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Member since: Aug 08 | Last seen: Nov 11 | Years gardening: 4 | Organic gardener
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24 Sep 2011
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And now that Staind song is stuck in my head… Anyway, I haven’t been around for the last two months, which were technically productive months in the garden, but maybe not so much for me. It’s been a long summer with a great deal of stress and even my garden has been cold comfort...Cloudy 23°C / 73°F -
14 Jul 2011Chrysanthemum, unknown mauve Blooming, German Chamomile Tier Pot 1 Blooming, and Primrose Blooming
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Partly Sunny 23°C / 73°FThis is actually the first time I’ve done a bloom day here. I am usually too distracted to get around to it in time, but today i’ve got good weather, fresh blooms and time off.
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08 Jul 2011Begonia 'Glowing Embers' and Begonia 'Sherbet Bon Bon'
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Storms 22°C / 72°FI am trying to get in the habit of reviewing varieties regularly, because I find user experiences to be very helpful. Photo 1: Sherbet Bon Bon tuberous begonia Photo 2: Glowing Embers tuberous begonia Photo 3: Glowing Embers tuberous begonia I highly recommend Glowing Embers to anyone who likes t...
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08 Jul 2011
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The return of the camera: The African Mask
African Mask (tuber starts) Treating, African Mask 2 Growing, and African Mask 1 TreatingStorms 22°C / 72°FPhoto1: Healthy African Mask Photo2: African Mask Rehab (not lookin’ good for it honestly) Phot03: The tubers from the sick plant. I will have healthy houseplants, oh yes, I will. Related; I have managed to put photos on like 80% of my plants finally! And I cleaned out the refrigerator! And...
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02 Jul 2011
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Rainy 24°C / 75°FFirst little tomato harvested today. Just popped right off in my hand and I shared it with Ian. It was pretty good. That’s his hand in the photo by the way. Put some gift cards/vouchers to good use today and came home with some insecticidal soap, vermiculite, a couple new pots, some pebbles...
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01 Jul 2011
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Not-so-sweet peas, hard graft and happy birthdays
Zucchini 'Black beauty' Setting Fruit, Tomato 'Golden Cherry F1' Growing, Rudbeckia 'Indian Summer' Moved, ...I think I’m going to have to break down and do something about the ants and aphids. If sweet peas are always this loaded down with aphids and pollen beetles I am not ever growing them again. I guess they keep the aphids and the pollen beetles concentrated in one pot and away from my veg, bu...Rainy 23°C / 73°F -
27 Jun 2011
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So two days of blazing heat followed by this long drawn out thunderstorm of a Tuesday. I thought I moved out of NC.Storms 21°C / 70°F -
20 Jun 2011Dahlia 'Bishop's Children' Bicolours and coral red singles Blooming, Fuchsia 'Carmel Blue' Blooming, and Sw...
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Had the day off work, but couldn’t leave the house, so didn’t accomplish much. I sat out in the garden reading for a while, tidied up some pots and compost, watered everything. Washed a load of laundry and got it on the line quite early. Other than that I’ve been lazing about wa...Rainy 22°C / 72°F -
11 Jun 2011
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Rainy 15°C / 59°FI’ve given up on finding my SD card for my camera, so my husband shot these photos with his phone. I miss my camera. We visited Cambridge Botanic Garden when Ian’s family was here, but found it to be lacking in the outdoors beds. The glass houses were great, and some of the borders we...
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10 Jun 2011
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Rainy 18°C / 64°FSo I finally settled on a solution for my sad bees ( http://myfolia.com/journals/105540-bare-feet-save-lives-otherwise-known-as-me-and-the-bees ) I had a couple cheap plastic plates from Poundland that I’d been using under pots around the garden but I thought even they might not quite be sh...
