Christmas journals
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I received an orchid as an early Christmas gift and it produced several large beautiful flowers, The foliage is just now starting to turn yellow and the outer leaves have begun to droop. I have heard everything from leaving it be to watering more, watering less, dig it up, feed it more, this that... -
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Dec
2012
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Homegrown plants to Deck the Halls with :)
Northern Bayberry Harvesting, Holly hedge plants x4 Harvesting, and Bermuda grass DyingHarvested Holly sprigs with their bright red berries on them, and Bayberry boughs which have a lovely holiday fragrance- the same scent that bayberry candles have. These will be used to beautify the interior of our house for the holiday season. As a side note… While I was outside harvesting...Rainy 16°C / 60°F -
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Dec
2012
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A Holiday Gift, from Mother Nature. Mood: Very Happy
Nandina 'Harbor Dwarf' Harvesting, Dwarf Umbrella Tree Dying, and Northern Bayberry (Junior) BuddingUmbrella tree that was already planted here when we bought the house was unhappy, constantly suffering from leaf spots and yellowing foliage no matter what I did for it. I decided to remove it. I think I have the wrong soil pH for it. Besides, I’ve never been fond of Scheffleras except ma... -
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Dec
2012
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Harvesting Christmas Decorations
Grapes, wild Harvesting, Cedar, Forest Harvesting, Dogwood, Red Twigs Harvesting, White Spruce Harvesting, ...Clear -10°C / 14°FI have been working at creating Christmas decorations from greenery harvested on site. While most of the evergreens on the property are cedar, I have managed to locate one large white spruce, and several balsam firs – one of which is now my Christmas tree. Wild grapevine seems to grow everywhere,...
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14
Nov
2012
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Christmas Cactus flowering again
Christmas Cactus Blooming and Home gardenCloudy 7°C / 45°FI have been growing Christmas Cacti – not really a Cactus but a succulent – for many years now. Botanically it is know as: Schlumbergera x buckleyi. I used to have a very dark red & a white variety but I lost them years ago :-(( I find them very easy to grow/propagate as any leaf ...
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Nerine bowdenii Blooming
22 Dec 2011
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Snow -1°C / 30°FWell, it’s the 23rd of December and it’s snowing. Looks like we’re in for a white Christmas after all. Yeah!!! One lone nerine is blooming in the sunroom. Awfully late this year and there’s just the one but it’s a bloom. The Christmas cacti are pretty much past i...
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22 Dec 2011
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I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas!
Serissa foetida - Snowleaves Blooming and Downstairs Raised Bed gardenStorms 32°C / 90°F
Of course, I’ll be dreaming forever more! There’s no white Christmas around here in north-eastern Australia … no snow flakes or frost! The closest thing to snow right now is a plant that has ‘snow’ in its name … it’s common name.
Serissa foetida is comm...
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19
Dec
2011
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Success!! (Melt and pour soap-making, Part II)
Cloudy 16°C / 61°F
Unmolding the soaps was fun and exciting! It wasn’t as hard to get the soap out of the molds as I thought it might be, and the impressions are crisp and attractive.
Cutting the tray soap required a fair amount of force, but I made it through and the cut edges look a little rough but not to...
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16 Dec 2011
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Rainy 6°C / 43°F
Everywhere else the prices of christmas trees seem to go up and up, but at the nursery here in our little village we still only pay the unbelievable price of just € 9.00. (They grow them nearby, so don’t have to purchase them themselves, no transportation cost…)
I like to decorate it the same way...
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Oxalis - Shamrock Plant - 'Charmed Jade' Blooming, Inside the House garden , Fuchsia 'Shadow Dancer Rosella...
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Dec
2011
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Rainy 13°C / 55°FSo, along with many other Folians, I am starting my second year of Bloom Days! And I managed to post something each month along the way. I think this is really a great idea, and I love seeing everyone’s Bloom Day entries each month. That being so, I had a hard time finding something bloomin...
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14 Dec 2011
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Christmas time not in the garden
I just want to get back to my garden. Christmas means more time at the shops, more time catching up, more time spending money on other things, more time doing everything but gardening. And with the bunged up thumb to top it all off… ugh. I really want to get some things done. I guess I&...Storms 27°C / 81°F -
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Dec
2011
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The Christmas Cactus is Blooming
Indoor Plant gardenRainy 10°C / 50°FThe Christmas Cactus plant that I’ve had about 5 years is blooming. The buds started forming at the end of November and now they are fully open. I have a blog post about it at http://craftygardener.blogspot.com/2011/12/gbbd-december.html
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Christmas cactus Dividing and Container garden
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Dec
2011
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I bought this and when I took the wrapper off some of the branches fell off and seemed to have a long root, so I am propagating them and hope to give a lot of them out next year. It seems like some of the flowers are white, some red and some pink. I chose a plant that was full but didn’t ha...Cloudy 28°C / 82°F -
Dry Tropics garden
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Storms 30°C / 86°F
The rain has started falling and it seems as if this year’s long dry season is over. I can’t work in the garden when the heavens open, so I often have to retreat to the kitchen to do some cooking.
At this time of year, I often whip up a couple of batches of my favourite Christmas tre...
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Ilex x meserveae - Holly - 'Blue Princess' Harvesting, Juniperus virginianus - Red Cedar Harvesting, Cytis...
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Dec
2011
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Cloudy 15°C / 59°F
I think this will count as a harvest – I certainly was deliberate about which plants I chose to cut sprigs from.
So here are my creations for Holiday decorating – mine for Yule and hubby’s for Christmas. All the pieces were cut from the gardens.
