garden Journal 08-29-07 (next morning) GMO Video 2

Garden Journal 08-29-07 GMO Video

Some fav music vids

Garden Journal 08-28-07 Japhiel's Design Video

Sick today...

I went home early today because I feel so sick... Actually, my coworkers and boss sent me home 'cause, as one of them said, I looked like hell. I am so dizzy and sick feeling... I can only be up and doing stuff for a limited time before I feel like I am gonna puke or pass out. I am beginning to feel that way. G2G...

Garden Journal 08-21-07 - Jatropha sprouts

Ok, so I am behind a little bit, so here is the Jatropha pix from the 18th:




This is the pic for the Albino Daylily which we are soon to see if it can sustain life without being able to photosynthesize:



These are the pix from today:





Finally, here are some pix of the outside plants:

Garden Journal 08-15-07 Sag Seeds

Ok, so I know that it is a couple days early, but I took the Sag. seeds in the AV pot out of the fridge and watered them and filled the reserve. I figured that I will let it sit out for a week or so and then I will stick it in the CP terrarium. I'll leave it in there for 4-6 weeks and then take it out for about a week, then dump out the reserve and stick it back in the fridge for another month. Also, I stuck the rest of the seeds in the fridge. I am gonna try and cool them down, warm 'em up, and then cool 'em down again. If I can get these to start growing, then I will have to invest in my indoor water garden and fountain. I think I have sold Sammy on the idea too. Fingers crossed. I'm really happy to say that my white daylily is still doing well. I don't know how common it is to get one to grow, but if this thing makes it to maturity and blooms AND can be propagated...well, I will be a very happy camper. I highly doubt that I will be able to get it to propagate via seed. I think that I will raise it indoors and make sure that it self-pollinates (if it gets that far) so that way I may stand a better chance of getting more. Even if it doesn't have impressive flowers it still would make a wicked cool plant for its interesting foliage. I don't think I have a pic of it yet online, but I will try and get one soon.

Dust in the Wind...

I love these songs. Dust in the Wind breaks my heart....

Trainspotting...

Awesome movie, thanks for making me watch it! LOL... No, I have been wanting to see it for a long time. There are some really messed up things in the movie, but it is really good. I am happy you borrowed it to me. Thanks! I am gonna miss you today and tomorrow!

Garden Journal 08-13-07, Cataloging & Vivarium

I have now started (attempting to...LOL...) cataloging my plants. Hopefully I will find a way to set up an online index or something. But that is a project for a later date. I am just doing some of the work now, bit by bit as I go. The big thing is the progress that we made on the viva. I am think that there is an easy way to fix the water collecting in the bottom, increase the temp, and to increase the humidity. If I buy one of those lizard heating pads, one that gets things up to about 85 degrees F or so, that should do it. Anyway, here are the pix:

Ok...this disturbed me.

In doing some research on Spanish moss I came across an info sheet and at the end was the following. It all seemed to make sense to me until the very last line, then I became worried... How many people have to have done that in order for there to be a warning like that?!? I also have to wonder, should people who do that really be allowed to own a microwave?!? Disturbing...

WARNING
Don't use Spanish moss for bedding or packing without first treating it to kill tiny pests (especially red bugs or chiggers) that may be lurking within. Microwaving works well, as does heating or boiling in water. (Remove bats, lizards and snakes before microwaving.)

Here is the site if you are curious:
http://www.floridata.com/ref/t/till_usn.cfm

Garden Journal 08-10-07

Just a super quick update on my Jatropha sprouts which I think I will have too many so I may call the Arboretum and the Conservatory and see if they want any. Anyway, here are today's pix of them:

Garden Journal 08-09-07, again...

Alright, now I decided to do a couple of updates quick...

These are next semester's books, they came yesterday and I just opened them today. I will now be dropping all the other stuff I was reading and focus instead on these:



This is gonna be good...LOL...

Of course, I need to show the progress of the Jatropha sprouts:


Now my baby Lemon Eucalyptus:


Here are the pix of my recent orders from eBay dealer cowboyflowerman. I highly suggest that you checkout the store, SECRET GARDEN RARE PLANTS, it is really awesome. They have some good deals and some really cool stuff for sale. As you can see I have purchased four plants from them. I could throw the pix they post too I guess for comparison.

RHIPSALIS RIVERO'S RED SPECIES:



HOYA CUMMINGIANA:



Variegated Purple Passion Plant, Gynura aurantiaca 'Variegata':



SCILLA VIOLACEA, THE QUILL PLANT:



Well, I got stuff to do to start my day, so bye!

Garden Journal 08-09-07

Ok, again, I have gotten behind on posting a couple things that I wanted to so here we go. Just 8 hrs after the pix I took of the Jatropha on 08-06-07, they looked like this:



Then the next day on 08-07-07:


I can't get over how quickly the grow. It really is amazing. As a testament to their awesome power, there is "Spontaneous Tomato." I am not sure if a branch had broke off into the compost, or if I threw a dead plant or a broken branch in there or what, but this is the result:





Sorry the first two are blurry, but my digi doesn't do well with super-closeups and I really wanted to show this to everyone. I at first thought that it was part of the one right next to it, but it is its own independent, FRUIT-BEARING plant! Crazy, huh? Just wanted to share this, now I gotta find my breakfast!

Yadda, yadda, yadda...

Here I am again, up too late. But I love to do all my li'l internet hobbies. I am behind on reading Sam and Amy's blogs, will have to do that, but I have a list of crap to accomplish tomorrow. Anyway, had a visitor late tonight...the bat got in AGAIN! I kept thinking I was going crazy 'cause this little black shadow kept shooting by...not so crazy was I! I had to herd the little bugger out without waking anyone...it was NOT as easy as I would have thought! I need sleep, so have a good night!

Lata' ya'll!

Vegetative State

Last night, my wife and I were sitting in the living room and I said to her, "I never want to live in a vegetative state, dependent on some machine and fluids from a bottle. If that ever happens, just pull the plug."

She got up, unplugged the TV and threw out my beer. She's such a bitch.

Garden Journal 08-06-07 p1

Ok, so I am a few days behind here but here is a pictoral follow up of how well my Jatropha is doing and how much I have damaged (and moved now) my Angel's Tears which had seemed to be doing better and then totally went down hill. Ok, so this is from Sat 08/04/07 (I've included the pix of the terrarium too):






As you can see my sprouts are doing nicely and I have added a Venus Fly trap into the ter. Now, on Sun you can see my Angel's Tears and my sprouts:

Garden Journal 08-06-07 p2

You are probably wondering why I would wait any longer to do anything about the A.T., but I had changed the humidity level so I thought I would wait. I had REALLY wanted that plant in there and Bachman's had said it really like humidity... Well, here it is today...:











As you can see, the sprouts look great! However, my A.T., not so great, so we'll see. I'm kinda bummed about it 'cause I think it is a really cool plant. Anyway, here is my water feature "skeleton" as of right now:




Maybe we should run to the other PetSmart and see what they have for reptile terrariums... But if we got one, then we would have to go to Ikea and pick up our rocks and the Bachman's for our orchid bark and finally to Home Depot for charcoal. Then it would be a matter of waiting for the pump I ordered in the mail.

Oh, I am also addicted to Yahoo! Answers. I am going nuts answering people's gardening questions. I have a few I have to get to, but you should check it out. Still active and having fun in the NHGC, I have to mail out a plant exchange with another member tomorrow, don't forget! (I just might...LOL)

Alright, let's all hope and pray now that my little A.T. pulls through!