tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37048978255958538882024-03-05T07:00:44.746-08:00Seed Lovers GardenLinda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-87296065865289746482020-10-21T18:24:00.001-07:002021-01-15T12:45:24.656-08:00SNOW :(<p> It was bound to happen sooner or later. In my opinion we've had a wonderful fall. This is our first snow of the year. Nasturtiums are still blooming in the hangers on the porch. The willows are sagging already and I don't think it's snowed that much? Brrrr! It is supposed to warm up a bit, enough to grab the last of the seed from the garden. (Fingers crossed)</p><p>I went west yesterday, to the Ram Falls area. My goal was to find delphinium 👍, and what I think is Pulsatilla occidentalis, chalice flower. and gravel 👍. I had found this seed last time I went this way, a couple years ago... yes it's been that long since I did that road. I grew that seed out and I have a pot of them to go in the garden. </p><p>Whether you go up or down it, at a seed hunter's pace, it's a whole day trip. And you don't want to do that road with tires that are wearing down, I was there!</p><p>I really didn't stop until I got to the Ram Falls area, got the seed I wanted, and then came home. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQyHlPbqnvI80QNv2DrTAd8TqH_-EDTOFwMzWULIDsovfHa9n9sBR55iLcp0WEssQW0tou5fXj2jpfoH7ZlH-RD0O92-NV4dBhLkRYn23bfypoFYs2Vso_faEZCjxDh6kFZSjY7fjQH5t/s2048/20201012_160001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQyHlPbqnvI80QNv2DrTAd8TqH_-EDTOFwMzWULIDsovfHa9n9sBR55iLcp0WEssQW0tou5fXj2jpfoH7ZlH-RD0O92-NV4dBhLkRYn23bfypoFYs2Vso_faEZCjxDh6kFZSjY7fjQH5t/s320/20201012_160001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are straight stretches, and then there are the drop off curves and winding loose gravel roads. A wonderful sunny day.</div><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnlDjzgc2i6hUMaAdEVE3wAWzpbW7gLrBEroc2912X9Sjbu6NIQvc0uOdWFsGsvr1Np9K80lBfBa07x8Xhm9X6WI60Y6WncV46E5n17rG1e8otPSdDlTX7m8HjMHystZng7ZsBapTV3U4C/s320/20201012_160429.jpg" width="320" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is so beautiful no matter what time of year you go.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qUZywW_o_RObpTHgiFOYYposr2BYyg3DQSzsGvd_DIXPtDBgmpAjtW9HbbcHxumL3nAhvcMGl9BZlkqrmxQdbUzhPGwSW0D763MqhfD06lsy6-sWGiCmS85_kxAXDNUeH9eTRy-zt7q4/s2048/20201012_160442.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1qUZywW_o_RObpTHgiFOYYposr2BYyg3DQSzsGvd_DIXPtDBgmpAjtW9HbbcHxumL3nAhvcMGl9BZlkqrmxQdbUzhPGwSW0D763MqhfD06lsy6-sWGiCmS85_kxAXDNUeH9eTRy-zt7q4/s320/20201012_160442.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Ram River.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwItA2YGogECGLS9qCex5mNxlcmCjRTTldHNHeBRlqYwXjeGb0cHpeXa97790w3EyoAODsOLsyuQNXSLShZAy_-q67zCJDSGdHOrCKbDeuv6dzRxwWhFfZTJISN3a6EEjzHO5V1WDV1nY/s2048/20201012_161252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwItA2YGogECGLS9qCex5mNxlcmCjRTTldHNHeBRlqYwXjeGb0cHpeXa97790w3EyoAODsOLsyuQNXSLShZAy_-q67zCJDSGdHOrCKbDeuv6dzRxwWhFfZTJISN3a6EEjzHO5V1WDV1nY/s320/20201012_161252.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another beautiful spot.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkygwquFZKs_z3x-WEQtMe7ImfJy2Fe06ajLz3mwM-QeGn2YSda4pJYfySSDx4zn9Btc_kEJii5i_Wq8WUoj8MNLc7sylpXYFC0qelJXRNjPslzAgcdBVCkDKCOwfRgLh82z5oewCKFwzD/s2048/20201012_164141.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkygwquFZKs_z3x-WEQtMe7ImfJy2Fe06ajLz3mwM-QeGn2YSda4pJYfySSDx4zn9Btc_kEJii5i_Wq8WUoj8MNLc7sylpXYFC0qelJXRNjPslzAgcdBVCkDKCOwfRgLh82z5oewCKFwzD/s320/20201012_164141.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thought I saw a bear, but it was a 'wild' cow.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-66824365689701665122020-09-29T18:57:00.000-07:002020-09-29T18:57:44.436-07:00<p> Happy Birthday Beautiful Blooms. The company is officially 19 years of age, (actually older, but today was the day I registered the company and made everything official). Yay! WooHoo. Kind of anticlimactic, just not feeling all that excited about it. No announcements, no giveaways...... I'll chalk it up to 2020. Pandemic aside it's been a challenging year. This year 'they' decided to spray a good many of my seed harvesting spots. I'm probably the only one who knows this, but the ditches 'round here are freaking loaded with amazing plants, Loaded! What they didn't spray, they mowed right down to nothing.