Autumn journals
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30
Oct
2012
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Acorns & pecans Driving me Nuts
Native Live Oak in lawn x1 Harvesting, Texas Live Oak along street x3 Harvesting, and Pecan HarvestingWay more acorns being dropped all over my front yard and driveway than I expected. So many that my car actually skids on the acorns due to lack of traction unless they are swept off the concrete! I’ve spent several hours sweeping acorns, and there are still several hundred acorns in my tre... -
A's Christmas Cactus Blooming and All the Windowsills garden
15 Nov 2012
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Clear 9°C / 48°FEverything in the garden is very soggy and where I might still have a rose or two at this time, not so this year. Michaelmas daisies are brown ’n soggy too as is just about everything else. Out walking today, I did see a Mullein with a few blooms, in a sheltered spot. So badge for this mon...
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29
Oct
2012
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Broad beans and green peas sprouting
Greenpea 'Meteor' Sprouting, Broad bean 'Triple White' Sprouting, and Broad bean 'Aguadulce à très longue c...It’s autumn, its cold and dark and…. the broad beans and green peas are sprouting! I want to keep the soil covered as much as possible and I’ve read that in the UK it’s common to plant broad beans and greenpeas in the autumn, to give them a headstart next spring. So I̵...Drizzle 7°C / 45°F -
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Oct
2012
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Third trough of Daffs planted today
Pansy 'Autumn' Planting Out, Daffodil Planting Out, and Balcony gardenRainy 12°C / 54°FToday my third trough of Mixed Daffs was planted up on the balcony! I should have done this a week or two ago but I kept putting it off. Well the day of the change over finally arrived today! Some weeks ago I bought 3 bags of mixed Daffs from Sainsburys. My intention was to plant just one bag in ...
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24
Sep
2012
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Cucumber 'Marketmore' coming to an end.
Cucumber 'Marketmore 76' Flowering, Cucumber 'Marketmore' Harvesting, Our Greenhouse garden , and Balcony g...Rainy 14°C / 57°FMy Cucumbers, ‘Marketmore’, growing in the greenhouse on Gerry’s allotment are now coming to an end! On Saturday I picked three, one of which was lying on the soil & covered by the leaves making it practically invisible! These will be practically the last for this year as th...
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meadow-saffron (Colchicum autunnale) Blooming, blackberry Ripening, common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) Fr...
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Sep
2012
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Overcast 14°C / 57°FFall is at the door… 1) Autumn crocuses in the meadow; 2) berries of European spindle, 3) berries of dogwood, 4) lots of dog rose hips 5) and wild blackberries in the hedges.
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14
Sep
2012
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Growhouse Pics + Identified Cactus
Mammillaria boscana Growing, Cactus Mix from Chelsea Flower Show 2011 Growing, Crassulaceae garden , Cactac...Sunny 15°C / 59°FFinally, after nearly 16 months, I have identified one of my cactus seedlings as Mammillaria boscana. The hairs are quite unique, which was helpful. This little fellow is the one I’ve been more neglectful of, and I need to sort out this pot where there’s 4 seedlings growing together a...
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Phalaenopsis Maki Watanabe 'Carmela' Blooming, Habranthus robustus 'Zephyr' Ripening, Dragonfruit 'Charizar...
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Sep
2012
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Overcast 17°C / 63°FIt’s getting chilly these nights. I hear tonight is going to get down to 7°C. I was so unprepared! Due to the really hot weekend we just enjoyed, I drenched everything, including cacti, and all of a sudden the weather has turned like this and they are damp. I close the growhouse during the ...
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herbs: mugwort Mulching, lilacs: late blooming Mulching, Herb: Woad Mulching, chard: bright lights Mulching...
05
Nov
2011
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Clear 9°C / 49°F
Getting ready for winter.
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08
Sep
2011
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Fall garden dying down, various pest problems documented
4 No RaBBITs Allowed! Backyard garden , Beans: cherokee black (PDT) Dying Down, rhubarb Under Attack, squas...Sunny 21°C / 70°F
(backdated journal report)
Photo shows stunted Galeux d’eysine, one of my favorite varieties but she didn’t make it this year. For some reason was not entered as a planting. Combination of drought followed by very heavy squash beetle pressure stunted the plant.
Photos below detail var...
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Yellow Primula
15
Dec
2011
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Rainy 9°C / 48°F
After the storm we got last night, I went out in the morning to quickly inspect the house and the garden; thankfully where I live nothing more than leaves had been blown away by the fierce winds, except that we didn’t have electricity when I woke up, so there was probably some damage elsewh...
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Yellow Primula
09
Dec
2011
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Partly Sunny 10°C / 50°F
In these last days of autumn, this primrose is showing a second flower, as if we were in early spring. The primroses in the other parts of my garden don’t do that.
I have to admit that the weather is mild for December, even if it’s getting a bit colder, we’re far from freezing. ...
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Osteospermum zanzibar white with ring - (Annual, bring in) Flowering, Viola odorata (Sweet violet) - purple...
15
Nov
2011
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Cloudy 12°C / 54°FDarker nights mean less time for gardening, but they also offer an opportunity to get shots of certain flowers that show up well with a black background, like Verbena Bonariensis and Sedum. 1. Sedum 2. Verbena Bonariensis 3. Orange Hawkweed growing through Silver Ragwort 4. Veronica ‘Red F...
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parsley Harvesting and swiss chard mostruosa di Ingegnoli Harvesting
11
Nov
2011
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Sunny 5°C / 41°F
I know, it’s totally off topics – sorry -, but now I can’t help being happy today.
I have been waiting for this moment so long… and, despite all the Italian troubles, I feel better, finally! I’m sure you can understand the reason of my joy!
Talking of the vegetable ...
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Herfstkrokus | Autumn crocus | Crocus speciosus and Flower meadow garden
31 Oct 2011
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Sunny 17°C / 63°FThe Fall crocusses are wilting now. There were about 50 flowers this year, about as much as last year. But I definitely have the impression they are spreading. A Marmalade Hoverfly visiting today…
