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14 Nov 2009Depressing Garden Remnants Finally Cleaned Up 2 Daylily "Happy Returns" and Container gardenIt’s been forever since I updated. Life got in the way of me spending much time in the garden during the last bit of the season, so I didn’t really properly appreciate my zinnias or when the dwarf sunflowers finally bloomed. I was also a little discouraged, because my basil remained s...Rainy 12°C / 54°F
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22 Aug 2009Garden Update Hybrid Dwarf Sunflower (Sunny Smile) , Basil (Large Leaf Italian - Organic) , Big Tetra Mix Zinnia Blooming...Partly Sunny 27°C / 81°F
Despite the weird weather, crazy humidity, and being left alone for a week, the plants are still doing well. More of the zinnias have sprouted, the basil’s still doing okay, and the sunflowers are getting ready to bloom! (They look a little bedraggled in the photos because I took them yeste...
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14 Aug 2009I Really Enjoy...…that I get Thumbs Up! on entries in which I detail how bad I am at taking care of my plants. :)23°C / 73°F
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12 Aug 2009I Am A Bad Plant Mama 2 Moonflower (Giant White) , Big Tetra Mix Zinnia , Zinnia (Giant Double, Mixed Colors) , Basil (Large Leaf I...So, I went away for a week and left my plants outside. I did consider bringing them inside before I left, but I found a white spider on my zinnias, and decided I could not handle the idea of potentially bringing bugs into my apartment. (I’ve already killed three creepy-crawlies in the last ...Cloudy 19°C / 66°F
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29 Jul 2009Garden Update 1 3 Daylily "Happy Returns" , Big Tetra Mix Zinnia , Zinnia (Giant Double, Mixed Colors) , Basil (Large Leaf It...Rainy 24°C / 76°F
It’s been a million years since I updated – work has been eating my life. Here’s the short version:
I did a big plant cleanup about a month or so ago, which felt good, despite being a little depressing. I tried one last round of seeds, just for the hell of it, but I didn’t...
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09 Jun 2009A Thought On Archiving PlantingsJust went in and updated my plantings, since so much stuff has died. 1) It’s annoying that when I go to edit the Planting, there’s the optional bit under the date sown where you can say it died, but in order for it to move to the Archived list, you have to use the dropdown menu, not j...Overcast 12°C / 54°F
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09 Jun 2009The Plants That Aren't Dead Are Mutants Pothos , Celosia , Marigolds (yellow) , Marigold (French Favourite Blend) , Morning Glory (Heavenly Blue) ,...So I looked over at my pothos this evening, and I’m fairly certain it’s at least 25% bigger than it was this morning. I might be making that up, but it does look bigger. Which is good – at least SOMETHING in my house is still alive. Here’s the body count: Celosia: 3 down, ...Cloudy 12°C / 54°F
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01 Jun 2009Proof That I Am Not A Complete Gardening Failure 2 Morning Glory (Heavenly Blue) , Moonflower (Giant White) Sprouting, Marigold (French Favourite Blend) , and...The garlic chives are sprouting!!! I’d just about given up hope, but I looked today, and there are about four little green bits poking out of the soil. The common chives sprouted the other day, though they don’t look terribly sturdy. Both basil sprouts look okay, but they don’t ...Cloudy 16°C / 60°F
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29 May 2009General Garden Update Morning Glory (Heavenly Blue) Sprouting, Morning Glory (Heavenly Blue) Sprouting, Marigolds (yellow) Dying,...Should have posted this sooner, as today is not technically the day of sprouting for any of these plants, but it’s been a long week. Here’s the sprout update: —One of the morning glory seeds in the medium container (only morning glories) has sprouted. No signs of the others, so ...Overcast 13°C / 55°F
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27 May 2009More Seeds SownCloudy 10°C / 50°F
Actually managed to pot a few morning glory seeds over the weekend. Some went into the trellis pot with some moonflower seeds (with any luck, they’ll mix nicely and twine up the supports), and the rest went in a medium container.
Also planted some garlic chives in the small blue glazed self...
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