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0W7ZLqYidZ7ymkMZ2X7LlOe1t9Kvu43b0gldmynJ6VznkzUl1aChcVb0_swyMb8YfoGc-XfuRodeFNzKJNUh9HjbLwsPojVtCm9yBsXuzbkk56TneyTtrvRGaPHsywVyvlwWC4CqyHKG/s1600/IMG_2769a.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0W7ZLqYidZ7ymkMZ2X7LlOe1t9Kvu43b0gldmynJ6VznkzUl1aChcVb0_swyMb8YfoGc-XfuRodeFNzKJNUh9HjbLwsPojVtCm9yBsXuzbkk56TneyTtrvRGaPHsywVyvlwWC4CqyHKG/s320/IMG_2769a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazOzTRhyphenhyphenkZJgCxOtJRytdVPDpeXlUybl9gXs3O4z-9oejksHbU3j3rsrsl9c_ziKXXvPPJt8MjIKC_PI-z6OLoUjdIyNoAS8o8uY_PpdP-rBSKOokj9GzOgUUp9xVZ24S4uTfR6kTJjNj/s1600/IMG_2770a.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgazOzTRhyphenhyphenkZJgCxOtJRytdVPDpeXlUybl9gXs3O4z-9oejksHbU3j3rsrsl9c_ziKXXvPPJt8MjIKC_PI-z6OLoUjdIyNoAS8o8uY_PpdP-rBSKOokj9GzOgUUp9xVZ24S4uTfR6kTJjNj/s320/IMG_2770a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This was full of blueberries, strawberries, geum, wood lilies, paint brush, meadowsweet, anticlea, and so much more. All of it mowed to nothing, all the saplings, all of it. On the other side were the raspberries and gentians. It's so curious how growth differs on either side. The raspberry side was sprayed. Yes, I understand the 'logic' behind it. No, I don't understand the 'logic' behind it. Is there not a better way? Do we continue to poison our home, does anyone give a rat's ass? <div><br /></div><div>I thought I had taken pics of the carnage up Shunda View Point road, maybe I couldn't. All the way up to the Park boundary is sprayed. It's blatantly obvious that 'they' sprayed at will. It makes me want to hurl. There were hundreds, maybe thousands of wood lilies in those areas. I'm not exaggerating! Over the years, I have stood in awe of the incredible abundance of wild flowers up at Shunda. There are pockets of pedicularis that take your breath away when you wander across them in full bloom. What will next year be like? The loggers didn't seem to take a break, great they're working but... below is the view from my turn out at Shunda. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0B3e7_48PGGf5xGSLAjPRP-A7xjKrloWZfSYTW65R97VY9jFj39odV2T7bOXGwwINTyMfir57sgNCZ00BV10FiIoaFPlPomHXgb6K-a-UziDnFb1osd1rRzXMkYs2ttxWukbwUKOD-4PS/s1600/IMG_2773a.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0B3e7_48PGGf5xGSLAjPRP-A7xjKrloWZfSYTW65R97VY9jFj39odV2T7bOXGwwINTyMfir57sgNCZ00BV10FiIoaFPlPomHXgb6K-a-UziDnFb1osd1rRzXMkYs2ttxWukbwUKOD-4PS/s320/IMG_2773a.jpg" width="320" /></a>Pretty much the same view, taken Sept. 23, '20. Doesn't look so bad now. Mom Nature has a way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2fyHVk5zuzQKkg1gkKfTXyqvqiQllFTctwaeLUh5fSayLLWbA1LKg1Az3VR-ueI1TpWlhmjIFducFuOTtbBB_SjrxTTB_imYGO2pUDcwMmW0IeAHecY51qHv35hvVIaGctASpZp5YouE/s2048/IMG_2898a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1175" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy2fyHVk5zuzQKkg1gkKfTXyqvqiQllFTctwaeLUh5fSayLLWbA1LKg1Az3VR-ueI1TpWlhmjIFducFuOTtbBB_SjrxTTB_imYGO2pUDcwMmW0IeAHecY51qHv35hvVIaGctASpZp5YouE/s320/IMG_2898a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Ya know I get it, the money, the economy, we build shit out of wood, I do get it, but I don't have to like it. No one has sat down and figured out a better way? Or maybe they have and been squashed? Argh! This has been such a challenging year for so many. I know I'm not alone in what I've been thinking. I'm grateful to not have a TV and to not watch news in any way, little blurbs still creep in and I'm shocked & shaken. Back to the woods. But my woods have been destroyed this year.... I think the topper was, going to see about beaked hazelnut and I come across a construction crew just before the turnoff. It's a <u>normally</u> slow day so I ask the flag person what's up? They're putting in a guard rail! Hmmm, this brings to mind many questions, the first being WHY? See just ahead is my hill, the hill that has hundreds of lady slipper orchids and so much more. I drove through, parked and collected what I could find, yes, I found a decent quantity of beaked hazelnut. I haven't gone back yet to see what they've done to my hill of orchids. I feel so defeated this year. And no, they're not protecting them, they sprayed all the orchids coming up my hill to where I live!