Archive for 'pansy'
Posted: April 17th, 2004 by
Lisa
I started this year right in the front of the house. The hosta I’d gotten so cheaply from Walmart and potted up were doing so well that I wanted to get them into the ground. I think they could handle even a hard freeze if we get another one, so in they’ll go. I put
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Posted under Compost, Marmalade, Shady garden, hosta, pansy.
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Posted: March 12th, 2004 by
Lisa
I’ve been planting yet more seeds — I started some marigolds for my window boxes, some cilantro for my kitchen, and I’m trying my hand at melampodium, notoriously hard to grow from seeds, but I can never find it in the nurseries around here and I love it. I also transplanted out my pansies, moving
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Posted under Grow lights, Seed Starting, Window Boxes, cilantro, marigolds, pansy.
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Posted: March 2nd, 2004 by
Lisa
Once the little things finally germinated, the pansy seedlings seem to be growing at quite a pace now. I pulled them off of the heating mat today and down to a shelf below, so that I could use the mat for other seeds and so that I don’t fry the little things. I’m going to
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Posted under Seed Starting, pansy.
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Posted: February 15th, 2004 by
Lisa
It’s taking a lot longer than I think it should for my pansies to germinate. It might be perhaps that I’m impatient, but I don’t think so. I planted these guys on the first, and here it is the sixteenth and they are just barely starting to come up. I’m leaving the lights on all the time again this year. Last year it was an experiment, but I think it was a successful one, so I’m going to repeat it again. The theory behind turning the lights off at night is to give the plants some rest, some sleep, but I read some research that said that the amount of light from artificial light is such a minuscule fraction of the light from the sun that they don’t need to rest to process it.
Posted under Grow lights, Seed Starting, pansy.
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Posted: February 1st, 2004 by
Lisa
I think this is the official start to the 2004 Gardening Season. The only way to indulge my gardening obsession while living in Zone 4 is to start my plants from seed, under lights. I started four flats of pansies today. Well, to be perfectly accurate, three of pansies, one of violas. After much
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Posted under Gardenporn, Lantana, Seed Starting, Viola, Window Boxes, pansy.
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Posted: February 21st, 2003 by
Lisa
These are the annuals that I’m going to plant in the window boxes along the deck. I’ve tried to go with a theme this year, rather than my usual random mix of gaudy colors. There’s a lot to said for gaudy (and I do it so well!) but I figure I can try a more
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Posted under Lobelia, Morning Glory, Seed Starting, Window Boxes, pansy.
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Posted: July 5th, 2001 by
Lisa
We had a deep woods bird (pair actually, but we only got pictures of the boy) come visit the garden today, a Scarlet Tanager. They were very nervous and skittish, but absolutely beautiful. They seemed to enjoy the waterfall the most, and much bathing fun was had. I wonder if they’ll continue to hang out
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Posted under Deadheading, Gardening, Scarlet Tanager, Seed Starting, Viola, Weeding, Weeds, Window Boxes, pansy.
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