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Member since: Nov 08 | Last seen: Apr 13 | Years gardening: 3 | Organic gardener
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14 Feb 2013
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Mother-in-law's tongue - Houseplant Review 2013
Mother-in-law's Tongue Repotted and House Plants gardenClear 12°C / 54°FThis plant has been sitting in this spot under the bar since we moved here in 2007. (Although I’ve had it even years and years before that. It was one of the few plants that survived the dark years of the condo.) When it gets so tall that it bonks the underside of the bar I prune out those...
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13 Feb 2013
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Pencil Tree - Houseplant Review 2013
Pencil Tree and House Plants gardenClear 12°C / 54°FThis baby’s got issues. It had been sitting quietly in the corner of my bedroom for a couple of years growing slowly. This past summer we redid the floors and it had to be moved outside for a couple of months. I didn’t pay much attention until I moved it back to the bedroom and noti...
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13 Feb 2013
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Ficus - 2013 Houseplant Review
Ficus and House Plants gardenClear 12°C / 54°FA couple of months ago I kinda pruned this baby back a bit hoping for more of a tree shape than the bush it was becoming. photo 1 – Feb. 14, 2013 photo 2 – Jan. 24, 2012 photo 3 – Jan. 18, 2011 photo 4 – Jan. 10, 2010
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14 Dec 2012Ivy - Pothos #5 Repotted and House Plants garden
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Clear 21°C / 70°FI put this Ivy outside for a bit in late summer to see if I could “bush it” up a bit. It loved the sun and seemed to thrive, then I left it out too long and the grasshoppers found it. The fall rains damaged the pot and it actually started dissolving. I’ve had it sitting in an o...
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04 Jun 2012Tomato Big Boy Harvesting, Tomato - Costoluto Genovese (divided) Harvesting, and North East Bed #3 garden
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Storms 35°C / 95°FIts tomato time!!! I’ve been harvesting for a week or so now, but just now getting around to catching up, ’specially being out of town for the weekend. I took a few tomatoes with me to moms and they disappeared fairly quick. They should be honored. I don’t share well. special...
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27 May 2012Garlic - Susanville Harvesting and Garlic garden
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Cloudy 35°C / 95°FIn 2009 I purchased some garlic starts from Gourmet Garlic Gardens online. This harvest is from those starts. Oct 2009 Planted 38 Susanville – in 2010 harvested 38; total weight 53.05 oz Oct 2010 planted 70 Susanville – in 2011 harvested 58; total weight 79.20 oz Oct 2011 planted 30 Susa...
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26 May 2012
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3 and 1/2 years until first harvest! WE HAVE PLUMS!
Plum Tree - Blue Damson Harvesting and Orchard gardenCloudy 33°C / 91°FToday we harvested 5 plums from the Blue Damson plum tree planted in January of 2009. Very exciting… except that the taste was a bit less than spectacular. They are very bitter. I’ve had blue damson plums before from Whole Foods and they were juicy and sweet; the reason we chose t...
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22 May 2012Tomato - Sweet 100s Harvesting and North East Bed #3 garden
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Cloudy 33°C / 92°FStarted harvesting the sweet 100 cherry tomatoes this week. I eat them like candy.
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21 May 2012Blueberry - Woodard Harvesting and Berry garden
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Cloudy 34°C / 93°FJust starting to ripen… it is exciting to have our first harvest of blueberries!!
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14 May 2012Wildflowers: Indian Blankets Blooming, DAISY - Shasta Blooming, and Driveway garden
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Cloudy 29°C / 84°FDaisies are blooming like crazy! And in the wildflower bed there are indian blankets and indian paintbrushes.