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have people from universities and conservation groups asking where I get my seed from, implying with their words that they are concerned that I'm cleaning out an endangered plant, wreaking havoc on the wild and generally up to no good. Do you know that when I turn over my seed, each year, last years seed usually goes back to where it was harvested from, or sown in my back 40. I encouraged the mealy primrose on Hwy 12 for 3-4 years before I felt it was safe to harvest seed from. This year I had to give the mower a time out signal in order to try and get some seed from that same primrose before they mowed it down! So WTF! Ohmmmm </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I've lived here for 5 1/2 years and have wandered a lot. No matter where I stop and walk, I always find something. Clearwater County is abundantly rich in native plants, that they spray, cover, mow down.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I shall keep collecting, sowing, nourishing, loving my little section of the planet. This is what I do, this is my passion, I believe in what I do. We have to make the planet greener, stop and smell the roses, walk through a forest, walk barefoot, lean into the wind at Windy Point. 💗</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">A customer said to me today - "I am excited to see what next year will look like now!" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That gives me hope.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0B3e7_48PGGf5xGSLAjPRP-A7xjKrloWZfSYTW65R97VY9jFj39odV2T7bOXGwwINTyMfir57sgNCZ00BV10FiIoaFPlPomHXgb6K-a-UziDnFb1osd1rRzXMkYs2ttxWukbwUKOD-4PS/s1600/IMG_2773a.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></a></div></div>Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-7709619198341866302020-06-17T18:17:00.002-07:002020-06-28T07:04:31.330-07:00My thoughts on Social MediaWhen Facebook first came out, I was NOT the first one to jump on that bandwagon. I'm really not a bandwagon trending kinda gal in fact. But I succumbed and I'm the first to admit that I wasted hours, days, weeks on FB. I saw other businesses on it, trying to gain exposure, sales, be competitive.... Over the past year I've been censored on three occasions, each time sharing info on herbal remedies, vitamin therapy, and da da da vaccines. Now don't get your knickers in a bunch, I said that word, vaccines........ I'm not an anti-vaxxer, don't start slingin' shit, I'm a pro-truth, pro-information, pro-access to information, pro-right to make your own decisions. I don't like that FB has taken it upon themselves to censor anything. I get that they make a bazillion $ on adverts from pharmaceutical companies, and if that gives them the right to censor what I post, then, see ya later. I have a lot of thoughts on social media, what I see it doing to the population worldwide, the control that the masses are giving to it. I'm not willing to be part of that matrix for a couple of seed sales. So I've closed and deleted my two FB accounts, Beautiful Blooms and LindaLu Magoo. Still on Instagram, so far. If you want to follow me, fill your boots. I don't post a lot and all you'll get from me now is flower pics and my craft. Linda, Beautiful Blooms and LindaLu MagooLinda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-3746974220343189182020-05-15T14:00:00.000-07:002020-06-17T18:25:34.754-07:00Spring Bliss or Gardening with a stickWarning, this blog will probably be all over the place.......<br />
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I had to laugh when I found this. This is in the new raised bed, it's obviously a bulb, and marked with a stick. I know myself well enough to know that when I stuck in that stick, I had said to myself that I would know exactly what this was in the spring. I would remember for sure, maybe I even wrote it down in one of my numerous gardening diary's. I'm looking at it now completely clueless. Wait and see, like I have a choice. Surprise. <br />
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The new raised bed was created kinda last minute at the end of a miserable gardening season, 2019. I had built it and my neighbor saw it and said, do you want that filled? Yes please! I had been given a trunk load of strawberry plants, had the wood, would find the dirt. If you build it.... ha ha. I didn't get to putting in all the strawberries, as I said, last year was a miserable year. They sat in their 4x4 pots on the ground all winter, for the most part under several feet of snow. Still Alive! Woo Hoo. I love strawberries but refuse to buy them due to pesticide use, now I'll have all I can eat. It will be nice to share them with my neighbors as well. :)<br />
