Sage journals
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2013
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As far as I'm concerned, all is right in the world & in MY GARDEN!
Mostly Cloudy 24°C / 75°FYesterday, I had a little spare time during the day, so I spent some time in my garden. Everything was doing so well that I felt at peace and like nothing could be wrong in the world! While I had my head in the clouds, I got inspired to take some random pictures and write some journals. So I took...
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Jan
2013
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Today I am thinking about growing some plants for smudging. I have a couple sage seeds but need everything else. I guess I would need sweetgrass and white sage. God knows I have enough cedar. hehehehe I have always loved the smell of patchouli and the other day, it was like, hey maybe I can find ...Partly Sunny -11°C / 12°F -
22 Jul 2011
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The Good & The Bad in the Herb Garden
Tasty Purple Basil , Goodwin Creek Lavender , Pineapple Sage , Stevia , Curry Plant , German Chamomile , Sw...Sunny 37°C / 99°FI haven’t done an update on the Herb Garden in a while, so here it goes. =) Main Pic 1 – I’m kinda disappointed at how this section of the herb garden is turning out. Compared to last year, the herbs seem small and and unimpressive. I’m thinking it’s probably because...
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Pineapple Sage and Herb garden
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Sunny 33°C / 92°FWhile looking over my herb garden this evening, I spotted a cute little ladybug running along the leaves and stems of my pineapple sage. I tried to take a pic of him, but I lost him and found something else. =\ Last week, Jas and I noticed something had been eating the leaves of my pineapple sage...
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I really like this scented geranium =P
Fernleaf Lavender , Mexican Sage , Strawberries "Sequoia" , Scented Geranium "Lady Plymouth" , and Herb gar...Sunny 26°C / 78°FI have to admit, when Jas picked this geranium out in the nursery, I wasn’t that fond of it. I thought it looked kinda dead with it’s yellow leaves, but I really LUV this plant now lol. The spot we picked to plant it in, is perfect for it. It really brightens up that part of the garde...
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Herb Garden Sec. 3 - Lily of the Valley is finally gone! =D
Herb gardenPartly Sunny 25°C / 77°FWe finally took out that ugly lily of the valley and planted the strawberries and the scented geranium in it’s place. It looks so much better! The mexican sage and fernleaf lavender continue to grow nicely. =) It looks like Ima have to cut off the dead blooms on that lavender soon.
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New Plantings & Plant Progress in Sec. 1
Herb gardenPartly Sunny 25°C / 77°FWe’ve got the new herbs planted in the ground and, as you can see, the ones transplanted from the kingsburg house are doing well. I’m specifically proud of the purple sage. Not only did it survive the winter in Kingsburg, but it lived through the move and continues to thrive in itR...
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Sectioning off the Herb Garden & new plantings
Herb gardenPartly Sunny 24°C / 75°FWe consider the whole stretch of the driveway to be our herb garden, so I’m going to break it up into sections. The first section will be the part under the climbing roses, the second will be from the nasturtiums over to the pineapple sage and goodwin creek lavender and the third will be wh...
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May
2011
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violet is the color of the meadows (at the end of May)
Native garden , red campion Blooming, ragged robin Blooming, oxeye daisy Blooming, hoary plantain (planta...Sunny 21°C / 70°FViolet is the predominant color of the wildflowers blooming in the meadows at the end of May. Now the sage is in full bloom, lot of bees and small butterflies are flying around and there is the loud sound of the chirping crickets. 1 – 2: the meadow sage is blooming 3: wild flowers 4: crane...
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Gourds and the End of the Kingsburg Garden Journal
Kingsburg 2010 gardenCloudy 24°C / 75°FWhen I look back on my documentations of the Kingsburg Garden, these are the last pictures that I found. =( Here, you’ll see that the gourd vine has pretty much taken over EVERYTHING lol. That’s the gourd vine all over the spent tomato plants. It had even made it’s way across th...
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Kingsburg 2010 garden
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Overcast 27°C / 80°FRemember that mexican sage I told you about that I saw at one of our clients offices? I was so taken by the beautiful blooms, I had to go out and get one for myself. Well here is a pic of it. I used my new camera to take the pic. =P Just look at those bright purple stalks! Mind you, this is not m...
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Succulent Garden and Alien Plant
Kingsburg 2010 gardenSunny 38°C / 100°FThe succulent garden is doing wonderful. Every is growing together nicely and colorfully. Speaking of colors, my Dragon’s Blood succulent ground cover is losing it’s red and turning green =\. I’m not sure why. It’s very healthy looking, but I miss the red color. I’ve...
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Blooms, Maturing Veggies & New Plants
Kingsburg 2010 gardenSunny 38°C / 100°FSome other things happening in the garden in late August include: Waiting for Anaheim Chilies to turn red for harvesting. We ended up harvesting a lot of these chilies, along with many jalapenos. We gave lots away to friends and family too. =) Waiting for orange bell peppers to grow bigger a...
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Apr
2011
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April showers bring me peppers :) ... and torture my flowers :(
Rainy 15°C / 59°FI am happy I planted mature pepper transplants now. I have already gotten 2 cayenne peppers, and 4 jalepenos fruiting. My initial debate was whether to plant smaller transplants to develop a better root structure, or to go big. I was amazed at how big of transplant Burpee was selling. I ended...
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sage Established and Container garden
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2011
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