The WOES of Cat Ownership, Sasha pupdate, and TOO MANY SEEDLINGS!

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Posted by admin to Freya, Little Osa, Sasha, cactus, daylily, garden, ghetto, herbs, hostas, houseplants, pets, photos, roses, seeds, succulants on 2008-02-16, 08:04:00

31*, feels like 23*, 54% humidity, SSE 8 mph wind, fair, FLOOD WATCH Sasha Pupdate: Sasha is now schedualed for surgery on Wedensday-- They are going to remove the growths and flush her kidneys too. Too Many Seedlings! Remember those Rosa seeds I ordered from Angel Grove Tree seed? Well I had no idea every seed would decide to sprout. I have over 80 rose seedlings, and I haven't even begun to

Seedlings…. Too many!

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Posted by admin to Flowers, cactus, chores, daylily, garden, herbs, houseplants, pets, roses, succulants, trees, veggies on 2008-01-16, 11:20:00

Today I got around to separating some of my seedlings-- the catnip and the daylillies. This is bad... Why? because I didn't expect so many, that's why. I misjudged how much space they would take. This was my plan: A shelf for perennial flowers (I already have a shelf and a half plus a kitchen windowsill), a shelf of herbs for my herb garden this year (already there is a half shelf of just catnip

Indoor Gardening Day

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Posted by admin to Flowers, Winter, bulbs, cactus, cheapskate finds, expiriments, food, fruit, garden, girlgonegardening, houseplants, photos, roses, seeds, succulants, trees, veggies, wind, work on 2007-12-01, 13:36:00

27*, feels like 14*, 91% humidity, ESE 17 mph wind, freezing rain, Winter Storm Warning, Snow fall 1" on ground today. The morning started out wintry and blustery but dry. As I finally have a day off (I've worked 12 strait afternoons in a row!) I decided to pamper myself a bit today and work on hobbies. I made myself a very nice breakfast and went shopping. Christmas sales to me mean PLANTS! I

My Thanksgiving

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Posted by admin to Flowers, cactus, food, holidays, photos, veggies on 2007-11-18, 08:27:00

37*, feels like 30*, 81% humidity, E 12 mph wind, cloudy On the menu tonight: Turkey breast cornbread stuffing mashed potatoes marinated pumpkin cranberry sauce fresh baked bread with pumpkin butter spread pumpkin pie with whipped cream Wine Coffee Nothing too fancy but yummy none the less :) and I'm glad to have it.

Hardiness Experiment Update—

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Posted by admin to Frost,, Winter, cactus, expiriments, links, photos, spring, succulants on 2007-11-16, 07:13:00

When I first planted it..... Now, after the first big frost----- It's grown a lot since I planted it in the spring. We will take a look again through the winter and in the spring to see how it is fairing.Link to the original post:http://girlgonegardening.blogspot.com/2007/05/hardiness-expiriement-and-garden-trash.html

Under The Grow Lights

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Posted by admin to California, Winter, cactus, houseplants, photos, succulants on 2007-11-13, 09:31:00

In the left hand corner you can see the cactus seedling. It's grown a lot and is VERY spiny. When It gets too tall to keep inside under lights in winter, I'll be shipping it off to a friend in CA where it can live outside year round. I have 2 regular jade plants and a variegated one, a Christmas cactus cutting, and some baby African violets from a friends leaf cuttings. In the far back right