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Why I hang onto my pots for a couple of years. <br />
Yes, starting from seed is painstaking, tedious, and not for the impatient. Aah but the rewards. I had sunk a couple of pots into the new raised bed, and they were slated to be composted this spring. I had no expectations. <br />
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I am very pleased (tickled right pink, beside myself even) to see that I have growth in the pots. Some aquilegias from seed exchanges that I had my fingers crossed on. Arnica cordifolia has germinated, one I really want to get established in the yard. On the Arnica, I live fairly close to several large colonies of this wonderous plant but I would really like it in the yard to harvest for ointment. I infused arnica flowers in coconut oil last year and it really does work for aches and pains. <div><br />
</div><div>One of the perks of living here is that when spring arrives, IT ARRIVES. Everything wakes up very quickly, it has to, we have such a short season. It can be difficult to keep up with it, this year is different. I'm enjoying having all this time in the garden. ;) </div>Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-28787667412404608432020-03-23T13:14:00.001-07:002020-05-15T14:01:27.281-07:00What are you doing?What are you doing during this insanity?<br />
I'm watching cows doing yoga, horse leading a donkey, donkey following a horse, (not captured in this photo from my plant room window, but I can assure you, I have witnessed these things) <br />
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the multitude of wonderful birds visiting my suet feeder, giving a bird a bath, <br />
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having a dance party with another bird, <br />
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making candied ginger, <br />
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lamenting that I'm out of Coconut Chai Latte tea,<br />
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reading The Wildcrafting Brewer by Pascal Bauder, <br />
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reading Destiny of Souls by Michael Newton Ph.D.,<br />
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cranking the tunes and dancing like a wild woman, (no picture for that) checking on seedlings and losing my shit when I discover that a-hole mouse got my last Mimosa seedling, sewing, cross stitch,<br />
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knitting, <br />
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crocheting, shuffling stuff, throwing out stuff, and most of all just trying to stay sane. I'm not sure I'm succeeding at the sanity part, the fact that I'm working on a dozen things only proves how incredibly unsettled I am by what is going down. <br />
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I'm visiting my past by watching all 8 seasons of Star Trek Next Generation, it's kinda comforting. Finding some of the episodes hilarious, were they that funny then?<br />
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Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-31577918364899785622020-02-29T08:20:00.002-08:002020-05-15T14:02:04.747-07:00Mango Madness</div>Well, I'm not very good at blogging on a regular basis. I think I have things to say and then that negative Nelly in my head takes over and says nope, no one wants to hear your rantings about seeds. <br />
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Tough, I'm going to rant about seeds!<br />
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I love trying to start seeds that I have no business trying to start. Seeds that even if I get them to germinate, will not grow here. Yet, I still keep trying. <br />
Avocado's are easy, one just has to be patient, they do take well over a month before they crack and send out either a root or a leaf. I now have 3 avocado 'trees' growing in the plant room. They'll stay there until they perish or I get my glass house to grow them in. (Wishful thinking)<br />
