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mopinko

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2. i am in chicago.
Thu Jan 11, 2018, 04:26 PM
Jan 2018

most of what i grow are descendants of the wonderful gift of a couple fistsfull of seed from NRaleighLiberal, before he was famous, when i started farming.
i knew very little about heirloom vegetables, and i got a big padded envelope full of education. just when i needed it, too.
he has supplemented my collection through thick and thin, and i owe him more than i can ever repay.

so i grow his cherokees, purple and green. i have a huge yellow tomato that he gave me, but i lost track of the name. so i just call it moah's yellow.
added lillian's yellow 2 years ago.
i have a couple nice italian imports for the big red ones.
and a random collection of dwarfs.

a few cherries that have started to naturalize.
tomatillos and ground cherries, too.

this years most important crop was seed, because gardening w my arm in a sling is and a bunch of untested new lights =disaster.

but i was told not to expect to have a season anyway (rotator cuff). so every step was a gift. and it turned out decent in the end.

tons more on my fb blog in my sig.
eta-virtual tour in videos is fun.

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