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I have closed on the house officially and have moved in and done some work.  Unfortunately I do not have internet access and now that I do have it I forgot my camera so I can’t share new pictures.  I was able to find out what some of the plants from my last post were and am going to write about those. All of the hostas are staying and I’m slowly working on removing the weeds growing in among them. Mom identified this and the other bush/tree like things as mulberry bushes, which were probably brought in by birds who eat the berries and thenRead More →

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You may have noticed the lack of posts recently, that is because I’ve been busy looking at houses to buy.  I found one that suits my needs and am preparing to move.  This means a new house, with new plants, and best of all, a garden all my own (that I don’t have to share with mom). Some of the plants that came with the house I’m excited about, others I do not know what they are, and yet others I am far less than enthused about.  So here is a plant overview of the new house, perhaps you can help identify some of theRead More →

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I picked up three new pigs (and found three pigs new homes) this weekend.  They are mine, but will eventually be returned or replaced with better offspring.  I’m pretty excited to see what sort of babies Mr. Jingles throws as he is a decent boar and the sows are pretty strong in his weaker areas.  They are also from the same lines so should be compatible. The four seem to be getting along quite nicely, there are little scuffles here and there, but for the most part, they are content with each other. The first sow is Lovey, a decently marked sow with a niceRead More →

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Between the seedlings inside, the plants popping up outside, and babies popping up all over, I think it is safe to say spring has sprung.  And finally the weather agrees, with two lovely 60 degree days! The plants in the basement are growing and growing.  I can’t wait to put them outside soon, but it needs to warm up a bit more. Daffodils have popped up and should be blooming soon in the backyard. Even the sedum mom dug up to save from our building project last year has begun to show green leaves.  I think the fact that it has been in the greenRead More →

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I’m not feeling very good today, I thought yesterday that my kidney stone had passed, but now I think it just decided not to move yesterday.  But… …look what happened to sprout up today – Broccoli!  Just one, I’m hoping the other is close behind! I also repotted tomatoes after writing yesterday’s blog post.  They have their first true leaves coming in and have roots on the edge of their pellets too.  I did them the same way I did the cabbage and kale. I planted two different varieties of tomato, one Sweet 100 and one Amana Orange.  I’m not a huge tomato fan, howeverRead More →

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I’m finally starting to feel a bit better, I had the influenza and then a kidney stone – both of which left me miserable.  But while I was out of commission, my little plants grew and grew! My cabbage and kale (the first things planted) especially grew.  As I mentioned in a past blog post, they grew quite tall and lanky. They were starting to show their roots on the outside of the coir pellets too – so it was time to replate them! I gathered all my supplies.  I decided to pot them up a bit into recycled paper pots and to give themRead More →

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This is my comment in response to Dee Nash’s post Which flowers are easy to grow from seed? Here are several I like it ended up being long so I decided to make a post of my own, I want to go find pictures, but I’m sick, so pictures might come later.. My favorite easy-to-grow flowers are Cosmos and Bachelor Buttons.  Cosmos grow all over my mom’s garden – I had some of my senior pictures taken in the garden with the cosmos.  She has the ones that are primarily pink but occasionally throw purple or white (incomplete dominance at work).  We didn’t get CosmosRead More →

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I have two parsley plants from last year, which I bought from a nursery.  Parsley is a biennial, which means that they grow for two years before going to seed.  I’d like mine to go to seed so I can save some and try to start my own next year (this year, I’m growing it from purchased seed, but it is flat leaf).  Unfortunately, over the winter, the parsley got a little leggy, yellowed, and generally not so healthy looking.  Part of the problem was that it wasn’t getting enough light, I believe, and also, it was in mom’s watering territory, and we already knowRead More →

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I’ve mentioned on twitter multiple times about a great book that I bought and have been reading.  No, not reading, studying.  Because it is far more than a book you just read, it is a book that you read, study, absorb, learn, and re-read. The book is called The 20-30 Something Garden Guide: A No-Fuss, Down and Dirty, Gardening 101 for Anyone Who Wants to Grow Stuff and it is written by Dee Nash (@reddirtramblin on Twitter). I come from a somewhat strange place when it comes to gardening – I know quite a bit more than the beginning gardener, but I don’t know anythingRead More →

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I had an idea for a new type of post for me to post every week or so.  I’m going to call them “troubleshooting” and it will be a problem – either that I’m having or something that someone else has submitted.  Then my readers or followers on Twitter can give suggestions or recommendations for solving the problem and I will update the post with the answers. My first post is actually a problem my mom is having.  She got this cute little basket with mums for her birthday a few weeks ago (the only picture I have of it healthy are the ones IRead More →