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My latest attempts have been on mango seeds.<br />
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After soaking the seed for a couple of days, with daily scraping off of flesh, using a paring knife or fingernail. These were taken January 30, 2020. As soon as I cut away the flesh holding the seed together it popped open. These seeds really want to grow.<br />
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I accidentally broke the root when placing it on the coir, oops. Has not seemed to slow it down. <br />
I planted it in coir (coconut husk) on February 19, 2020. My previous attempts at planting in dirt failed shortly after planting. I had buried the seed and hoped that a leaf shoot would make it to the top. After failing 3 times, I thought, I'll try it this way and see what happens. Ta da! Success. I do think that cleaning off the seed as much as possible is important, you don't want any mango flesh to start rotting and going moldy. They don't smell overly pleasant anyway so adding to that is probably not a great idea.<br />
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Two more seeds cleaned off and placed in a container on February 19, 2020. I can't help it, it's a seed.<br />
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Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-21886777989132332512017-04-18T23:04:00.000-07:002017-04-18T23:04:44.532-07:00The BirdsI love spring, well who doesn't, but sometimes I think parts of it are just for me. <br />
The birds of prey are back. I play count the birds (of prey) every time I leave the house. Just today there were 7 on the way to work and 8 on the way home. Odds are good I was counting the same birds but there are really no rules to the game. I see the two big red tailed hawks sitting in the stands of poplar along Hwy 12 after Medicine River. Sometimes I see them in the act of the hunt, hovering in the air ready to dive. Phones are not my distraction while driving!<br />
Cranes are back, I see them flying overhead, always an odd number, their massive wings effortlessly slicing through the air. <br />
The geese, my favorites are everywhere. I haven't seen large flocks arriving back, but there are a couple in this field, a few in that field, a couple in the beaver pond and other ponds and wet lands. <br />
As I was driving to work on Easter Monday, just past the mailboxes, I saw something out of the corner of eye. Always on watch for deer or moose around here, I looked out the car window and not 10' from me were 2 geese flying. They were almost parallel to my drivers window for about half a km. They stayed low to go under the power lines still just over the ditch. Wow, I was in an absolute state of bliss! I lost sight of them as I went around the corner to go down the hill, but I'm sure that tiny wonderous event was put on just for me. What a great way to start the day.🌞Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-26298645528201240822017-01-26T14:08:00.006-08:002020-05-15T14:03:21.931-07:00January '17 Ramblings<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">January 25, 2017</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mid-winter here, next to the middle of nowhere. Down the hill calfs are being born and seeing that makes me yearn that much more for spring. The buds on the trees waking up, swelling and bursting into green..... wishful thinking right now. I'm pretty sure winter will hang on for a couple more months. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Took a peak in the cold frame, the iris started last summer are still green. You know they're not actively growing but just seeing that bit of green stirs the lust for spring. Heuchera and geum are still green as well. Have you ever noticed what plants stay green under the snow? I'm always amazed by that. