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Crowdsourced Urban Gardening

June 19, 2009

I have been looking for some answers recently on the web but haven’t been able to find them – so I thought I would outsource the problem to you guys!

First of all, big thanks to Susan Gallagher for all the hard work she’s done on the new website. I think you’ll agree it’s a smashing [...]

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Pollination: The Poke, Shake and Leave

June 3, 2009

Flowers have started appearing on some of the plants so I had a quick Google to see if my assistance was required in reproduction.

Specifically, the plants I was interested in were the pea plants, the tomato plants and the chili plants, each of which has a number of flowers now. I was surprised to see [...]

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Light Experiment with Chili Plants

May 24, 2009

In tight urban spaces one of the biggest problems is getting enough light and growing in appropriate conditions. I was concerned about the short time we have direct light for in the apartment and whether the cooking in the apartment was upsetting the plants in the living room so I tried a small experiment.
I took [...]

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