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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:58:21 GMT--><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Garden Journal</title><link>http://greensandberries.squarespace.com/edible-balcony-garden-journal/</link><description></description><copyright></copyright><language>en-US</language><generator>Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</generator><item><title>November pansies</title><category>Autumn</category><category>Blooming in the garden</category><category>Beyond the balcony</category><dc:creator>Elaine</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:38:05 +0000</pubDate><link>http://greensandberries.squarespace.com/edible-balcony-garden-journal/2008/11/26/november-pansies.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">160776:1510621:2613219</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><span><img style="width: 295px;" src="http://greensandberries.squarespace.com/storage/YellowPansyNovember.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1227743969546" alt="" /></span></span>From <a href="http://greensandberries.squarespace.com/edible-balcony-garden-journal/2008/10/31/goodbye-red-october.html">Red October</a> to <a href="http://greensandberries.squarespace.com/edible-balcony-garden-journal/2008/11/2/lemon-chiffon.html">Yellow November</a>.</p>
<p><br />On my balcony and in the condo courtyard, butter and lemon and touches of red-purple have brightened November's gray days.</p>
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<p>I'd like to say this is due to my careful planning, but to be honest, it's because of the limited colour variety at the garden centre earlier this month.</p>
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<p>Here are some images of the flowers and grasses in pots in our condo's courtyard garden.</p>
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<p>I wonder what colour December will be. I'm thinking white.....lots of white.</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://greensandberries.squarespace.com/edible-balcony-garden-journal/rss-comments-entry-2613219.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Lemon Chiffon</title><category>Autumn</category><category>Blooming in the garden</category><category>Violas</category><dc:creator>Elaine</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 18:22:40 +0000</pubDate><link>http://greensandberries.squarespace.com/edible-balcony-garden-journal/2008/11/2/lemon-chiffon.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">160776:1510621:2502269</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span class="full-image-float-left ssNonEditable"><img style="width: 220px;" src="http://greensandberries.squarespace.com/storage/IMG_1058_2.JPG?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1225773879271" alt="" /></span><a href="http://www.simplybeautifulgardens.com/plant_info.aspx?phid=064001386002893">Viola Sorbet<span style="vertical-align: super;">TM</span> Lemon Chiffon</a>.&nbsp; An essential ingredient in my autumn hanging basket recipe. If you garden in <a href="http://www.gardenofinformation.com/gardening-zones.htm">Zones 4-9</a> may I suggest you include a generous portion in your next container creation. This yellow beauty will put a little Spring in your Fall, add sunshine to gray November days and -- here's the edible bonus --&nbsp; sweeten your salads.</p>
<p><em>This hybrid selection is more tolerant of summer heat and winter cold than the annual pansy types. Excellent for massing, edging, rock gardens, and in containers. Nice for combining with spring flowering bulbs. Trim plants back by half in early June. This variety has little flowers in a range of bright and soft yellow shades. Nice compact habit. Sometimes these will flower all winter in climates with mild weather. </em>(<a href="http://www.perennials.com/seeplant.html?item=1.550.350">Source</a>)</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span class="hw">T&ecirc;te-&agrave;-T&ecirc;te among the Heuchera<br /></span></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://greensandberries.squarespace.com/edible-balcony-garden-journal/rss-comments-entry-2502269.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Goodbye, Red October</title><category>Beyond the balcony</category><dc:creator>Elaine</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:22:22 +0000</pubDate><link>http://greensandberries.squarespace.com/edible-balcony-garden-journal/2008/10/31/goodbye-red-october.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">160776:1510621:2494917</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Your beauty warmed and brightened gray and rainy days.</p>
<p><a title="Goodbye, Red October by Elle-Epp, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/92348589@N00/2989542633/"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3217/2989542633_d003d98170.jpg" alt="Goodbye, Red October" width="440" height="359" /></a></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://greensandberries.squarespace.com/edible-balcony-garden-journal/rss-comments-entry-2494917.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>What is purple?</title><category>Poetry</category><category>Autumn