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We've had our first chinook for 2017, the break from that brisk chill of -25C is always welcome. I do feel for the critters though. Now that it's cold again, the surface of the snow is a hard crust. Sometimes it holds my weight, sometimes not and my boot goes down with the jagged crust of ice scraping against my knee. At least I have boots and jeans to protect me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Battle of the thrips is continuing in the house. Brought them in from the yard last year. If you're not planning on growing anything, then putting thick black plastic and bark mulch down is great. A perfect climate for thrips. We have little in the way of chemicals to combat these critters, not that I would resort to using them, but when they take out a whole pot of shepherdia seedlings one tends to think of desperate measures. I've been using a solution of Murphy's wood soap, it does work for the foliage but not the soil. I'm hoping repotting will tip the scales in my favour, everything needs to be done anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> May 15, 2016 Taken from Windy Point. It was alarming to see how low the lake was. It is a dam so I assume water was let out. I've just never seen it that low. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking pictures of Lake Abraham never gets old to me. Anytime of day, anytime of year. I have hundreds upon hundreds of pictures taken at Windy Point. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">December 25, 2016 Taken in my yard before heading in to Rocky for Christmas.</span></div>
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<br />Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-87073124894722279902015-09-23T11:37:00.001-07:002020-05-15T14:04:22.486-07:00September '15 RamblingsIt's what year??<br />
And what a year it's been. We'll leave it at that!<br />
Me and the chickens are in a new place, safe and sound and happy. I'm happy to say that Miss Buddy pants is starting to grow back her feathers, again, and hopefully she'll keep them for awhile. Oh ya, Buddy is a girl! Finally got her sexed and yuppers my dainty little grey is a girl. :)<br />
Ned has pulled through everything with minimal stress although I still get the wing over my head when I've been gone for too many hours.<br />
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One of my new favorite spots, this is off Highway 752 on a cutline. There is so much growing back here, I'm often here for the day picking seed. This past weekend (Sept 20, 2015) I collected high bush cranberry, blueberries, thalictrum, geum, delphinium, streptopus, and more. I dug out a streptopus for the new garden and another plant that I have no clue what it is, but I'll find out. <br />
I admit that folding the company has crossed my mind more than a few times this past year, but every time I put serious thought into it the orders start coming in. Is that the Universe saying hang in there Linda, or what! Beautiful Blooms is 14 years young this month, so here's to another 14-50 years. :)<br />
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It's been too long since my last post, forgive me. Time seems to fly by.<br />
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I really worked all summer at my day job, but every chance I got I headed west to the mountains. I caught myself twice turning west on my way home from work. Strong pull those mountains have for me. I'll do this in parts, and unfortunately I can't even include the entire summer. I lost my hard drive in July and lost so much data and pictures. Backup, oh ya, on another partition of same dead drive. Any way!!<br />
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August 2014<br />
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Abraham Lake, AB This is MY spot. This is where I go to ground myself in this crazy world. The wind is so incredible here, you can lean into it, it will push you! It is so exhilarating! </div>
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But spring is just around the corner here in Red Deer, AB. There are icicles dripping from the eaves, the roads are slushy, the car is FILTHY......... but one can see the new buds fattening up on the lilacs, or maybe it's just wishful 'seeing'. The snow has melted away from the white spruce in the front yard and some of the evergreen plants are teasingly showing their green. (I was just going to take some pictures, went to the window and it snowed last night, so much for that idea.)<br />
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This is albuca ? setosa, hmm, I could have sworn that one had a tag. This plant is going nuts this year, bloom stalk after bloom stalk, and more. It's been blooming since November. Gotta like that. I really like albuca and grow many of them. They're tough bulbs and they bloom mid winter. I put mine out on the back deck in the summer where they soak up all that heat and sun. Unfortunately my self pollination attempts are not working, so no seed. I will be offering bulbs this summer, once it warms up.<br />
