http://myfolia.com/journals?from=rssspidra folia journalsSun, 24 Aug 2008 07:41:18 GMTen-gbhttp://myfolia.com/journals/27723?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/27723I usually see humming birds on my salvias, but I was stunned to see a hummingbird nursing one of these while I was showing a prospective housemate around. I wish I hadn’t been busy housemate-hunting because I would have dropped everything t...Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:41:18 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/26691?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/26691Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:54:35 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/26690?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/26690Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:51:41 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/26689?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/26689Fri, 15 Aug 2008 21:47:08 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/25399?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/25399It’s been nearly a month since I had the physical ability and time (at the same time) to paint. Slowest. Painting. EVAH. Tonight I did 3/4 of the underpainting for the ‘Earli Autumn’ apricot, ‘Autumn Glo’ apricot and...Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:54:51 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/25306?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/25306I went to Urban Ore today. I walked because I needed the exercise. I knew if I saw something big I wanted that I would not have the strength to tote it home. I saw 3 terracotta box planters with an acanthus design. I hemmed and hawed wondering if...Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:40:22 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/25303?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/25303When we moved in here there were two large pecan trees in the back yard. They blocked the light to a lot of things yet they didn’t earn their keep by producing nuts (it’s too cool here for pecans) so out they went. But neither of the...Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:26:36 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/25233?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/25233My plants were hacked off and I’m hacked off, too. This is the third time my neighbors have weedwhacked the ‘Angel Face’ rose I have. Near the property line, not even ON the property line. They also pruned my Rosa dumalis. Th...Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:25:53 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/24948?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/24948My life has been in crisis mode for a couple weeks now. My hands aren’t feeling good, either. Some days I don’t get to garden. But when I do, I don’t have the energy left to upload pictures and write a journal entry. Actually...Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:37:56 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/24537?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/24537Just saw this SNL skit on Hulu.com I have to say I never thought I’d see a SNL sketch on gardening. http://www.hulu.com/watch/16417/saturday-night-live-googly-eyes-gardener#s-p1-st-i0Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:31:56 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/24365?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/24365I haven’t had to fight the squirrels for the figs or any other fruit so far this year. I didn’t know what had happened to them but I was happy. However, I saw one running along the fenceline today. Dang. Although, actually, it&#8217...Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:08:26 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/24350?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/24350I am not the biggest fan of kids. I know where a lot of my issues with kids come from so that’s good, but I try to keep to a child-free world as much as I can. It’s just easier that way. Coming as a total surprise to me, the houseclea...Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:33:02 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21452?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21452So there will be some small overlap in blooming times between ‘Lang’ and ‘Contorted’. I think I’m going to have to try hand-pollinating but it’s not as obvious to me how to do it. These are extremely small flow...Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:16:12 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21450?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21450After a profusion of blue, this plant is almost through blooming.Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:08:58 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21448?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21448Terry dug up some of the potatoes he’s had in containers in the greenhouse and harvested about 9 off the one plant. Though his potatoes had lush green tops, he seemed pleased that that vegetative growth had not come at the expense of the tu...Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:01:42 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21172?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21172Wanted to pick it for a flower arrangement but there are TOO MANY insects that love roaming inside this plant.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:31:42 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21171?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21171They’re not looking as good as the other artichoke variety because they seem to have suffered more damage in our heatwaves, restricting the transport of water up the stem.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:29:56 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21167?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21167It’s flowering away.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:33:30 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21165?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21165Only two peaches remain on the tree. However, when I got close to one, I saw that a slug had already taken quite a divot out of one of them.Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:29:11 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21146?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21146I harvested a bunch today. Directly into my mouth. That’s pretty much what you have to do because the stems on these are nearly non-existent. It’s very difficult to pluck them without at least one cell opening up and drenching you w...Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:21:27 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21140?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21140I saw a fruit that fell off the tree some weeks ago. It was so small it was still mostly green (just a little orangey green). Today I saw a nearly full-sized orange on the ground. No apparent reason. I checked the tree’s foliage to see wh...Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:01:45 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21139?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21139When I came down the stairs this afternoon I was pleased to see how vigorous this Earthbox is looking.Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:56:09 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21138?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21138I just pulled up the rest of the garlic. These ones got shaded out by weeds and then by the brambleberries so they’re pretty anemic specimens. More growing time would not have remedied that.Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:53:01 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21137?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21137Well, some kind of slug or pest got the first one and I got the second. Whatever it was had hollowed the tomato out from the side I couldn’t see so I thought everything was fine. I harvested another one but had trouble getting it off and in...Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:49:12 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21136?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21136When I planted the ‘Tiger Baby’ seedlings next to it, I mounded more soil on top. The damaged stalk had been exposed because the sandy loam I’d used for the mound had eroded away. It looks like the additional soil is something i...Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:45:27 GMT