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ANOTHER YEAR ANOTHER CROP! LOL  HOPEFULLY THIS YEARS CROP WILL BE BIGGER IN QUALITY AND QUANTITY!!! LOL  WHO WOULD HAVE EVER THOUGHT I HAD TO COME ALL THE WAY FROM FLORIDA TO ALASKA TO GET A GREEN THUMB! LOL

PLEASE READ THE TEXT ABOVE AND BELOW THE PICS CAREFULLY.  I PROMISE TO TRY AND FIND HOW TO MAKE IT BIGGER ASAP!!!

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: BROCOLLI,

BRUSSELL SPROUT, TOMATO,

CAULDEFLOUR, BRUSSELL SPROUTS!

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TWO CENTER ARE BELL PEPPERS,

LEFT SIDE BEGONIA, RIGHT SIDE

MOTHER IN LAW TONGUE

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FRONT RIGHT CORNER IS ANOTHER

TYPE OF FLOWERING BEGONIA,

CENTER FLOWERED IS SOME TYPE OF CACTUS

SORRY FOR THE SHADOWS. TAKEN FROM OUTSIDE
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BELL PEPPER, ALOE, MOTHER IN LAW TONGUE

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BELL PEPPER BLOSSOM

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HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET TWO WONDERFUL FULL HEADS OF CAULDEFLOUR FROM THESE PLANTS!!! PICS AT HARVEST!

YUMMY!!!
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BRUSSELL SPROUTS!!

THESE SHOULD BE INTERESTING! LOL

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LEFT TO RIGHT:   BROCOLLI, 2ND BRUSSELL SPROUT, & TOMATO

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NOT SURE WHICH BRAND OR KIND! LOL
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TOMATO BLOSSOMS.

ABOVE AND BESIDE ARE BOTH TOMATO BLOSSOM PODS.  TO DATE THERE ARE 11 ON THESE TWO PLANTS!

OUTDOORS GARDENS

BELIEVE IT OR NOT THINGS DO GROW OUTDOORS HERE IN ALASKA! LOL  WE GROW OUTDOORS, INDOORS, AND IN GREEN HOUSES!ALL PICTURES BELOW THIS POINT ARE TOTALLY GROWN OUTDOORS!

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THE SALMONBERRY GARDEN SHOWN ON MY 2003 GARDEN PAGE NOW HAS THESE BEAUTIFUL STRAWBERRY PLANTS GROWING OUT OF THE CINDER BLOCKS.  LAST YEAR THEY DID NOT DO MUCH BECAUSE OF SHOCK FROM TRANSPLANTING.  THIS YEAR THEY ARE GOING GREAT!  I HOPE TO HAVE A NICE LITTLE HARVEST BETWEEN THE ONES IN THE BLOCKS AND THE ONES I PLANTED IN THE TULIP GARDEN AS WELL!

CEDUM
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THE SAME LADY WHO GAVE ME THE STRAWBERRY STARTS ALSO GAVE ME THIS CEDUM.  I CAN'T WAIT TILL IT BLOSSOMS AGAIN!  PICS TO COME AT THAT TIME! :)

THIS IS A PLANTER NEAR THE FRONT
WINDOWS OF THE TRAILER.  IT ALREADY
HAD THE BIG BUNCH OF WHAT I THOUGHT
MAY HAVE BEEN CHIVES.  I PLANTED
BUNCHING ONIONS AND LOW AND BEHOLD
...THEY LOOK AND TASTE THE SAME! LOL 
SO NOW WE HAVE EVEN MORE TO ENJOY
IN OUR SALADS AND MY COOKING! LOL

BUNCHING ONIONS
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THE YELLOW PEAK YOU SEE BEHIND THIS BUILDING IS THE FRONT OF OUR TRAILER.  THIS BUILDING IS OUR NEIGHBORS GREENHOUSE.  HE IS A FISHERMAN AND SPENDS CONSIDERABLE TIME ON THE WATER FOR A LIVING THIS TIME OF YEAR.  I ACTUALLY GET TO PLAY AROUND AND PLANT SOME I NTHERE AND I WILL CARE FOR HIS PLANTS IN EXCHANGE WHILE HE IS OUT FISHING.  THANKS MORGAN!!  I AM PLANTING CUCUMBERS AND COLLARD GREENS AND SNAP PEAS IN THERE!! 

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