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The hippeastrums are winding down, for a couple of weeks it was glorious!<br />
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This oxalis has been sitting on my computer tower forever. It is a very happy plant, it hasn't stopped blooming in forever. It gets droopy once in a while, when I forget to water, but a quick drink and it bounces right back. </div>
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Which brings me to clivia. What is up with the sudden want of clivia? I've received a lot of hits on the website from people looking for clivia over the past month. Was there something on tv that has prompted this? As well, there have been quite a few plants purchased in the past couple of weeks, and no one minds that I can't ship until it warms up. (PS I have a lot more clivia to go) </div>
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Now, don't get me wrong, I'm overjoyed that there is more interest in clivia. They are a truly wondrous plant. I saw my first in a flower store in the building I worked in, back in 2000. I admired it for days but couldn't really justify putting out what they wanted for it. Clivia don't come cheap in Canada! I got back from lunch one day and there it was sitting on my desk, a co-worker had purchased it for me. I'm very glad that this beauty is still going strong as it reminds me of the truly generous gesture that was shown to me.</div>
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I took a good look through some of my older clivia (started 2005 to 2009) and it appears as though four of them will bloom soon. I'm very excited about this, 3 have no label, but the other one is grown from seed gifted to me from Connie & James Abel in S. Africa. Very excited indeed. </div>
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<br />Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0Red Deer, AB, Canada52.2681118 -113.8112386000000252.1126313 -114.13396210000002 52.4235923 -113.48851510000003tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-68909037003992808192012-12-15T08:30:00.000-08:002012-12-15T08:30:03.899-08:00Wow, another year has passed by in the blink of an eye it seems.<br />
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So much to do, so little time available right now. I've got loads of new seed to post on the website, but no time to do it, yet. My partner, Kevin, is in the hospital. All of my free time has been spent with him there.<br />
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I'm hoping that he'll be able to come home mid next week and maybe, (fingers crossed) I'll find the time over the holidays to get everything updated on the website.<br />
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I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, that is if we're still around after December 21, 2012. ;-)))<br />
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Linda & the Chickens<br />
Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-6387135059774837222011-10-02T10:30:00.000-07:002011-10-02T10:38:15.176-07:00And the winners are. . . . .<p>Well, we had the draw.<br /></p><p>Kevin Pierce (our photographer and Marketing Manager) assisted in drawing the names from a bucket.<br /></p><p>Drum roll please . . . and the winners are: For a $100 gift certificate - Debra K. of Edmonton, AB; Cathy K. of Calgary, AB; and Janet W. of Bowmanville, On. For a $50 gift certificate - Erwin K. of High River, AB; Sara P. of Sudbury, On; Tonyia R. of Hillsborough, NJ; Vince Q. of Calgary, AB; Julia V. of Delta, BC; and Nancy Y. of Medicine Hat, AB. For a $25 gift certificate - Bibi A. of Mississauga, ON; Alan B. of Sundridge, ON; Andrea F. of Yellowknife, AB; Anne G, of Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC; Pat G. of Port Hope, ON, Almas K. of Almaty, Kazakhstan; Bruce M. of Toronto, ON; Satie N. of Calgary, AB; Jessie N. of Vaudreuil-Dorian, QC; Addie O, of Red Deer, AB; Jodi P. of Vancouver, BC; Rick P. of Peterborough, ON, Julie R. of Sydney, NS; Denise R. of Hinton, AB; Rhonda S. of Clarsholm, AB, and Jenna W. of Whitehorse, YK.