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28 Jun 2008This one may be a goner Loropetalum 'Ever Red Sunset' Repotted and Holding Zone gardenThe dogs have really done a number on this plant. It has been badly broken and recovered several times, most recently at the beginning of the month when almost all the live growth was broken off. It had started to put out a bit more new growth and I thought I’d let it grow a bit before pu...Cloudy 30°C / 86°F
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28 Jun 2008Tomato baby! Tomato 'Pink Accordion' Fruiting and Vegetable gardenI saw my first baby tomato today! I was flicking flowers in ‘Pink Accordion’ and saw a little baby tomato. I’m very happy.Cloudy 30°C / 86°F
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28 Jun 2008Figured out the problem... but I have to start over Squash 'Early White Bush Scallop' Dying and Vegetable gardenAll of a sudden my patty pan squash plants have been dying off. At first I figured some of the weak ones might be dying due to too many plants in the pot and pulled them up, but then the stronger, bigger ones started dying too. I finally figured out the problem when I went to water them today. ...Cloudy 30°C / 86°F
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28 Jun 2008first harvest today! 1 Bean 'Bush Blue Lake 274' Harvesting and Vegetable gardenSunny 28°C / 82°F
I harvested the beans growing on the plant that is in its own pot. I got about 10 beans off that plant. I think the plant is now done, but I’ll let it grow on and see if it sets any more flowers. The beans went into the stir fry noodle bowls we had tonight, along with some of the eggplant.
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28 Jun 2008another good harvest Vegetable gardenSunny 28°C / 82°F
I had another good harvest today, including 2 Early Girls, 5 eggplant and a bunch of cherry tomatoes. Today I also harvested the first romas and the first of my bush beans. Most of the roma’s I pulled off the big plant were small and suffering from blossom end rot (the ones still with a w...
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28 Jun 2008starting to color up Hydrangea 'Penny Mac' Blooming and Backyard gardenSunny 28°C / 82°F
‘Penny Mac’s one bloom (so far… I’ll hope for more) is starting to color up. I’m really happy that the bloom is going to be blue, as this is a potted hydrangea. It did bloom blue last year, which tells me that it had been treated with aluminum sulfate. I’ve ...
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28 Jun 2008putting out some new growth Japanese Maple 'Bloodgood' (seedling) and Backyard gardenSunny 28°C / 82°F
Bloodgood seems happier back where I moved it by the azaleas in part shade. I think it might have been in too much sun before as its leaves were getting burned. I saw today that it was putting out some new growth and managed to get a decent photo.
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26 Jun 2008more crazy forms! Daylily Blooming and Front Yard gardenSunny 29°C / 85°F
I had another one of the crazy partially shredded blooms open yesterday (photo 2) and also a different plant bloomed as well. The second plant is a double (photo 1)! I figured these plants would just be plain old boring orange daylilies and instead I’ve got all sorts of crazy things! I&#...
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26 Jun 2008opening further Hydrangea 'Nightingale' Blooming and Holding Zone gardenSunny 29°C / 85°F
I have a nice series of photos going showing how ’Nightingale’s’ lone (and I doubt there will be more this year) bloom is opening. This is the latest photo and I think it is quite pretty.
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26 Jun 2008photo of the day! Daylily 'Unloosed Dreams' Blooming and Backyard gardenSunny 30°C / 86°F
Nice photo, taken by my mom, of one of Unloosed blooms for the day. It is still going strong and looking great. Tall, lots of flowers, evergreen in this climate, what is not to like!
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