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14 Jul 2008First bloom of the year Zinnia 'Peppermint Stick' Blooming and Backyard gardenSunny 31°C / 88°F
It is here, the first zinnia bloom of the year! It is a super pretty pink and white bloom. There are several others that are partially open, so I should be seeing and photographing more soon.
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14 Jul 2008blooms still opening Hydrangea 'Limelight' Blooming and Backyard gardenSunny 31°C / 88°F
Limelight’s blooms are still in the process of opening. I did notice today that they are starting to turn white. Since it is in so much sun, I didn’t think that the blooms would stay green for too long, but they are still a kind of greenish-white and very pretty.
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09 Jul 2008blooms are part way open Hydrangea 'Limelight' Blooming and Backyard gardenSunny 24°C / 75°F
Limelight’s blooms are part way open and it is looking really good. The rain the last few days has got the branches a bit weighted down, but I think the overall form still looks really good. The blooms are about 1/2 of the way open now I think and they are definitely in the green phase ri...
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09 Jul 2008harvest for 7/8/08 2 Vegetable gardenSunny 24°C / 75°F
Today was my biggest harvest of heirlooms so far. I picked 5 Cherokee Puple, leaving me with only some baby Cherokee Purples, and 2 German Pinks. I have a few more German Pinks that are close to ripe. I also got 1 1/4 pound of romas today, which puts me closer to the 3 lbs I need to try out on...
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08 Jul 2008harvested another small pepper Sweet Pepper 'Purple Beauty' Harvesting and Vegetable gardenI harvested another small pepper today and there are several more even smaller peppers that look like they should be ripe soon. This pepper did not have any bad spots, so I’m happy to have escaped my mystery pepper problem at least for one pepper.Sunny 27°C / 81°F
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08 Jul 2008current photos of the beds 1 Perennial Bed gardenSunny 27°C / 81°F
I took two photos to show what my perennial beds look like in July 2008. The left hand side has more diversity, with the wallflower STILL blooming, a few coneflowers, phlox David and a ‘Lavender Perfection’ dahlia all in bloom. The flossflower is also doing better on the side, I thi...
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08 Jul 2008bloom fully open and another one on the way Dahlia 'Lavender Perfection' Blooming and Perennial Bed gardenSunny 27°C / 81°F
The first ‘Lavender Perfection’ bloom is now fully open and another bloom on the same plant is just starting to open. They are very beautiful and seem to be doing a bit better than my dahlis did last year.
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08 Jul 2008starting to age Hydrangea 'Nightingale' and Holding Zone gardenSunny 27°C / 81°F
I think Nightingale’s bloom is starting to age. It is looking very pretty and I will keep track of its changes as it ages.
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08 Jul 2008more bloom photos Hydrangea 'Penny Mac' Blooming and Backyard gardenSunny 27°C / 81°F
Some more photos of my one ‘Penny Mac’ bloom. I keep hoping to find more.
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08 Jul 2008first plant is blooming Cleome Blooming and Backyard gardenSunny 28°C / 82°F
When I first planted these out, I wasn’t sure how they would do. They seemed sort of droopy and wilty for a while, but I kept watering them and they perked up. I don’t think they get as much sun as they would like, but at least one plant is blooming now. They are much shorter than...
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