Garden
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Tomatopedia: Malakhitovaya Shkatulka
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Malakhitovaya shkatulka (Malachite box) is an old Russian variety that’s known for its specific color and size. It got its name from a green box that was made from a mineral in the Ural. This indeterminate variety has been developed by…
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Tomatopedia: Rose quartz multiflora
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Rose quartz multiflora is a tomato variety I got 3 years ago and have been sowing it every year since then. When I got it there was very little to almost no information about it so I didn’t know much…
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Flowerpedia: Digitalis purpurea- common foxglove
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Digitalis purpurea is a European native plant that has been brightening cottage gardens for ages. Its environment is forest edges and mountain meadows. This biannual plant likes shady parts with dry and permeable acid soil. If the plant gets enough…
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Tomtopedia: Green Zebra – the little king of green tomatoes
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Green Zebra is a fairly new tomato variety that was introduced in 1983 by Tom Wagner. He bred the variety as a product of the idea to have green tomatoes that can be eaten and he did a perfect job….
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Flowerpedia: Hesperis matronalis -Dame’s rocket
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Sweet rocket, a herbaceous plant from Europe gained its name from its intensive scent that floods the garden in the evening. The fragrance similar to lilac scent is the reason why it has been cultivated all over the world. Although this…