Green Jean
30 September 2012

cyclamen update

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My Cyclamen plant seems to like the cooler temperatures we've been having. Its foliage looks darker and the stems are beginning to sta...
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29 September 2012

avocado tall

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My Avocado plant seems to have just shot up taller and taller this summer. I was considering pinching out its top to encourage branching...
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28 September 2012

baby pear

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I have moved this little Pear grown from a seed out of its pot and into an SIP. We'll see how it does...
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27 September 2012

brown mantis

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Another crawly critter my kid recently caught. Brown preying mantis. It's currently living in the mesh-sided bug house, for just a few d...
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leaf bug

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My older daughter caught this insect in the yard. It's wings look just like a green leaf- down to the veins and blemish spots. It is p...
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21 September 2012

tiny blooms

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Some of my herbs are blooming. The Oregano has tiny delicate pinkish-purple flowers. I've been letting the Stevia plant grow bigger...

fire plant

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I think of my Croton, with its red-and-gold veined leaves, as the "fire plant." It's actually three plants growing in one po...
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20 September 2012

bold beauties

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I've been cutting flowers from the garden, a few small vases full of orange Tithonias. In one I added the best pink Cosmos - there...
18 September 2012

unfolding

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The chrysalis that I failed to photograph the other day hatched out! I realized before it did that it wasn't a monarch after all; the mo...
17 September 2012

peppers and peppers

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The most abundant edible in my garden right now is hot Peppers! And I don't even eat them, ha ha. I picked all these on one day las...
16 September 2012

hopeful

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I was so afraid that my little Lilac seedling had seen its last. Several weeks ago I noticed all the foliage was gone; some critter ate al...
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little charlie

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My little Creeping Charlie cutting seems a bit happier in its small SIP container. It doesn't look much different yet but if you get c...
13 September 2012

caterpillars!

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We have found two very cool-looking critters in the garden this past week including this huge fat green caterpillar, with yellow accented ...

mock strawberry update

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My mock strawberry-turned-houseplant seems to have adjusted well to being indoors in a plastic SIP. It's even growing some new leaves....
08 September 2012

root crops

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The garden surprised me a little. It's been so neglected I wasn't expecting much of the Beets and Carrots but pulled all the red g...
07 September 2012

greens

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Chard is doing really well now that the weather has cooled off a bit. I'm trying out new dishes with it. This is a beans-and-greens di...
06 September 2012

new flowers

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My youngest crepe myrtle tree bloomed this summer- and its flowers are a different color (one not common in the neighborhood either- most of...
28 August 2012

new SIPs

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I wasn't hoping much of it, but the Mock Strawberry plant I uprooted as a weed and stuck in a pot recovered marvelously. It initially go...
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Jeane
Mother to two girls and one kitty cat. I love books and gardening. I enjoy puzzles, scrabble games and keeping planted tanks. From the great Pacific Northwest, I now live on the East Coast.
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