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	<title>The Root</title>
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	<description>One gardener's quest to get to the bottom of it all.</description>
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		<title>My Alter-Ego</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is where I out myself as a (hopeful) gardening profiteer, and also reveal where most of my energy has been focussed this winter (when not on my fam, cheesy ghost-hunting TV shows, and translating work). A couple months ago I started smallgreengarden.com and have since patched together a bunch of WordPress plugins, learned some [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=421&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2009/02/25/my-alter-ego/</link>
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		<title>Growing Again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We might just (knocking on wood, not counting any eggs) have homegrown salad soon. I have had the urge for several weeks to grow greens right here at home -- maybe on the balcony in some elaborate miniature hothouse contraption, maybe under the dreaded, sap- and soul-sucking fake lights...or maybe, as it turns out, on the living room windowsill. That might do just fine. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=413&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/growing-again/</link>
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		<title>Winter Squash: Garden-Planning Escapism</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I can't help posting a quick-and-dirty poll asking everyone what their favorite winter squash variety is. Using space efficiently is definitely a priority, here -- I have pretty much decided to completely turn over Firstplot to herbs and picking flowers -- so my remaining vegetable-growing plots consist of Vineplot (approximately 3'x4'), the pumpkin patch, and my balcony.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=405&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/12/14/garden-planning-as-escapism-part-2/</link>
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		<title>Coconut &#8220;Faux-Pound Cake&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buttermilk is amazing -- I have been using it as a substitute for butter in a lot of things, and I love how they turn out. (I used to substitute store-bought buttermilk with regular milk mixed with vinegar, but that has none of the frothy good thickness of cultured buttermilk. It's worth the extra cost, in my book.)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=399&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/coconut-faux-pound-cake/</link>
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		<title>Freya!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of you have been banging pots and pans for a photo of what I&#8217;ve really been growing, so here she is, this big girl of mine. She turned one year old on November 13th&#8230;and decided to start walking last night&#8230;!!!



Posted in Meta, Winter Tagged: Freya      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=394&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/freya/</link>
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		<title>Saturday Seed Survey: Peas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New seeds at a discount from a regional, largely organic, non-GMO supplier. Virtue + thrift = legitimized greed! I'm appealing to you: What are your favorite pea varieties? Below is the list of peas available in my seed catalog; check your favorite, if it's among them, and/or fill in the blank with your true favorite.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=385&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/saturday-seed-survey-peas/</link>
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		<title>Rosemary Flowers</title>
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Posted in Container Gardening, Houseplants, Winter Tagged: rosemary      <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=381&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/12/05/rosemary-flowers/</link>
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		<title>Oh, Girl!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dudes, I don't even want to rehash the sad story of "the harvest." In my case, it played out like a horror flick. Or, you know, I remember first hearing about the hunger-relief program Second Harvest -- now, I'm confident that they work wonders, but, in my world, their name has always sounded like a euphemism for regurgitation. That's how it was in my garden this fall, yo; <em>harvest</em> became a euphemism for what I was doing<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=373&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/oh-girl/</link>
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		<title>Pumpkin Patch on a Stick and an Altered Tomato</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, when I rigged it up, I thought the dog crate around the pumpkin patch would just be a temporary fix; I just needed to protect seedlings from The Voracious Marauders. But I never removed it, and now the dog crate is the pumpkin patch. Actually a very good thing: There&#8217;s a lot more space [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=368&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/08/02/pumpkin-patch-on-a-stick-and-an-altered-tomato/</link>
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		<title>Confessions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, you guys, I have a dirty little secret: My balcony garden sux. Yes, I&#8217;m guilty of selective blogging. Week in and week out I post photos of my plot garden and hope that no one will notice the sad lack of updates on the homefront. I promise I will post photos when the sun [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=366&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/07/29/confessions/</link>
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		<title>Mutant Tomato Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We calls him The Grinch:

It&#8217;s at least three tomatoes fused, with leaves fringing out from the center and the sides. A hairy, mutant Black Krim that will scare the kids at Christmas. Truly a tomato worthy of that &#8220;Play with Your Food&#8221; line of books that was popular several years ago. Will we cut it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=357&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/07/23/mutant-tomato-update/</link>
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		<title>Timelapse</title>
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Mid-July. Jesus, that late already. Rewind and replay, from the top: I started with good earth, built up better earth on top of it, planted it, mulled over it, watched the apple blossoms fall on it, lost many peas to a woodland foodie and then built a fence around it, let the weeds riot in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=349&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/timelapse/</link>
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		<title>Garden Geek</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have seen more peas in the past week than I had ever seen in my life &#8217;til now. The best have been from my own garden, but I have bought pounds from farmstands. I have priced shelling peas from here to the coast (the cheaper pea was farthest away). I now know that a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=346&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/07/13/garden-geek/</link>
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		<title>Beautiful Mutations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My garden was in a holding pattern. Every day, for weeks: More leaves. More leaves. More leaves. Some flowers. No fruit. But, as of today, there are several tiny, perfect Black Krim tomatoes. And one very overgrown, mutant Black Krim tomato. Behold:

Thing looks like a caterpillar I would run from. Judging by the number of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=340&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/07/07/beautiful-mutations/</link>
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		<title>Hunky Vegetables</title>
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Today my mom and Freya stood by Vineplot for scale.

From back to front: four tomatillos, four tomatoes, four zucchinis. There&#8217;s also scads of baby lettuce, arugula, chard, and basil under the vine foliage. I have truly maxed out this little plot. I love how it looks, even if things get a little choked and don&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theroot.wordpress.com&blog=326092&post=338&subd=theroot&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theroot.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/hunky-vegetables/</link>
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