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• 21 Mar 2013

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  Dahlias and life

  Dendrobium kobai Blooming, Grandma's Christmas Cactus 'Victoria' Blooming, and African Violet garden
  Working late is bad for my health. Not because I ended up going to bed at 3 am almost every day but because I get the munchies. And munchies at 3am means fast food. Too lazy to cook, yanno? But! The munchies gives me the time (after consumption) to toddle about the house and poke at the little gr...
  Clear 15°C / 59°F
• 08 Mar 2013

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  Outdoor cleanup work begins

  Roses , Eau de cologne mint 'Orange' , Daylily , and Jackmani Clematis
  Spent a nice afternoon pruning and clearing out a few things while the snow melted around me. Good to stick fingers in dirt and feel cool earth again. How I’ve missed the sensation these cold months. No potting soil can compare to the rot that is nature. Worked on pruning and cleaning up: P...
  Clear 10°C / 50°F
• 03 Mar 2013

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  Sunday in Lissa's Garden

  Sunday in Lissa’s Garden We ‘online gardeners’ do not always have the opportunity to see the gardens or meet the gardeners we have come to know virtually. Last Sunday I battled rain and roadworks for the 140 K drive to Strathpine and Lissa’s lovely garden. What should hav...
  Rain 23°C / 73°F
• 21 Feb 2013

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  Cover crop turned.

  Veggie/Raised Bed garden
  I FINALLY found time to turn the cover crop into the raised beds before it went to seed. We’ve had some mild weather here, mixed with some cold spells. It’s been a crazy manic winter in North Georgia. I’m hoping we’ve had enough freezing to kill off most of the problem bug...
  Sunny 9°C / 48°F
• 04 Feb 2013

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  Visitors

  Well, looking at my common mallow yesterday I noticed a fuzzy white substance, kind of binding the leaf together. In one leave was a dormant or dead larvae? caterpillar? Not sure I only found this in 3 leaves. Then looking at the wild lettuce in that same patch I noticed what looked like seeds...
  Sunny 16°C / 61°F

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