Tag: gardening
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Tomatoes
It has been a warm week. The tomato plants have new flowers!!! By the end of next week, temperatures will be dropping and these flowers will not be able to survive. Feeling a bit sad for them. By the way tomatoes are fruits and not vegetables. I think this is one of the most cooked […]
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Florist Daisy (Mums)
My Spring Mums faded and I put them aside only to notice a few days back they have buds and now I have Fall flowers. I never expected them to bloom again. Truly excited since I didn’t do anything other than water them even when they weren’t blooming. So next year when I buy these […]
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Victory
My marigold and zinnias had to fight with the bunny in my garden for their survival. Every sprout was munched away. I feel with this full bloom, it looks as if they reached their finish line successfully. The plants were in an untenable position most of the summer but all of a sudden they finally […]
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My next project?
So what should I do with my kid? How am I going to engage him next? This is a hard task, but let me tell you google and amazon know my difficulty. As I just searched one craft material, the apps keep throwing me links to other similar things. Some are expensive and some are […]
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Okra
This summer I planted two pots with okra seeds. Only one pot yielded and that too a few. As the summer closes down I was surprised to see the other pot too blooming. For Cee’s FOTD .
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Garden Lily
I do not shop at the garden center during fall. I am not confident about planting bulbs for the spring. But I did do some window shopping and found these beautiful lilies. My plant identification app called this Orange Lily and it seems it represents confidence, pride and wealth. For Cee’s Flower of the Day!
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Crepe Myrtle
We are on a road trip this week and I am currently in Tennesse. I thought the plant outside my hotel to be rose but it looked different as I approached it closer. The leaves look like those of roses. For Cee’s FOTD
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Rose of Sharon
Another hibiscus variety from my garden. After two years this plant has grown well and is blooming good. It seems this is a drought resistant plant and needs little water. Starting July 15th until November 15 the Hindu calendar is full of festivals and my altar in my prayer room gets decorated by these flowers. […]
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Dense blazing star
I am having fun with my plant identifying app. It is really addictive. For Cee’s FOTD
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Siberian Iris
These are similar to bearded iris and bloom around the same time but their petals are thinner them. For Cee’s Flower of the Day
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Nursery
Today was getting our hands dirty. My critters and the birds around the garden love my plants. It has been a struggle to grow plants from seeds, especially sunflowers and beans. To help the plants survive from birds and critters we found out nurseries helped. Once the plants develop a few leaves in our sun […]
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Fragrant Planatain Lily
Another brown thumb plant says my plant app. But I did kill one of them last year. It was very tempting to pick more of these today at the nursery but settled by just taking pictures. It is time I maintain what I have already. Ragtag prompt was lilac and I thought I was hitting […]
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Amur Honeysuckle
The flowers are tiny but they smell so good. My plant finder says it is an invasive one, and yes they are from my experience too. They grow really big and there is no maintenance. The early morning breeze spreads it sweet smell around. For Cee’s Flower of the Day!
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Jasmine
Excited to share my jasmine buds today morning. With all the hot weather I thought it would have bloomed, but not yet. I have to be patient. This is a tropical plant and had to be brought in for winter. This one survived this winter. For Cee’s FOTD
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Spring Mums
Mother Nature still keeps cheating or teasing us with a roller coaster weather. I plan to start my gardening but I am back to square one doing nothing. The high for today is 40 degree Fahrenheit! Last week when I went shopping I couldn’t resist buying these spring mums! A treat for the eyes! Are […]
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Marigold
For Cee’s FOTD My first attempt with gardening was marigold. Nothing much is needed. A pot some pottung soul and seeds at walmart they were a hit! All summer my townhouse patio was bright with them. As we moved to an independent house with the garden I planted them directly in soil and of course […]
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Clematis
As I browse through and learn about clematis , it looks like a hard creeper to grow. I thought I can use seeds to grow, but I need to purchase a plant that is at least two years old. Know more about the plant here. I do have one weak vine that occasionally blooms in […]
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Primrose
For Cee’s Flower of the day It’s March first, and it is the first day of meteorological spring. Got my first plant for the season. I didn’t know primroses are perennials. They love cold weather and like to be in the shade. Hopefully this plant should survive in my garden.
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Sunflowers
It has been a challenge to grow sunflowers since birds feed on the seeds as soon as I plant them. Sometimes I think why I should put in that effort 😂! I have see some yards with these huge sunflowers and I really want to knock on their door for advice. The above sunflower definitely […]
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Poinsettias
As Christmas rolls around most of the TV channels change their mode from slaying to sleighing so fewer Criminal Minds or CSI kind of shows to Christmas movies. So one of the movie that I accidentally stumbled upon was Ponsettias for Christmas. With my lifestyle tracking and tagging my son it is really hard for […]
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