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heirloom farmer Bettinakbh in Denmark

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John William Waterhouse, Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May

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Geraniums (1888) by Childe Hassam

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Fountain in the Park Marquayro (1905) by Henri Martin

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Art by Mikko Tyllinen

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Revere Beach (1896) by Maurice Prendergast

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Henri Matisse

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Garden update #2

So it turns out the seeds really liked the set up in my room.😅 Seeing the first signs of life was very exciting. It was hard to believe I had grown these living things from tiny seeds in my bedroom. The peas were the first to sprout, then the edamame beans and then the squash.

The beans were the most exciting to watch grow, they looked like tiny Venus flytrap plants. My dad used to have some, I remember being repulsed by the fly graveyard it would produce. I was also thrilled to see the tomatoes sprouting. I know they are notoriously hard to grow in my climate, so I will see how they go. The carrots did spring up, all together, I am not sure they grow, with so many in one pod, but I am interested to see. I ate one little sprout out of curiosity and it had a minty taste.

Then I was feeling that the beans, pea, and squash were growing too big for my room, the plants were starting to fall over, I thought that they needed more soil to support them. So I took them out and replanted them into a small planter, before I get my raised bed. I wanted to put them directly into the raised bed, but I didn't know they would grow so big, so fast. Here they are, I replanted the tomato and cherry tomato plant (of which only 2 survived the rain) together. Then I planted the beans, peas, and squash all together. I am hoping they will grow nice and tall and help each other.

Since these were going well I also ordered some more seeds. I planted a second seed tray with Beetroot, Lettuce, Broccoli, Parsley, Basil and Chives. I noticed the herbs took a bit longer to sprout, but they seem to be growing well now.

I will update more with further news! 🌿

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Portrait of a woman in a profile view, Koloman Moser, 1913

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nina simone photographed by michael ochs in 1967

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Starting my first garden 🌿

We are moving into our first home soon, so in March I started planting seeds for my garden. This is will be my very first vegetable, herb and berry garden so I am very excited.

I bought my seeds online. I borrowed the book Rebel Gardening - Dubray Books from the library, it's about growing a lot of produce in small spaces, he did it moving from different rented accommodation in London. There is a section at the end where he mentions different varieties of seeds that are suitable to the beginner gardener, which I very much am! I used that to make a list of what I wanted to grow.

I then did some research about companion planting, and what you could grow together to enable better produce, such as growing onions or other alliums near carrot to prevent carrot fly, but I think I will be saving this information for when I am planting into the garden. For now, the bloggers seem to say starting indoors is optimal to protect the seedlings from frost. Plants need light too, so I have jimmy-rigged a set up on a table in my room with my S.A.D lamp facing the seedlings. The lamp is balanced on two coat hangers over the edge of my nightstand, with a heavy book (the bible) weighing down the hangers. I used seed potting mix and 24 space trays.

I plan on having 2 raised beds in my garden for the time being. I have no idea how many vegetables I will be able to grow in that space, but I figured not all my seeds might grow, and I can choose the healthiest looking plants for my garden. For my first seed potting tray, I planted Carrots, Squash, Beans, Peas, Cherry tomato, and Money-maker Tomatoes. I have a few more seeds as well that apparently don't need to started indoors. I am excited to see what grows!

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From Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s ‘The Cat with Julie Manet’, 1887

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Glass Gem Corn seeds color wheel

(the set from my Pantone color matches)

When I found out about this fascinating corn variety a couple of years ago, I’ve been wanting to take color match photos of the stunning multicolor kernels.

Its origin traces back to Carl Barnes, a part-Cherokee farmer living in Oklahoma. Barnes had an uncanny knack for corn breeding. More specifically, he excelled at selecting and saving seed from those cobs that exhibited vivid, translucent colors. After many years, his painstaking efforts created this wondrous corn cultivar called Glass Gem Corn.

So glad I’m finally able to match their colors! See my page to see the Pantone color matches 😊

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in that dahlia state of mind

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Marie Amiguet - The Velvet Queen (2021)

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