LouiseM's journal
Member since: Feb 11 | Last seen: Apr 13 | Years gardening: 6
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22 Jan 2013
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Overcast 0°C / 32°FStill working on sorting out my seeds. I did an “audit” in November but still went totally nuts in December and ordered more seeds. (The heart wants what it wants – including Thai Long Beans which will never grow well in my climate, but I HAVE to try them.) My BIG “thing&#...
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15 Aug 2012
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Sunny 28°C / 82°FSince the dahlias are really coming into their own right now – and will hopefully last into October – thought I’d give some of them their own mosaic for this bloom day. I grew a lot more reds this year – both of the lipstick red type and the darker, almost black ones. Pre...
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08 Aug 2012
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Storms 22°C / 72°FWhen you stop and think about it, isn’t gardening a strange thing to do? Mother Nature will always win and can only be “perverted” so far. Still I keep on keeping on and endlessly hope for a better season or year than the last. Discovered on Sunday evening that the Rose of Sharo...
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01 Aug 2012
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Sunny 22°C / 72°FFunny how we take our faculties for granted until we lose them. I’m fortunate to have all my senses now pretty much in tact – and hope to keep them that way! About 10 years ago, I lost my sense of smell. Totally. It was bizarre and everyone kept telling me “not to make a big f...
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30 Jul 2012
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Partly Sunny 21°C / 70°FI was recently sent this little fable. It made me smile and adjusted my perspective on personal prickles… Fable of the Hedgehog It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The hedgehogs, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way t...
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24 Jul 2012
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Cloudy 22°C / 72°FWhat to do with the hot peppers that are even too ferocious for the NG? It was only a dilemma for a short while as I found a way of using the bountiful crop of ‘Ring of Fire’ chile peppers. Raccoon Deterrent. The “darlings” have yet again set up a public latrine in my back...
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15 Jul 2012
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Everything bar the kitchen sink?
Storms 18°C / 64°FMercifully the heat wave we’ve been “enjoying” for the last week plus, has broken and we have cooler conditions and showers. It’s a relief. Might now be able to get things done after midday as I’ve been wiped out most afternoons of late – mind you getting up a...
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05 Jul 2012Back Yard - Lawn Conversion garden
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Sunny 22°C / 72°FI have been singing George Harrison’s beautiful song all day long – along with others in grocery and hardware stores, the library and the local Fire Hall! It’s true – the rain has gone, the cloud cover has lifted and it’s pleasantly warm. What a relief. It was so fr...
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30 Jun 2012
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Rainy 17°C / 63°FWe are headed into our first long weekend since ‘Victoria Day’ – and yes, it was named after Queen Victoria – and the weather totally sucks. Struggling to hit 20C and blanketed in heavy dark cloud, without the merest whisper of a breeze. And it keeps pouring with rain R...
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24 Jun 2012
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Cloudy 16°C / 61°FAside from the colour purple, my other ‘addiction’ is to old-fashioned, David Austin roses. When they are in bloom, I almost want to just stand and stare at them for hours at a time. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and this eye perceives them as the ultimate rose in shape and f...
