April 17, 2026
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I transplanted all the lupines that I'd started in pots and put in the vegetable garden during the fall. I planted 60 seeds in 12 pots and about 45 came up, making a 75% germination rate, which is decent, I think. Most went in the mulched area right along the road close to the lawn, but I also put six in on the west side of the large tree stump on the terrace, and another eight within the fenced-in area of the southern woodland edge, near the serviceberry (which has started doing well now that the deer can't get to it). I also noticed while doing this that many that I directly sowed in the front mulched area in the fall have come up and have thus far survived. The tallest are about two inches tall, but most are closer to an inch.
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