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[[file:06-garden2-sm.png|200px|thumb|right|Tomato patches, Edmonton, AB. July 2014. ©Kelly]]
[[File:25-garden.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Garden plots, Edmonton, AB, May 2014. ©Kelly]]
[[File:tardis.jpg|300px|thumb|right|TARDIS Garden, Victoria, BC May 2011. © Kelly]]
Operator of the Populuxe Seed Bank.

While I've always had a place with a garden since a kid, I really grew crazy for gardening when I moved out to my own place and my landlord gave me a plot in his yard.  That first year I grew a few herbs and zucchini, as well as a few tomatoes.  When I learned the tomatoes I had picked up wouldn't give me seed for next year, that's when I fell down the rabbit hold of heirloom and OP varieties and seed saving.  

In 2009 I started the Populuxe Seed Bank, after I had amassed a large collection of tomatoes and thought to myself "well, now what?".  What could I do with some of these varieties I had acquired? What's the good of me just growing them? So I decided to make a concerted effort with the varieties I had in stock to grow out, and share as many of these varieties as I could.

'''Location:''' Edmonton, AB, Canada.

'''Zone:''' 3b (approx. 130-140 frost free days)

'''Land type:''' Urban

'''Soil:''' Clay/Sand. Amended with sheep manure.

'''Elevation above sea level:''' 2200ft

== 2017 Grow Out ==

This list is still being edited, so check back for updates.

===Tomatoes===

* [[Altajskij]]
* [[Armenian]]
* [[Canadian Dwarf]]
* [[Charlie's Green]]
* [[Detenicke Salatove]]
* [[Dubrava]]
* [[El Nano]]
* [[Garden Lime]]
* [[Gigant Purelesa]]
* [[Grosse du Gers]] (in conjunction with the Dan McMurray Memorial Seed Bank)
* [[Hardin's Miniature]]
* [[Ispolin]]
* [[Italian Winter]]
* [[Matina]]
* [[Michael Pollan]]
* [[Novocserkaszkij]]
* [[Polyarnye]]
* [[PSB-1]]
* [[PSB-3]]
* [[PSB-4]]
* [[Rita's Black]]
* [[Rose d'Eauze]] (in conjunction with the Dan McMurray Memorial Seed Bank)
* [[Saint Pierre]]
* [[Silvery Fir Tree]]
* [[Thessaloniki]]
* [[Tsygan]]
* [[Uluru Ochre]]

===Beans===

* [[Broad Windsor]]
* [[Mr. Tung's]]
* [[Mrocumière]]
* [[Sunset Runner]]

===Peas===

* [[Slocan Snow Peas]] (in conjunction with Seeds of Diversity Canada)

===Squash===

* [[Brode Galeux d'Eysines]]
* [[Cocozelle]] (zucchini)
* [[Tatume]]

===Peppers===

* [[Cubanelle]]
* [[Czech Black]]
* [[Hinklehatz]]

===Other===

* [[Lettuce 'Freckles']]
* [[Lettuce 'Red Sails']]
* [[Eggplant 'Rosa Bianca']]