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21 Nov 2009Wish me luck! 1 Sunny Outdoor Container gardenIn my biggest endeavor to-date.. I am attempting to move my garden from one country to another.. It’s Eid Holidays, and I’m packing to go home.. the person who usually looks after my garden whilst I’m gone won’t be able to look after them this eid, and all attempts to brib...Cloudy 23°C / 73°F
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10 Nov 2009Noooooooooooooooooooo 3 Marigold Budding and Sunny Outdoor Container gardenI went quite for a few day – I was unable to blog as I had no Internet! So the Internet guys came round to fix it this evening and in the process, they dropped my Marigold windowsill box upside down :-( My Marigolds were just beginning to bud today.. Luckily they were not harmed .. or at le...Sunny 26°C / 79°F
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05 Nov 2009Progress of my tomato pot 8 Tomato 'Roma VF' Branching and Tomato 'Roma VF' Showing True Leaves28°C / 82°F
Guys what do you think? Are they planted too closely to each other? There is a good 10 cm distance between them.. somehow i don’t think that’s enough?
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05 Nov 2009Survivor Mashmoom 1 8 Mashmoom and 1st Floor Windowsill garden28°C / 82°F
What is Mashmoom? A plant that looks and smells very much like basil (lemon basil), but is not edible.
In Bahraini heritage, brides-to-be used to decorate their hair with it.
This plant grows in bushes and can last for a very long time and withstands ridiculous heat temperatures!
I called this po...
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05 Nov 2009Watermelons! Watermelon Flowering and 1st Floor Windowsill garden28°C / 82°F
Doing the wrong thing by planting the watermelon in a container and letting it dangle (well i don’t have anywhere else to plant it plus it looks good dangling that way!!!
I’ve never grown watermelons before! This is something I am looking forward to learn :-) I’d love to see wha...
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05 Nov 2009Growing very slowly Peppermint Sprouting28°C / 82°F
I wonder when can I plant it out.. i will defo need mulching but I might kill it in the procees..
Let’s just wait till it grows a bit more..
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05 Nov 2009My new experimental flower pot! 1 Sunny Outdoor Container garden , Lavender , Floss Flower , Marigold , Verbena , and Sunflower28°C / 82°F
I know I’ve done all the wrong things here! I have used the wrong pot for the wrong plants!
I haven’t chosen the right depth… i put water-thirsty flowers with those that prefer less occassional watering.. and i neglected to thin (i was actually unsure).
The pot has sunfllower, l...
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05 Nov 2009The weird pot! 3 Sunny Outdoor Container garden and Basil 'Dark Opal'28°C / 82°F
This pot is a collection of all remaining seedlings I didn’t have the heart to throw away whilst I was thinning.
It has many things, i can’t even remember.. Tomatoes, 1 dark basil, u know, i’ll just take a look tonight and update this post! I just wanted the picture to be there ...
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05 Nov 2009:-( Gave away 5 Flower Tower garden28°C / 82°F
I think it is safe to say that this planty only like the coarse desert heart of Riyadh!
The weather is getting much better now, but it is giving away.
I admit to moving it from a sunny position to a partially shaded position, I wanted to re-arrange the garden as it was very messy!
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05 Nov 2009Growing, despite the damage from the leaf miners Zucchini Under Attack and Sunny Outdoor Container gardenCloudy 26°C / 79°F
This poor planty suffered the most damage from leaf miners. I tried all organic solutions available to me, but nothing helped. I was afraid I might kill the plant due to discarding a lot of the infected foliage..
then i decide to leave the plant alone. I went home for a few days to look after my ...
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