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22 Sep 2009

More Garden Ramblings ... 5 1

Well, September is more than 1/2 done. Last weekend had very cool nights, so I ran out with sheets to cover what I could. Then it went back to warm and humid days. This has been an unusual summer in Zone 5. I was some what disappointed. I didn’t get the WOW factor that I wanted. Everything...

Overcast 22°C / 72°F

06 Sep 2009

Seed Collecting II 2 3

Today I went through all the seeds that I have dried and then I packaged them. I have printed seed packs that I’ve collected and some that I’ve made myself, using Photoshop CS2. Now I have to sit down and do more cutouts. For Seed Storage, I use $1 store coffee filters to dry my seeds...

22°C / 72°F

17 Aug 2009

Seed Collecting 2 2 Terrace garden

I’ve started collecting seeds from my Cosmos ‘Polidor’. Seed heads are so easy to collect on this plant! Shades of orange, red and lemon. I haven’t separated the flower heads, so the seeds will be a mix, hopefully, of those colors. My question is … these seeds will p...

Overcast 32°C / 90°F

01 Aug 2009

Garden Ramblings ... 2

An absolute gorgeous day. So beautiful that I had to re-arrange the terrace furniture and containers! I pulled out more empty bulb crates from storage. I currently have another batch of leaf lettuce growing in one. I just lay a bag of soil in the crate, cut a rectangle out of the bag, and sow. I ...

20°C / 68°F

15 Jun 2009

Peeved 1

I have neighbors who have a child from Hell. Jamey, the 5yr old is a sweetheart. But his 3yr old brother is a … 3yr old! Every day I come home to find their toys tossed over the fence. Every day I toss them back. It’s very annoying. And their mother is not approachable at all. Yesturd...

Overcast 23°C / 73°F

27 May 2009

It's raining! It's pouring! Yea! Boo! 4 3

So it’s indoor sports. I added more to my folia Journal and Gardens! I played with photoshop and made more seed packets. Ran out to get tomato plants and I couldn’t help myself. I grabbed 2 geraniums. 1 grape cherry tomato 1 tiny tim cherry tomato 1 early girl tomato 1 yellow type tom...

Rainy 15°C / 59°F

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