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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 was going by memory on what the white flowers were from last year, but when I was cleaning I found the package from last year, and they are labeled as “Paperwhites, Narcissus.” Narcissus actually includes daffodils and jonquils.  But because these are “Paperwhites,” it means they are Narcissus papyraceus. Unlike other Narcissus species, Paperwhites do not require chilling to promote bloom.  This is nice since I’m not sure they got cold enough in our basement last winter to force a bloom or not. Last time I posted, I was worried about if I had done the right thing with the little mini bulbs attachedRead More →

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Look how big my little cabbage sprouts are getting! They are getting so tall they are nearly at the top of the greenhouse.  I ordered a 25 cell greenhouse and some more coir pellets from Burpee and I hope they get here soon because the cabbage is going to outgrow the height of this greenhouse soon!   The kale is growing nicely too, I probably didn’t need to put three seeds in each one, three came up in one and two in the other.  I know I’ll have to pull three of them, which seems a shame.  I hate pulling the innocent little plants.  IRead More →

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  I spent some time today organizing my seeds.  My goal is to figure out what I have and what I need so I don’t buy what I already have – like last year…and the year before.  I have way too many packages of cucumber and sunflowers!  I found that a medium size index card sorter that I had works nicely for seeds.  Though it won’t work for long if I get too many more, it is pretty full as it is! I also found some bulbs from last year that I’m pretty sure are narcissus.  They somehow lost dirt or pushed themselves out ofRead More →

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I really like photography and hope to do more of it, here are some of my favorite pictures I’ve taken over the past few years. Pretty in Pink 2009 Looking Up 2009 Autumn Countryside 2009 Rustic 2009 Flying High 2008 Ready for Take-off 2008 Golden 2008 Peace Like a Dove 2008 Fire in the Sky 2008 Hermit 2007 Fly Away 2007 Rising Moon 2006 2nd Place – County FairRead More →