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Posted by admin to Dirt, LOVE, Mr. Hyper, Sasha, animals, daylily, ferns, ghetto, grass, herbs, holidays, houseplants, pets, snow, weather, weekend, work, yellow on 2008-03-04, 07:02:00

28*, feels like 18*, 63% humidity, NE 12 mph wind, cloudy, FLOOD WARNING The thousand dollar dog is in big trouble. Mr. Hyper blamed the cats on getting into my ghetto grow light stand, knocking it down, eating my ferns, unpotting them, and eating most of the catnip plants soil and all. But I knew better. I was angry. I had been babying these plants, tenderly administering my love to them. I had

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Posted by admin to Flowers, Sasha, cheapskate finds, crappy stuff, daylily, grass, herbs, houseplants, leaves, pets, screaming plants, snow, veggies on 2008-03-01, 05:57:00

20*, 73% humidity, W 6 mph wind, fair Sasha yesterday was not feeling good at all. She had the dry heaves, trying her best to throw up. I'm blaming the pain meds, I know they do the same thing to me. So I have not given her any today to see how she does though this morning she seems to be feeling better and ate with the appetite of a puppy. Yesterday, she was doing her hardest to get to some

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Posted by admin to Buttons, Little Osa, Pink, Sasha, Winter, blue, chores, daylily, garden, herbs, hostas, pets, photos, roses, shrubs, spring, veggies, video, yellow on 2008-02-27, 09:32:00

Since I don't have much in the way of winter interest in my garden yet other then this dwarf arctic blue willow..... I'm going to stay focused on the inside today. My old gal Sasha is in for surgery today, so while the dog is away, I've been doing a bit of spring cleaning. getting rid of a godawful amount of dog hair from the couches and all that. Just seemed like a good idea to do it now while

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Posted by admin to blue, cheapskate finds, food, grass, herbs, pets, seeds on 2008-02-24, 07:14:00

I have some herbs already in the yard, this list will be of new ones I am starting this year. Catnip- I've already started it in the house. The cats help me keep the seedlings pinched so they will grow bushy. These were Ferris Morris seeds.Peppermint Mentha x piperita-- Already started in the house. I wouldn't mind at all if this escaped into the lawn...The seeds were a freebie from Celestrial

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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

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Posted by admin to Flowers, Freya, Little Osa, Waldeath, crafts, daylily, girlgonegardening, gourds, grass, herbs, holidays, houseplants, pets, photos, vines, weeds, weekend, work on 2008-02-10, 08:11:00

1*, feels like -21*, 44% humidity, WNW 24 mph wind, fair, WIND CHILL ADVISORY, FLOOD WARNING First, a warning: Blogger's spellcheck doesn't seem to be working right now for me. So proceed with caution if mispellings send you running for a red pen. Running with pens can lead to loss of eyes. Ok, I admit to being a bit preoccupied latey between work, job interviewing, studying..... But this all

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Posted by admin to herbs, kitchen garden on 2008-02-08, 00:30:00

I over slept yesterday and had to go to work so Thursday was postless!
My Herbs from Suttons came yesterday but I only opened the box this morning.
They are sat on the computer desk now.i will do some seed sowing on Saturday after my nights have finished.
There are Oregano, Sage, Thyme, Mint, Coriander, and lastly Borage. I have three pots with Basil growing in the kitchen. Three Parsley plants in the right hand border, and three further pots of germinating seeds. They were soaked in boiling water and it seems to have speeded up the germination.
The right hand border has the new green edging keeping the soil in, and waiting for more compost to raise the soil level. It will help the drainage and make for healthier plants.
I have a few weeks before the Veg seeds can be sown. The cold frame cabbages have germinated, and even a few baby carrot seeds have grown.
I'm still waiting for the seed potatoes with grow bags, and large Vegetable grow bags which had sold out when i ordered. They were advertised in Gardeners World magazine. Must be an organic vegetable growing year, as lots of people had ordered them.
The African Bag gardens still need constructing, then decorating. My planting plan has named each veg garden by colour. There will be four. Purple, Blue, Yellow, and Orange. I will decorate each of the container gardens to reflect their colour!
The seed potatoes can be started indoors then moved outside when its warmer. I hope the kitchen garden can be productive and I can actually start the 100 foot challenge!

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Posted by admin to Freya, Little Osa, herbs, pets, photos on 2008-01-23, 16:16:00

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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

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Posted by admin to Dirt, fruit, herbs, hostas, photos, roses, seeds on 2008-01-12, 10:26:00

These are "Very Berry" wintergreen seeds..... I planted them in a peaty seed starting mix, threw them into a plastic baggie and put them into the fridge with the rose seeds already there. I also planted hosta "New American Hybrids" mix into peat pellets in a cool window sill.