30 Tuesday May 2023
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29 Monday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, deck, flowers, garden, moments, petunias, planter, plants, purple, weather, widow
on Saturday brought out the table and worked on filling the planters that go around the deck…
four of the six were filled with purple and white petunias and alyssum…
the two in the centre have pansies, lobelia and alyssum…
it was fun and I enjoyed the time…
there are still three on the north side that need something… after all these years I still haven’t found just the right plants that live in shade and are happy in a planter…
28 Sunday May 2023
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21 Sunday May 2023
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beefsteak, big girl pants, blessed, dahlias, flowers, garden, happy, iPhone, Jonathan’s Farm, Lily Stone Garden, moments, morning glories, plants, Technology, tomatoes, veggies, weather, widow
Saturday was another glorious day in the garden…
and I started planting… yay… I added compost and fresh soil to the veggie gardens and then planted seeds as well as a pepper, some squash, cucumber and the beefsteak tomatoes… the seedlings came from Jonathan’s Farm and were in great shape…
excited to see if anything grows up and over the arch…
brought out the dahlia tubers and got them into planters as well as the new dahlia that I got from Lily Stone Gardens… it has been growing very fast… and finally put in a number of the morning glory seedlings that have been growing in the house…
06 Saturday May 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, corms, dahlias, dark, dirt, flowers, garden, growing, growth, light, moments, plants, widow
on Friday the dahlias came up from the basement…
two years ago when I brought them in, I removed all the soil, bagged each one, labelled them and put them away in the dark in the basement…
when I brought them in last fall, I didn’t even take off the dirt… they went into a pail, which went onto a shelf in the laundry area… so, not even in the dark… and I had no idea which type they were, lol…
when the pail came upstairs on Friday I wasn’t expecting much and was pleasantly surprised…
at least four of the clumps had new growth… I am very excited about this… currently they are sitting on the table in the sun…
soon they will be planted in pots in the garden;-)…
28 Friday Apr 2023
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around the house, big girl pants, blessed, can, flowers, happy, health, home, meditative, moments, nature, plants, purple, quiet, seedlings, smile, water, watering, watering can, widow
Wednesday is the day I water my plants… I have quite a few, lol…
I combine tap water with some banana skin water and wander around the living room, dining room, kitchen, bathroom, and den, with constant trips to the kitchen to refill the watering can…
I have had this watering can forever and have repaired the handle a few times as I enjoy the feel of this one…
seeing all of the blooms on the African violets and orchids, and the lovely purple anthurium blossom brings me so much happiness and makes me smile…
and currently, there are the seedlings that need attention as well…
it is quite a meditative experience and I enjoy the weekly time spent doing this…
25 Tuesday Apr 2023
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had a bit of fun in the garden Monday…
there was a chill in the air, but we were able to install the arch in the side garden, and then I put up the trellises on the planter boxes…
the arch fits perfectly and it will be exciting to see what will grow up and over the path;-)…
while I was outside I managed to get the slinky back on the bird feeder pole and flipped the water barrel over…
started the day planting some tomato seeds and trying again with the datura, which hadn’t started a single sprout…
we will see if there are any sprouts this time… maybe one day it will be warm enough to plant outside, lol…
29 Wednesday Mar 2023
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been working on the seedling project… this is interesting because I had decided not to start any this year, lol…
not long ago I picked up a grow-light and finally got it up in the den…
for the last few weeks I’ve been collecting toilet paper rolls and cutting them down to be seed containers…
spent time putting them in the bins to keep them together, and filling them with soil…
next will be wetting them down so they will be ready for seeds in a week or so…
getting excited for spring and time in the garden…
18 Saturday Mar 2023
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big girl pants, biome, blessed, flowers, garden, growth, happy, humidity, moments, nature, plants, The Leaf, trees, walk, wall, waterfall, weather, widow
had another great visit to The Leaf on Thursday…
we arrived about 10:45 am and it felt like we walked into a wall of moisture… clearly the humidity level has gone up considerably since we were last here…
there were a good number of people in the space, but it didn’t feel crowded…
the waterfall is still spilling into the walkways, but it seemed at a lesser degree…
the plants are visibly growing and are lush and bright, even on a partially overcast day…
they seemed so much happier than on my last visit, when many of them looked like they might not survive…
lots of different flowers blooming throughout both the tropical and Mediterranean biomes…
every walk through the biomes brings something different and interesting… can’t wait to see what future visits will produce…
02 Thursday Mar 2023
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big girl pants, blessed, flowers, Goose Spit, grape hyacinth, happy, living room, moments, nature, orchid, plants, purple, rock collection, scent, table, white, widow
happy that I finally got a nice photo of the cute new little white orchids…
have had the plant for a few weeks now, but just couldn’t get a nice shot of a single bloom…
looks cute on the living room table along with the other new orchid and two little grape hyacinths which have just started to scent the air;-)…
and the new display in the table looks nice as well… some of my rock collection from Goose Spit with a few crystals thrown in;-)…
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