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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, 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 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

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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

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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