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sweet peas

April Snow

by Lisa on April 2, 2004

Just a light dusting of snow, probably less than an inch. It was supposed to just rain. Surprise!We got just a light dusting of snow, probably less than an inch. It was supposed to just rain. Surprise! We knew it would happen, and sure enough, the rain turned to snow overnight last night. Happy April. I am really done with winter, thanks.

Sweet Peas up against the boulders, trying to stay warm and way from the snow.My sweet pea experiment seems to be working out okay, though. Frank tromped out there and took a couple of pictures, and the stone seems to be keeping the area just around them warm enough to not freeze the little guys. They’ve grown three inches already since I put them out just a few days ago.

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Sweet Pea Experiments

March 29, 2004

My sweet peas were getting so tall that I decided they just had to go outside already, because there’s no way to keep a vining plant under lights, I think. Why did I start these so early? I’ve never grown them before, and the package said they like cool weather, so cool weather they are [...]

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Tulips, Daffodils and Iris — All at once

June 9, 2001

The fish are getting quite brave. We seem to have around 12-14 of them. It’s hard to count the little buggers. But they now come to the surface when we feed them, and if we just go to look at them, they think we’re going to feed them, so they all rush over to see. [...]

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