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Pea Blossoms In Our Spring Garden ~ 2013
Tag: Greenhouse
Our Greenhouse In Early June (1)
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1) Salvia ‘Amistad’; 2) Purple Milkweed; 3) Purple Top Vervain
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Beach Home Decor (2)
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In 2013 I painted three terracotta pots and a terracotta plate. I glued some rope around the pots, stacked them together, and set them on the painted plate. Since I had a bag with decorative gravel, I filled the bottom of the plate with these small rocks. For the light and old garden solar lamp had to do it. When the terracotta lighthouse was done, it looked quite cute. It found its place in our Texas greenhouse.
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Daffodil
Daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus)
Our Garden/Greenhouse In Early June (3)
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1) Blueberry; 2) Raindrops; 3) Blooming Purple Milkweed; 4) Blueberries;
5) Blooming Purple Milkweed; 6 & 7) Raindrops; 8 Broccoli
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National Garden Week 2024
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The pioneers of National Garden Week, National Garden Clubs, was established in 1891 with branches in 19 states. National Garden Clubs organizes community gardening projects as well as provides educational programs. They also produce a quarterly publication called “The National Gardener.” In addition, they offer college scholarships and grants for youth clubs planting pollinator gardens.
Gardening in America can be traced back to 1565, when Spaniards settled in St. Augustine, Florida, and brought plants from Spain and novelties from the West Indies. Years later, in 1607, English colonists settled in Virginia and named their colony Jamestown. They brought seeds from England and cultivated crops Native Americans grew, such as tobacco, corn, beans, and squash.
Between 1619 and 1865, during the slave trade, the gardens created by African American slaves in the U.S. were significant in the history of gardening. In this period, African Americans found time to cultivate their garden plots despite having to attend to the crops of slave owners. Their gardens provided additional food to the enslaved community and sometimes yielded enough produce to sell for profit.
One major feat in gardening history came when John Bartram of Philadelphia established his botanic garden in 1728. It is known to be the oldest surviving in North America. Bartram began trading seeds and plants with Peter Collinson, a London merchant, and botanist. He had a huge reputation in international trade and Botany earning him the title of ‘Royal Botanist’ to King George III. He was believed to have introduced 150 North American plant species to Europe and was considered the greatest naturalist in the world.
Resource: https://nationaltoday.com/national-garden-week/
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The Greenhouse In Texas ~ 2013 (6)
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The rest of the raised beds were built and filled with soil. and ready for some planting. Joshua was my greenhouse inspector. He would make sure, the beds were built to standard. The vegetable seedlings grew nicely and were ready to be planted into the beds.
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The Greenhouse In Texas ~ 2013 (5)
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Some of my veggies and fruits were potted separately. It was still too cold to plant the tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse-raised beds. There were nights, I had to cover the crop since I didn’t heat the greenhouse. Two to three weeks later, it was a different story. The soil and the air were warm enough for planting. And I had to keep the greenhouse door and window open during the daytime. It became warm very quickly in Texas.
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A Quiet Evening In The Greenhouse ~ 2013
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One cooler March evening, I lit my DIY candle jar on the shelf and had a hot cup of tea in the greenhouse. It was niche sitting and relaxing with a blanket around my legs. No TV. no loud suburban noises, just a quiet evening with my candle and the moonlight.
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National Gardening Day 2024
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National Gardening Day was founded by Cool Springs Press in 2018 to celebrate the hobby of gardening and to encourage gardeners to share their expert knowledge.
Forest gardening, a forest-based food production system, is known to be the world’s oldest form of gardening. Forest gardens could be found in prehistoric times along jungle banks. Ancient Egyptian paintings from around 1500 BC provide some of the earliest evidence of people gardening for pleasure and to achieve an aesthetically pleasing outcome.
After a decline during the Middle Ages, cottage gardens became popular during Elizabethan times. These usually contained food and herbs, with flowers added for decorative purposes. Gardens gradually became more open-plan and less rigid in their structure and by the mid-19th century in Europe, we were starting to see the types of gardens that we are all familiar with today.
The initial gardeners in the U.S. were essentially harvesters. In the 17th and 18th centuries, those lucky enough to own land and consequently a garden would try and use it to make money by harvesting whatever crops were suitable. Home gardening started to become a leisure activity in the 1800s as villages grew bigger and mass production was beginning. Ornamental gardens took the place of edible gardens and research on plant diseases and pests began.
The last 150 years have seen gardens become an increasingly social space, with methods of caring for them evolving to provide gardeners with a much-increased body of knowledge and equipment from which to garden.
