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Year-round urban backyard sustainable gardener and experimenter - in the Great White North. Host of #GrowingNorth Twitter Chat Thurs 9pm EST

Thunder Bay, Ontario
Joined October 2014
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I hope people are wanting all sorts of sunflowers this year….. 🌻 I β€œmight” have planted a pile #growingnorth #plantbabies #sunflowers #tbay @ Growing North instagram.com/p/CeAMGqaOaPc/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
Spring is coming. The strawberries are starting to flower in the greenhouse 🀩 πŸ“ #growingnorth @ Growing North instagram.com/p/Cb0vOWyuf0p/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
Just posted a photo @ Growing North instagram.com/p/CbpvvgzOoy6/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
Just posted a photo @ Thunder Bay, Ontario instagram.com/p/CboZbKWOfnF/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
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It’s that time again, bunny tail grasses are being started :) Spring will come, honest…. #growingnorth @ Growing North instagram.com/p/CbJS1T0OlKB/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Another night of seed planting. And nope, I’m not drinking that much Sprite. Those bottle are for one of my BEST tools, bottle top watering spouts. #growingnorth #seeds #reuse @ Growing North instagram.com/p/Ca3W527u1Mn/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
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The new seeds are arriving. Which of these seedlings are you excited for this year? Spring is coming, I promise… #growingnorth @ Growing North instagram.com/p/CY5JzEvtbDS/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Peppers. Peppers everywhere…. These are just the bishop crown. Can anyone guess how many lbs this plant produced this year?? @ Growing North instagram.com/p/CYhKO_ALZ0i/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Clearing out the rest of the peppers from the greenhouse. I have TOO MANY bishop crown peppers (I don’t do heat well). If I were to offer them for sale anyone interested? 🌢 PS This is all one plant. Yikes!!! instagram.com/p/CYc7nDvt9BV/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Spring is coming!!! In ….. a few months …. Heh. @ Growing North instagram.com/growingnorth/p… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
Seed orders for spring 2022 mostly done. Hope I got most of what everyone was wanting πŸ«‘πŸ…πŸŒΆπŸ†πŸ₯’πŸ“πŸ‡ #growingnorth @ Growing North instagram.com/growingnorth/p… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
Lucky me! Gifted a lonely Ladybug that someone found on their Rosemary. I think it will like the greenhouse better than outside these days…. #growingnorth @ Growing North instagram.com/p/CVZHX_FgJXv/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Greenhouse this fall is a pepper jungle as tall as me, and as big as my fist. Didn’t even try counting how many per plant. Craziness #growingnorth @ Growing North instagram.com/p/CVWbWdTA52W/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
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Hard to see, but the trellises were plentiful this year. Squash, pumpkins and melons galore. Yum! #growingnorth @ Growing North instagram.com/p/CTSyXFeLT_B/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
Things that are only exciting to other gardeners: I got a second vermicomposter! Woo!! #growingnorth @ Growing North instagram.com/p/CS-iiOrrOmQ/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario
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During harvest season, my fruit fly trap is one of my favourite kitchen tools. They’re never ending… #growingnorth #fruitflies #harvest @ Growing North instagram.com/p/CSU51v-D-oi/… – at Thunder Bay, Ontario