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My involvement with orchids began after a visit to the botanical garden, where I was mesmerized by the beauty and variety of these truly magnificent flowers. I was so fascinated that I wanted to grow by myself. So I start learning about orchids.
The first thing I learned about orchids is that, contrary to popular opinion, not all of them grow in the warm, moist, rainforest conditions. Some gro
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Many tomatoes are grown hydroponically. Hydroponic tomatoes can taste as good as tomatoes grown in rich soil outdoors. The benefits of growing hydroponically include being able to control and extend fruit production, as well as being able to augment the supply of natural sugars and other components that plants use to produce especially tasty tomatoes.
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I started growing Sungold tomato's about 12 years ago and let me tell you it's their bright orange fruit, and the sweet taste of its flesh thats put this tomato on my annual must grow list.
That said, it pains me to report that this is the first year in almost as many that the single plant I planted, never produced more than two or three small cherry's :(
This summers weather had a weak show
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So much can happen in a garden during the course of a few weeks, and so much seems to be going on in mine this fine Sunday morning. I have been working on a project outside of the house for the past 6 weeks and every weekend when I am at home I go out into my jungle and am pleased to find so many of my plants either coming into bloom or blooming. Below are a few photos that I took today of flowers
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One saturday earlier this month, Lia and I went to Bolinas to see a garden new to us but hardly new. Over the years, Sally would fill out her garden but when most of us would concede to the limitations of our lot, she just annexed adjacent lots. Sally's is now a very large garden of about an acre. Sally is a well known water colorist whose garden is her subject matter.
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