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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2012 18:03:58 GMT
Seasons are abundant in the Deep South. Good luck!
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 13, 2013 4:26:24 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2013 11:14:40 GMT
GRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will be putting some seed down today (and, late I am.....) for some haricot verte, various peppers both hot and sweet and some melons. Also, a couple of varieties of basil.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 25, 2014 20:46:10 GMT
I planted a small bed of larkspur this morning in honor of my mother on the 3rd anniversary of her passing. I had thought about planting them last week but held off. It was one of her favorite flowers. It's the real old fashioned candleabra variety.
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Post by tod2 on Feb 1, 2015 14:10:34 GMT
Here is a new baby Stag Horn Fern which started life in a nearby Tree Palm all by itself.....or a seed blown from Big Daddy in the nearby palm.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2015 17:10:10 GMT
That's a lovely tribute, casi. I just planted some forget-me-not seeds for my mum. The funeral home gave us a packet of the seeds after the service (20 years ago) and I've had a sentimental attachment to them ever since.
I love larkspurs. You must post a photo when the're up.
I have to clear more of the meadow of blackberry crowns today. It's time to start spreading the seeds. The winter is so mild this year and everything is coming up.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2015 22:29:02 GMT
Last year I threw some "wildflower seeds" in a pot on my windowsill. They produced some rather uninteresting flowers (I think the principal ones were marigolds). I had done this the previous year as well, but I disposed of all of the old plants before using some new seeds. This year, I have allowed the living plants to remain in place and I am waiting to see if they will bloom again or if they think it is sufficient just to be alive and make more leaves.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2016 16:51:07 GMT
On my honeymoon I gathered seeds from around France. I planted four acorns from the Bois de Vincennes, and none of them took, or so I thought. Four years later, I find this in the woods, half a km from where I planted it, a sessile white oak. Nature works in mysterious ways.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 3:11:31 GMT
Did it recognise you and call out "Mommy"?
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 6:54:46 GMT
No, but I sure recognised it, so out of place in our jungle of firs and alders. I'm shocked the deer didn't chew it down to the ground. She's now safely in a pot and thriving. After a year, back into the ground in a better position, and fenced against "buck rub". We're looking forward to making our own white oak barrels for our wine. (I'm still gutted that my Montmartre lilac seeds never took. I'll have to make another October trip, I guess.)
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 14:18:04 GMT
That white oak is a beaut Lizzy and a super pic with the water droplets on it. I love the leaf shape. So ambitious a plan for the wine barrels. I hope I'm still around to see and read about that. Our local wine bar is called OAK and is on OAK Street.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 15:58:32 GMT
Aha! Well, the oak barrel thing is a huge joke because we'll never live long enough to see the tree grow to that size, casi. But the next generation...
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 16:08:03 GMT
or......you could go one a second honeymoon and get an oak barrel shipped back home and fool all your friends. I would love to visit and see where and how they are made.That must be a really old craft going back many,many,generations.
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Post by patricklondon on May 13, 2016 17:21:16 GMT
I planted four acorns from the Bois de Vincennes, and none of them took, or so I thought. Four years later, I find this in the woods, half a km from where I planted it, a sessile white oak. Nature works in mysterious ways. Squirrels?
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2016 17:25:59 GMT
That's my guess. Our native squirrels are so tiny that I think that acorn was impossible for him. He eats seeds and fir cones; I think that he ran off with the acorn, tried to crack it, couldn't, and dropped it.
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Post by Deleted on May 14, 2016 14:32:51 GMT
My dill got off to a very slow start but now it is suddenly growing like kudzu, as is the mint.
The basil is still unsure what to do. How about grow some more leaves?
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2016 23:13:44 GMT
Basil takes about 21C for optimal germination, is it warm enough?
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Post by Deleted on May 18, 2016 14:50:05 GMT
Not quite.
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Post by bixaorellana on May 18, 2016 15:51:49 GMT
That white oak is THE most beautiful color!
If you're trying to start seeds early indoors, putting the planted container on top of the fridge can help, as it's generally warmer up there.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2016 10:57:40 GMT
I removed my huge dill plants that had gone to seed, but I saved the seeds. Even though it is somewhat late in the season, I scattered some of the seeds in exactly the same place in my window box and was surprised that they have sprouted almost immediately -- much faster than the seeds I had bought. I am wondering if commercial seeds have some sort of retardant on them to make sure that they don't try to sprout before you even open the envelope.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 17, 2016 16:17:13 GMT
I am very jealous of your success with dill. I had great dill years ago when I lived in the heights north of the city, but never since. For one thing, I think you have a green thumb, and for another, sprinkling the seeds from the parent plant where they would have fallen naturally maybe mimicked nature enough that they took right off.
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Post by htmb on Aug 17, 2016 16:51:49 GMT
I don't remember having much luck with dill here. Too humid?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2016 18:15:30 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 11:32:24 GMT
My dill sprouts are still flourishing, but it is supposed to be super hot (35°) for the next three days. I'm wondering how to protect them.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2016 11:40:18 GMT
Problem solved, perhaps. I found that in spite of the obstruction of my window box, I can still pull the shutters closed most of the way. As long as there is no wind, everything should be fine.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2016 3:39:00 GMT
Today I sowed the annual seeds of my beloved sweet peas, (one variety named "Hot Lips), the major sowing of the traditional larkspur (an old fashioned candleabra variety), some poppies, and the first of the staggering of nastursiums of several cultivars. We have a weird seasonal sowing of seeds according to other seasons and I am finding myself having to advise more and more enthusiastic newcomers to our regional growing zone as it is so very far away from the norm.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2016 6:09:41 GMT
My dill is no longer progressing. I knew it was too late in the season to plant it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2016 12:05:59 GMT
And now the little plants are browning for autumn... Better luck next spring, I hope.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 20:01:06 GMT
I planted some narcissus bulbs on top of Sadie's grave today. After they kaput I'll put in some nastursium seeds and likely a nepeta at some point. She loved her catnip.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 6, 2017 21:26:32 GMT
If you sow it, I'm sure she'll know it.
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