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    The more than seventy potted plants inside the house (not counting those dormant and over wintering in the basement) help me survive the winter. One of these is a Euphorbia. I received it an eon ago as a small pup. It is most likely a Euphorbia trigona and has now grown to a beautiful size despite a fall which, unfortunately, removed a few branches. Its growth rate is imperceptible. Naturally it always stays in the house to avoid outdoor dangers such as a strong wind which could disastrously blow it over.

 

    So, winter gardening here consists of watering the indoor plants and starting a nursery for next year's new crop. Such a garden is more tightly contained than that of summer. Small that it is in size, soon, when I start propagating the new, it will take as much time as the summer garden. Is that because I am on the lazy side and feel that mature plants can take care of themselves?

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11.   Feb 8, 2005 5:33 PM
In response to Re: Winter gardening posted by TCfromKY:

We do have seasonal differentional zones in Tasmania - In fact we c ...


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10.   Feb 8, 2005 5:30 PM
In response to I love weeds posted by biogardener:

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9.   Feb 8, 2005 5:27 PM
In response to Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Winter gardening posted by Howie:

Your basements are another thing you have over us, How ...


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8.   Feb 2, 2005 11:58 AM
I love weeds. Many of them are edible, and almost all of them are richer in nutrients than other plants. I just make sure I pull them before they go to seed. Then I either eat them or compost them, ...

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7.   Feb 1, 2005 1:17 PM
In response to Re: Re: Re: Re: Winter gardening posted by MaggieM:

What I have done with geraniums is to make cuttings from ...


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