
bark of a tree (need to identify!) January DSC_9660
leaves of unidentified tree January DSC_9662
Milky mint plant January DSC_9663
Milky mint plant leaves January DSC_9664
Paths between the beds January DSC_9665
20+ tomato fruit on one plant January DSC_9667
Planting bed cared for by Marian January DSC_9668
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Marian working the broadfork January DSC_9673
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A shrew. We also found a dead mole a few days later. It looks like a cat got it?

1/6 at home

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Visit to the community garden in cold rain

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dry compost in heavy rain January GOPR0471
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Shrine on a bus January DSC_9928
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After the rain January DSC_9930
Mid-winter after the rains January DSC_9931
Pineapple, banana tree, vegetables, etc. January DSC_9932
Damp veggies January DSC_9933
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lemon grass, small guava tree, lettuce, celery January DSC_9935
tomato January DSC_9938
Ignored tomatoes seem to do the best January DSC_9940

1/19 Garden City community garden

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Deep winter. Fortunately we have a southwest exposure for plenty of sun.

adding a gate to the garden

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We added a gate to the garden entrance to dissuade the dogs from trampling the planting beds and doing their business in the garden.

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Finally, the hugelkulture keyhole bed is ready for planting carrots.

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Marian harvesting rocks
Keywords: GC Garden, flower, insect
People: Philip
Locations: Garden City Garden, 新城花園, Home, 家
Dates: 2014:01:04 - 2014:01:24