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28 Mar 2009
Too. Many. Again. 14 18 Happy Grow Please! Winter Sowing garden
I swore this year I was not going to plant an excessive amount of seeds like last year. Well one thing led to another and now I find myself with 82 containers planted and 80 more to go. Everything was chosen for a reason and every time I try to pare down the list I can’t. Each plant brin...
Rainy 2°C / 35°F
16 May 2009
Monster Grub 2 12 Compost garden
I know they say things are bigger in Texas but this is without a doubt the biggest grub I have ever seen. It came out of the middle of my compost bin.
19°C / 67°F
07 Mar 2009
Moss thief (shhh) 8 17
Well, the moss proved remarkably easy to just lift up, with any luck the scar will fade before my neighbor notices. I think I’ll be able to get another 2-3 square feet. I placed it in the shady cool side yard for now and will place it along the west side of the serpentine wall after I have ...
Overcast 8°C / 46°F

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02 Nov 2009
Captain Obvious whispers - 'turn them sideways dopey!' 9 12 Arbor garden
Sometimes the obvious takes a while. I’ve had these offcuts of 50mm mesh hanging around for a while, years in fact. They were leftovers reclaimed from some job that I can’t recall now, it was that long ago.. I’ve used them previously to cover seedlings from birds, cats and other...
27°C / 81°F
13 Nov 2009
photo update: fall colors and harvests 3 9 Pepper 'Cayenne' , Green onion (2) Harvesting, Kale 'Red Winter' Harvesting, Mustard 'Southern Green Curled...
I’ve saved all of my glass bottles and jars this summer for storing goodies in. I’ve chopped quite a bit of my herbs to store in the jars and came across a use for my cholula bottle. We love asian foods and for my hubby the hotter it is the better – as long as it has flavor (hea...
19°C / 67°F
14 Nov 2009
Garlic:That's it guys, I need the bed 3 6 Garlic (Purple Monaro) Harvesting, Garlic (Oriental Purple) Harvesting, and Northern garden
The garlic are very close to their harvest date anyway and I need the bed so – Phtt! out they go. No bulb weights as they still need to be dried off and checked out. but they come very close (if not more than :) what I planted so that’s fine by me, especially considering the bed got a...
Overcast 17°C / 63°F
14 Nov 2009
What are these bugs? 9 Iris Established and Apt Windowsill garden
I found these weird bugs on my iris plants that I recently brought inside before I move. They almost look like aphids, but they were pinkish-red…almost brown. I power-washed them off with the hose and squished the rest, but so I’m hoping I got them all. I went outside to check the ...
Cloudy 56°C / 133°F
15 Nov 2009
Roses 9 Front yard garden
Just at the moment with all the fine weather we have been having, the roses are all out. I have 5 in total out in the front yard, 3 red, 1 white and 1 that comes out in orange/yellow with red edges. Just at the moment they look really nice.
Overcast 16°C / 61°F
14 Nov 2009
In full Bloom 1 7 Grevilla, Nastursiums etc Purchased and Backyard garden
It does look really nice right now. It was one that my son had bought a few years back and we cut the centre leader stem out to make it bush out..
21°C / 70°F
14 Nov 2009
You thought you were done, didn't you 8 Cabbage- Stonehead Harvesting, Broccoli Pinetree mix Harvesting, Broccoli, moved from 3 Sisters Harvesting,...
More fall clean up today, not so much because of stuff that really needed to get done, as because it is 70 degrees and sunny outside. Incredible. This extended nice weather is going to result in the cleanest, most prepped winter garden in years. Swept off the porch and put away most of the rema...
Sunny 18°C / 65°F
17 Nov 2009
Jumping Back In 8 Very Happy
It’s been so long since I’ve logged on, that I had hundreds, no thousands of journals to read …eeeek! Lots of catching up to do! I’ve missed you guys!!!! We’ve had a pretty crazy couple months with half the people we know being hospitalized for everything from hea...
Sunny 3°C / 37°F
17 Nov 2009
Now with Summer looming. 8 Front yard garden
Its time to get mulching around the place. So far I have done the veg. patch, east side garden and now starting on the Front yard. Its been a combination of cardboard, newspaper, lawn clippings and seaweed. Although I haven’t finished yet, the gardens are starting to take shape and I am sta...
22°C / 72°F
19 Nov 2009
To Whom It May Concern, an Odd Day. 7
It was a nice day. Sunny and warm for the time of year. Things progressed as normal until about 2. I never hear from family, but my brother called. He talked to me about all the family news, (really more than I needed to know) for 1 1/2 hours. My other brother in Mississippi had a 4 wheeler ...
Sunny 12°C / 53°F