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Member since: Dec 07 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 40 | Organic gardener

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  • 20 Apr 2013
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    Some tomato plants purchased

    Veggie Pot garden
    It has started – the acquisition of plants for the 2013 garden. I just happened to be in Lowe’s yesterday and they had a BOGO offer on veggie plants and herbs. Who can resist … so I now have 6 tomato plants in a container in my kitchen, just waiting for the last frost date and...
    Mostly Cloudy 3°C / 37°F
  • 15 May 2012
    • 7
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    May Bloomers

    My is one of my favourite time of the year when many of the flowers bloom for the first time. This year there is lots blooming today … mid height yellow iris, lily of the valley, violets, solomon seal, tulips, trillium both red and white, vinca, pansies, lilacs, and bleeding heart both pink...
    Overcast 21°C / 70°F
  • 15 Apr 2012
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    • 3

    Blooms in the garden

    Pansy, yellow Blooming, Pansy, orange Blooming, Daffodil, sempre avanti Blooming, and Pansy, purple Blooming
    The daffodils have been blooming for about a week now. It is lovely to look out the window and see the big clump of blooms. Three varieties of pansies are also blooming.
    Rainy 15°C / 59°F
  • 15 Mar 2012
    • 2
    • 0

    Daylily, orange

    Daylily, orange , Fence garden , and Daylily, orange (divided)
    The perennial orange daylily has shoots poking through the ground.
    Storms 17°C / 63°F
  • 15 Mar 2012
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    Tulips

    Tulips Sprouting and Front diamond garden
    March 15, 2012 – the tulips are beginning to poke through the ground.
    Cloudy 16°C / 61°F
  • 15 Mar 2012
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    A teeny, tiny bit of evidence

    The tulip bulbs in the front diamond garden and in the pots are sprouting. At my blog I’ve got a post titled “A Teeny, Tiny bit of Evidence” to record this event. I’ve also linked up with Garden Bloggers Bloom Day (even though they aren’t blooms) and Fertilizer Frid...
    Cloudy 16°C / 61°F
  • 15 Dec 2011
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    The Christmas Cactus is Blooming

    Indoor Plant garden
    The Christmas Cactus plant that I’ve had about 5 years is blooming. The buds started forming at the end of November and now they are fully open. I have a blog post about it at http://craftygardener.blogspot.com/2011/12/gbbd-december.html
    Rainy 10°C / 50°F

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