tweetykiss
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:27 pm Post subject: My new seedlings are germinating....,.... |
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I planted a lot of seeds outdoors last week and already some are germinating.....sorry if I am clogging this board....I just had to share my new excitement since I am very new at gardening.
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Frank
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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We are delighted to hear about your gardening triumphs Tweety, however small  Small wins lead to large victories... and beautiful gardens 
Keep up the good work 
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tweetykiss
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:30 pm Post subject: |
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Thank You....I am now a little worried since we just had a bad hailstorm.
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eileen
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| Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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I hope the hail didn't damage your seedlings Tweetykiss. 
I've been gardening for more years than I care to remember but I always get a thrill when I see those first new shoots appear. 
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Primsong
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 5:12 am Post subject: |
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Nothing beats seeing those first little baby shoots coming up - how exciting for you! What did you plant? Flowers, veggies?
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tweetykiss
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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I did the flowers and now I still have to plant more flower seeds and some veggie and herb seeds.
Thanks Eileen for your kind words....I did check outside once the weather calmed down and my plants and seedlings seem to be fine and I notice I have some real big earthworms since a friends dug a veggie bed for me so they are now coming out.....there was some hail stones near my bed though and a lot of leaves were there so I have a lot of cleaning up to do.
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eileen
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 1:19 pm Post subject: |
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Really pleased to hear that your seeedling have survived.  I love to see earthworms as it means you have good soil in your garden. Let's hope the weather doesn't throw anything else your way and that everything grows from strength to strength.
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Frank
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 1:24 pm Post subject: |
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Everything seems to be going swimmingly for you Tweety, soon you won't need us anymore 
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tweetykiss
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 1:29 pm Post subject: |
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Good morning Dear (Eileen),
I am so glad to see you are here. I am just hoping the leaves that fell won't kill my seeds or shoots.
I now love earthworms although at first as you had noticed I had admitted they gave me the creeps until all of you explained to me they are our very good friends and excellent helpers.
I also noticed on the Internet that many people breed them and keep them indoors so they can produce compost for their garden. I now know that I can feed the soil my table scraps and the earthworms will eat it and survive and work on my garden.
I also read that a garden without earthworms means the soil is not good and that the early settlers of America brought earthworms from Europe.
I have so many table scraps and now I will just give it to them but I hope the mice don't show up. This town does have a mice problem. UGH!!
If the soil is dry today, I will plant my seeds. Hope you get to work outside today. Where is your blog BTW?
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i love bugs
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Tweetykiss , Theres always great pleasure when those little babies come .
Bugs
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eileen
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Bugs - love the avatar!!!!
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| Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 3:13 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Tweetykiss.
On blogs (on the green bar) you'll find mine is the third one down from the top - in the middle section of the page.
(// Edit by Frank - Link to Eileen's blog http://www.gardenstew.com/blog/index15.html)
I managed to get out and remove all the dead heads from my daffs and some of my tulips but it is soooo windy that I decided to do some indoor work for the rest of the day.
If you have loads of kitchen scraps TK why don't you buy or build yourself a compost bin? That way you'll make compost for all your plants but won't have the same worry about mice. There's nothing better than home-made compost.
Here's a website that you might find useful.
www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/htbg/module7/making_your_own_compost1.shtml
Catch you later.
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tweetykiss
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 1:45 am Post subject: |
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Hi Bugs and Eileen,
I went and bought more seeds today and some plants for my next door neighbor. I actually get more of a thrill of the seeds now versus the plants.
Thanks Eileen for those web addies. I will check them out and start the composting since I also want to lasagna garden for next year. Yes, I will extend my garden next year. The more the merrier!!!
Eileen, what type of indoor garden do you have?
Tweety:)
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eileen
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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It's not actually an indoor garden. as such, that I have Tweety just a collection of different plants everywhere. 
I have:
A dragon tree,
A large variagated climbing plant (don't know exactly what it is as my daughter gave it to me.)
Some pitcher plants (carniverous),
A jasmine,
A few bonzais,
An indoor miniature rose,
African violets,
A peace lily,
A Moth orchid,
A money plant,
3 tomato plants,
and around a dozen or so peppers!!!
Oh and all the cuttings that I'm rooting!!
Ian says it's like coming home to a jungle but there's still plenty of space for more!!!
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tweetykiss
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| Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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Now I had planted some seeds more than four weeks ago, should I replant or can it take longer to germinate....I am in Chicago, IL so that is the weather here....
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