Can September be for Sleeping?
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| Time for dinner |
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| Shin Kuroda carrots, tomatoes: glacier, black krim, Paul Robeson, basil, kolibri kohlrabi, pineapple (tiny) and verde puebla (large) tomatillos |
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| Acidanthera (Gladiolus callianthus 'Muriaelae') |
Acidanthera is my favorite. I plant the corms in spring when the soil has warmed, down deep where their swords will have to furrow around rocks and through soil to reach the light. Their leaves are papery and crimped, and their flower stalks are sturdy, with a row of bird-beak buds on the ends. The scent is sharp vanilla and sweet animal... Amazing! I lift them in the fall, as they won't survive my zone 5 winters.
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| Early am on the back porch |
