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December 20, 2005
But will kids eat 'em?
A clear two-piece plastic mold, VegiForms are secured over a vigorously growing fruit or vegetable while it is still on the vine. In about a week, the vegetable grows to fill the mold, permanently taking the shape of the mold. VegiForms are available in five basic shapes: the Garden Elf, the Pickle Pusses, and Ear of Corn; and, for the gourmet gardener, the Heart and Diamond, which yield heart and diamond shaped slices when cut.
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December 18, 2005
Greenhouse Window
We have a narrow service porch with a washer/drier. It used to contain a deep, nearly useless closet. We hired a carpenter to join it to a similar closet in the adjacent room. Now we have a pantry. While he was at it, we had him take out the window and install a greenhouse window. Amaryllis, paperwhites, and an orchid are growing here now.
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December 13, 2005
Old and new roses
The old tea rose (left) quickly grow large -- the young tea roses (right) grow slowly.
(The rose against the wall to the right is Mermaid, a climber that we plan to
trellis soon.)
Other than severely pruning the old rose, are there any options to
balance the sizes?
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December 12, 2005
Artichoke bed
Originally, we placed artichokes around the yard as ornamentals.
That's fine until they got leggy and needed support. So now we've
combined them in one raised bed -- this the left side. The entire
bed is approximately 4' deep x 6' long, and contains 5 artichoke
plants. They seem to like the placement and we might have
artichokes by January.
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December 07, 2005
Malo slumbers
Malo the Flesh-Eating Turtle from Hell crawled under a pile of
decomposing water hyacinth (middle bottom of picture) to hibernate.
We'd lift the pile & snap a picture for you, but he almost gave Sandi
a heart attack by hissing loudly and quite menacingly
when she found him.
While he sleeps, we're going to double the size of his pond
and increase his enclosure by a third.
Posted by Sue at 10:23 PM | Comments (0)