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10 May 2013
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Snail damage and a new Gerbera

I was not happy to discover that snails had caused serious damage to one of my hippeastrums this week. In fact, they’d chewed their way almost completely through a flower stem with a fat healthy bud on top. Not only that, but they were still at the scene of the crime, sat at the base of the...
Partly Cloudy 13°C / 55°F
24 Apr 2013
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potatoes and BUGSSSS!!!
Potato Planting Out
I have no idea what kind of potatoes they are. I bought them at Cole’s from a huge bag and it didn’t have a label or anything. Maybe I will regret that later? Finally got them planted today. Started yesterday by cutting the seed potatoes into sections with an eye on each. Let the...
Haze 9°C / 48°F
15 Feb 2013
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Bloom day February 2013- The sweet scent of success!
Paperwhites ziva x4 Blooming
Success! The paperwhite narcissi we planted in the front yard this past Winter are now in bloom. How sweet it is. And rather pretty, too. :)
28 Jan 2013
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White Violets not germinating
Sweet Violet and Balcony garden
UPDATE: I was misled by the seedlings germinating in the seedtray. They turned out to be Chickweed or some other weed. They weren’t Violets after all. None of the seeds in he tray that I sowed back in October appear to have germinated. I left the tray exposed on the balcony thinking the see...
Cloudy 6°C / 43°F
22 Jan 2013
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Happy Birthday Mom!!!

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

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white gardens

Strawberry garden

Zone 10 It started out with a single sprout. My first surviving sprout from my germinated Pineberry seeds. Then I was gifted 6 more from a good friend. Who...
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Moon Garden garden

Zone 8b night scented white flowers, colorful foliage for the daytime
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Moon garden

Zone 4b Plans for the 2011 front entry/sitting area/deck/patio moon garden. See journal entry: http://myfolia.com/journals/97803-deckside-moon-garden
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White garden

Zone 10a I’m planning to create a White Garden somewhere within in our big garden but the location hasn’t been selected yet, although there are ...
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Level 8 - Moonlight garden

Zone 5b
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Backyard Patio garden

Zone 7 We had a patio put in, and its location allows us to spend more time in the garden. There is a raised box area where we grow some fruits and vegeta...
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Bird garden

Zone 5 The Bird Garden began with a Snowball Bush and two birdfeeders (sunflower seed and thistle). The cardinals, gold finches, mourning doves, chickade...
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Frontyard white dream garden

Zone 7a This is a place to track all the lovely things I want to plant in my white garden. Zone 7a, hot humid summers, clay soil that tends slightly acid. ...
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Backyard - Raised Bed Patio garden

Zone 5b We built this raised bed garden in the spring of 2008 around our flagstone patio using used retaining wall blocks purchased from a friend. We back...
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Air garden

Zone 8 This is a themed bed based on the element of ‘air’. The colours are blue, purple, silver and white. When we first moved in this wasn...
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