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18 Jul 2008Froggy inhabitants 1 Wildlife gardenI scooped out two frogs from the pool the other day and tossed them into our pond. I’m happy to report they seem to have taken up permanent residence and do not seem too disturbed by my presence. I was able to get quite close and watched them for awhile. They were both so pretty, but unf...Sunny 29°C / 84°F
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18 Jul 2008Flowers Sunflower 'Ring of Fire' BloomingSunny 29°C / 84°F
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11 Jul 2008Some new additions Wildlife gardenI added cat tails and some kind of mint today to a little boggy area we added to the front of the pond area. I also finished mulching everything and spent a great deal of time battling Japanes beetles in the veggie garden.Cloudy 29°C / 85°F
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11 Jul 2008Baby eggplant 1 Eggplant Fruiting and Vegetable 2008 gardenMel has a baby white eggplant. It might be because I don’t really like to eat eggplant, but I hope we don’t plant this again. It seems to attract every known pest to the garden. Everything loves it. Miraculously, the tomatoes and beans seem fine. So far I’ve “mechanic...Sunny 29°C / 85°F
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10 Jul 2008Excited and nervous 1I had my interview today for my county’s master gardener program. They are accepting 30 people, which sounds like a lot, but there were at least 60 people at the open house a few weeks ago. I felt the interview went ok, but who knows? It was like walking into a job interview, which I guess ...Sunny 27°C / 81°F
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03 Jul 2008Satisfying work Wildlife gardenMade two fun trips to two different nurseries for pond plants today. My mother-in-law, Paula went with me for the 2nd trip. She gravitates to plants with flowers, while foliage grabbed me eye. Have to look up the tags to remember names of plants we bought. All together we bought 7 plants. Pl...Sunny 22°C / 72°F
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02 Jul 2008Planting Out Canterbury Bells Planting Out
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02 Jul 2008Planting Out Bloody Dock Planting Out
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02 Jul 2008Planting Out Juncus Planting Out
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02 Jul 2008Pretty bloom Toad Lily Flowering and Shade gardenCloudy 23°C / 74°F
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