SneIrish

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Member since: Nov 08 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 12 | Organic gardener

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  • 19 May 2013
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    Spring Cleaning

    Corner garden
    It was a beautiful day, so, after working the vegetable garden, I decided to turn my attention here. It took about two hours to clean the weeds and last year’s dead fall. I pulled out lots of Creeping Charlie runners and had to use a shovel to dig out four Rose of Sharon suckers that had go...
    Sunny 13°C / 55°F
  • 19 May 2013
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    Update on the Veggies

    Solanum tuberosum - Potato 'Kerr's Pink Irish Heirloom' Thinning Out, Raphanus sativus - Radish 'Plum Purpl...
    A gorgeous day today – I was feeling healthy again (after straining a muscle in my hip 3 weeks ago) and I had nothing else scheduled so I was able to really get out and do some gardening, Finally!!! The vegetables have all been growing along without any assistance from me really. Everything...
    Sunny 16°C / 61°F
  • 15 May 2013
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    Bloom Day - Strawberries are Flowering

    Fragaria x ananassa - Strawberry 'Berri Basket' Flowering, Fragaria x ananassa - Strawberry - "Sequoia" Flo...
    I was surprised to see the flowers on the Strawberries so soon, especially since we have had such lingering cold weather this spring. There has been a frost warning for the past few nights, and though I haven’t actually had any frost, the temperature was only 32*F this morning when I got up...
    Scattered Clouds 11°C / 52°F
  • 11 May 2013
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    Setting up some herbal infusions

    Viola odorata - Wild Violets Preserved, Plantago major - Broad-leaf Plantain Preserved, Symphytum officinal...
    Preparations for making another batch of herbal balm. I am using Grape Seed oil this time, instead of Olive Oil. Since it’s too early for Calendula flowers, I thought i would try Wild Violet leaves. With some research, I’ve found that Violet leaf is a soother of inflamed skin and can ...
    Rainy 16°C / 61°F
  • 05 May 2013
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    Harvesting Spring

    Syringa vulgaris - Heirloom Lilac Harvesting and Butterfly - Bee - Bird garden
    There isn’t much in the way of edibles or herbals to harvest yet here in southern New England. So, instead I am harvesting Spring! or, the flower that, to me, most represents the arrival of Spring. Lilacs! My old heirloom Lilac suffered a lot of damage during the blizzard this past winter. ...
    Partly Cloudy 21°C / 70°F
  • 02 May 2013
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    More Vintage Violets in a Trade

    Saintpaulia - African Violet 'French Lilac' LEAF (BS126) Repotted, Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Tin Soldie...
    I just received several vintage violets in a trade with AV friend Debbie P. in AZ. She sent some that I have had my eye on for a while. They were all very healthy and some quite large. Two of the largest, Seafoam and Pink Cushion, lost quite a few leaves in transit, but I saved a couple of the be...
    Indoors
  • 25 Apr 2013
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    Potatoes are Sprouting

    Solanum tuberosum - Potato 'Kerr's Pink Irish Heirloom' Sprouting and Vegetable & Fruit garden
    Several little stems with leaves poking up through the soil!
    Partly Cloudy 12°C / 54°F
  • 24 Apr 2013
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    Seedlings

    New Stuff Planting & Patiently Waiting garden , Capsicum annuum - Yellow Dwarf Stuffing Pepper Blooming, Ca...
    Tomatoes, Peppers and Calendula are all dong fantastic. The Coreopsis Mahogany Midget has finally started to grow. The other seeds did not germinate.
    Indoors
  • 21 Apr 2013
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    Culling and Cleaning Out, and a bit of Repotting

    Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Senk's Vespa Verde' (SW1270) Repotted, Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Senk's T...
    I have decided to narrow the focus of my AV collection, or actually I have been considering it for some time. I have decided to cull many of the plants that don’t fit. I am focusing on species and vintage violets primarily, with a very few other preferences – Senk, some Optimara, Stor...
    Scattered Clouds 14°C / 57°F
  • 20 Apr 2013
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    Bay State African Violet Society Annual Spring Show

    Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Pride's Pink Trail' (BS131) Treating, Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Adeara' (...
    A great show held at the Tower Hill Botanical Center in Boylston MA. Even though it is a small show, in comparison to some others, it is always well attended. There were no new seminars, and I skipped the potting class since I went last year. The sales were from Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses and contri...
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