Resource: https://nationaltoday.com/national-gardening-day/
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The Greenhouse In Texas ~ 2013 (4)
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After the greenhouse was built, the next stage was to start a garden-raised bed. I still had plenty of weeds to pull on the greenhouse ground. when most of the weeds were gone, I loosened the clay and mixed it with the raised bed soil. Kevin and I put up an 8′ x 25″ x 1.5″ wood plank as a barrier before we filled in the rest of the soil. Finley inspected and watched my garden work before he took a nap behind the greenhouse. I guess, watching people work can make a cat very tired. It was a sunny Spring afternoon. I can’t blame him.
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Our New Raised Bed Garden In Early April (2)
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In the past few days, the weather was gorgeous. Kevin and I finished the raised beds, filled the beds with soil, and planted a row of broccoli. Tomorrow, I will plant a row of cauliflowers, and sow some early Spring vegetable seeds. I’m thinking about carrots, onions, radishes, etc. They like the warm days and the cooler nights. After Mother’s Day, I can plant and sow the Summer vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Meanwhile, they are still in the house under grow lights.
The greenhouse also needs to be replenished with more soil. I will plant some tomatoes in there, again. I can’t trust the deer around here. One day, I have beautiful tomatoes. And the next day, all the fruits will have a bite out of them. So far, they never walked into the greenhouse, even with the wide open doors. We all just need to find a way to prepare and co-exist.
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The Greenhouse In Texas ~ 2013 (3)
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The seedlings finally moved to the greenhouse. The nights weren’t too cold for the Spring/Summer sowings anymore. One night, I wasn’t sure if the seedlings would survive the cooler night. So, I covered them up with some sandwich backs. I wanted to be on the safe side. The next morning, the greenhouse was covered in dew. But no frost. I was lucky. 🍀
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The Greenhouse In Texas ~ 2013 (2)
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Finally, the two pieces I had to reorder were arriving. And I could finish building the greenhouse. Once the frame was up, I slid the panels on the bottom, and installed the window, before I could slide the roof panels in place. The ground was already straightened when I put the base together. Kevin had to help me to lift the greenhouse across the fence. The kit was light, so it was easy for us to get it from the porch to the garden, where I could fasten it to the base. The following morning, I built the door and installed it, before a Spring storm came through. The greenhouse made it successful through the storm.
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The Greenhouse In Texas ~ 2013 (1)
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My greenhouse arrived toward the end of February 2013. It was a Thursday. And on the following weekend, I began to build the greenhouse kit. To my dismay, I noticed two frame pieces were broken. I had to call the company the following Monday and wait for the pieces to arrive. UGH! That sucked.
In the meantime, Kevin fixed the chainlink fence and gate poles for the garden space. It’s an area to prevent the dogs from pooping in our garden. Katelynn and I cut a bush down and pulled its roots out as well as we could. Once she found a worm, she was too busy playing with it. So, much about helping me with digging roots out of the ground.
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National Daisy Day 2024 🌼
Just because daisies are a common flower, doesn’t mean they aren’t a special one. Daisies are native to Northern Europe but can be found in North America, Australia, Africa, South America, and even Iceland and Greenland. The word daisy comes from the Old English language, “day’s eye” because its petals blossom at dawn and shut at dusk. What is considered a nuisance member of the weed family can also be used to supplement gardens and yards. Celebrate the tenaciously beautiful daisy every year on January 28.
Yellow Hibiscus (Hawaiian State Flower) 🌺
Yellow Hibiscus (Hibiscus brackenridgei)
Nor’easter Winter Storm “Aspen” (Part II)
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In the next six hours, the Winter Storm added another four to five inches of snow on our property, before it reached an end. And Kevin could go outside to clean up the long driveway with his snow blower. It felt like a déjà vu moment from two years ago. In 2022, Kevin’s birthday was the first Winter storm of the year. He really seems to enjoy using that snow blower. And he complained about the weather when he couldn’t use it, last year.
After about an hour and a half, the driveway was clean, sanded, and ready for the icy morning today. In the meantime, the guy with his snow truck showed up twice and left a big snow wall right in front of our driveway. So much about getting the entrance to our property cleaned up. @#$%! Telling by his big grin on his face, that @$$hole seemed to enjoy that, too. But hey, that’s still better than driving in eight inches of snow down the street to get to a main street. After all, we appreciate his time volunteering to clean up all these roads.
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Tomato Blossoms 🍅
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Tanja's Little Corner of The World 