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How to make your own seed tape :)

TheBip — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 09:40:55 -0400

Author: TheBip
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:40 pm (GMT 0)

Start with black and white newspaper, no color. Tear it into strips about an inch wide.
Make up a mixture of water and flour until you get a fairly thick paste.
Spread the paste on the strips and place seeds in a row down the middle.
Leave strips out until the paste dries, and either plant or roll up and put in a dark, dry place for storage.

Mother is seriously ticking me off

TheBip — Sun, 04 May 2008 20:07:27 -0400

Author: TheBip
Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 12:07 am (GMT 0)

I've told her time and time again to leave the area around the tulips alone because I want to make a bed. Yet she keeps throwing down grass seed. The she goes and mows down my purple tulips saying they were dead. The had blooms on them on Friday. I told her multiple times last year to leave the foliage alone as the bulbs need it. But does she listen? NO! She even tried saying "Well they're my tulips, I can do what I want." No they aren't! I bought them, I planted them, I want her to keep her d****ed hands off them!
She doesn't know the first thing about gardening and she wont listen to any of my advice. She throws down grass seed every year on the same empty spots, then wonders why it doesn't grow when she doesn't -do- anything. Doesn't prepare the soil, doesn't keep it safe from birds, hardly even waters it!
Pretty much any plant she buys(usually just shrubs and trees) she just plops in the ground and expects it to grow. No soil prep what-so-ever. They do grow, but they struggle.
She wont take any of my advice at all. It all goes in one ear and out the other, cause I'm the child so she doesn't have to listen to what I have to say.

Ya'll have noooo idea the frustration I have... I really want to leave, but I have literally only a piggy bank full of pennies right now... I couldn't leave if I -had- to....

I think I'm done venting now....

First blog of the year :P

TheBip — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:39:23 -0400

Author: TheBip
Posted: Mon Apr 28, 2008 8:39 pm (GMT 0)

Jeez, I need to remember to save my blogs before I click anything *deep sigh* Lost everything I wrote the first time... here goes again....

Oh my goodness, It's been nearly a year since my last blog o.O

Well. Most of the plants from last year didn't make it. Either the dogs killed em or my mom killed em when I went to Canada (Id asked her to take care of my plants, and when I came home, Id lost more than a few seedlings, a miniature rose, a plant from last year Id thought died but it hadn't, but now it is dead (Don't know what it was) and my rosemary is dying (Id bought it a few days before I left and it was nice and healthy). Gosh.

I bought a few new plants yesterday though. Yarrow (yellow), Columbine (blue and purple with white in the middle), Strawberries, Bee Balm, Apache Thornless Blackberry, Tulips (white) and Peony (pink). The Peony is Indiana's state flower :) I also bought some roses a few weeks ago, Angel Face and Pascali (I think thats the one).

Two of my roses from last year made it through fine, Nearly Black and Irish Gold. My Norfolk Island Pine is still doing quite well... The main tree is anyway, I separated it from the smaller one growing with it, but the smaller one started drying up after I gave it to my bf :( And no he isn't trying to kill it *lol*

I've also got Pumpkins, Beans (don't remember what kind) and possibly a watermelon seedling. It sprouted amongst the beans, and it looks like the other watermelon seedlings Id had (which croaked). Yesterday I planted some Red and White Sweet Corn, basil and turnips. I hope they come up ok.

Anyhoo, gotta run :)

Wildflower Hike

TheBip — Mon, 07 May 2007 10:46:01 -0400

Author: TheBip
Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 2:46 pm (GMT 0)

These are pictures of the wildflowers and plants I saw on my hike in the Ross Camp woods in Lafeyette, Indiana. These are the ones I remember the ID of. Ill add more later after I figure out what they are *lol*

Wild Phlox

Wild Geranium

Shooting Stars

Prarie Trillium

Poison Ivy

Mayapple top

Mayapple Flower

Indiana Banana (not sure the "real" name *lol*)

Wild Sicily (I think thats the proper name)

Spring-Beauty

Rue Anemone

Golden Ragwort

Newest batch of plants bought :)

TheBip — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:39:33 -0400

Author: TheBip
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2007 1:39 am (GMT 0)

Bought Iceberg rose at WalMart. Not planted yet due to change of weather.

Ordered from MichiganBulb:

LILAC FR HYBRID LAVENDER
ROSE IRISH GOLD
ROSE MINT JULEP
(2 - BOGOF) ROSE CANDYSTRIPE
COSMOS CHOCOLATE
CITRUS TANGERINE TREE (mini :D)
(2 - for pollination purposes) BITTERSWEET
GLADIOLUS MIXED
TULIP BALLADE

Delivery: ???