</p> <p>I will be contacting all of the winners by email. </p>Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-58534488325224350222011-04-30T11:07:00.000-07:002011-04-30T14:09:27.329-07:00An a-ha momentI've been thinking about what to do since January! And then yesterday it came upon me. We'll have a draw! Yes, a draw would be a grand idea.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Beautiful Blooms will be 10 years old this September 29, 2010. To celebrate, we'll be giving away $1000 is gift certificates. What do you think about that?<br /><br />Everyone who places an order this year, from January 1, 2011 to September 28, 2011, will be entered in the draw. If you place more than one order, then you will get more than one entry.<br />Prize breakdown will be - 3 x $100, 6 x $50, and 16 x $25 in gift certificates.<br /><br />Doesn't matter how big or small your order is, you will be entered.</span><br /><br />Spring is finally upon us. It is so exciting to see the new growth coming up out of the garden. I'm knee deep in sunflower seeds at the moment but soon I shall get some pictures posted.<br />Very exciting is that I see two green nubs of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Eremurus</span> poking up from the dirt. Started from seed back in 2008 - maybe they'll bloom this year.Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-16435968806877837362011-03-18T09:18:00.001-07:002011-03-18T09:34:16.178-07:00Looking forward to SpringDo you know what I love the most about gardening? It's universal, no matter where you go, there are gardeners, people who love plants and gardening as much as I do. <br />I have had the pleasure over the last couple of weeks to place orders to gardeners from other parts of the world. I'm always curious to see what they order, what is common to me is not so much to them. It's fascinating. <br /><br />I'm planning a seed planting weekend, what better way to celebrate spring. I'm late on some seeds, I know, but hopefully if I get them outside in the cold frame NOW, it won't make too much of a difference. We're still experiencing winter here in Red Deer, Alberta and the road report this morning warned of ice fog on the QE2 north. <br />Speaking of cold frames, I took a peak this past week inside of mine, and yes there is signs of green. How exciting. <br /><br />And as I sit here writing this, two Canada Geese flew by my office window! Now if that doesn't say SPRING is here, I just don't know. <br />I did get a bit of a glimpse of spring in the yard this past week. We have had plus temps and the snow is melting fast. Dianthus and Heuchera (which are evergreen under the snow) are the first to show. I can't wait to see what bulbs have survived another winter. <br /><br />Come on spring!Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-38280955975643968112010-12-14T19:51:00.000-08:002010-12-14T20:32:21.693-08:00Trip to Ram FallsNow that's a chicken! Not sure what he is, so incredibly beautiful though. He just sat and watched while Kevin took pictures, crazy humans.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41NfICLrpg9MKUzbAZFgy97BETzkeJZ-CgaRiSTvHedBUiV6dSiTME4obpBWu3lEzj5jiKCYVjWHIWJvw1DDTf9pzcktmz0r7cGswXlWKYB-8k9b51KOYgYflNHk3KpxW6volOYQsPz-x/s1600/IMG_7337.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41NfICLrpg9MKUzbAZFgy97BETzkeJZ-CgaRiSTvHedBUiV6dSiTME4obpBWu3lEzj5jiKCYVjWHIWJvw1DDTf9pzcktmz0r7cGswXlWKYB-8k9b51KOYgYflNHk3KpxW6volOYQsPz-x/s320/IMG_7337.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550753506200541890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />One of the wildlife preserves along the way to Ram Falls. There are signs posted stating 'Stock at Large' and indeed a couple of times we've gone through there have been 'wild cows' everywhere.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgem5D-qMDGF-Zb1yiwluBIYCzI7C7rlHuJKd5mMsrT5A09nFxmXcm3Cw88_VcuH5tD7_fhHrZZQwig2L0k8oNJcyWkP8GXJC6JhefCd6jhKPytWt5loojMTC94jhjr5z6G3xONmHcnVi5/s1600/IMG_7379.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNPTb4BxE8DBzG9EF-8jX5qlPzGBEJoK23WkaslJnovJbQ8vNvelW3dUAVOywC7uf5cGA-sa3MEy1fkAJX54DJd3pGCl1Yxa1xvTDskf7B5x3WLCTGZziR6mvnyZUxWk5CXPhMztuoJ1Q/s1600/IMG_7363.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 123px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglNPTb4BxE8DBzG9EF-8jX5qlPzGBEJoK23WkaslJnovJbQ8vNvelW3dUAVOywC7uf5cGA-sa3MEy1fkAJX54DJd3pGCl1Yxa1xvTDskf7B5x3WLCTGZziR6mvnyZUxWk5CXPhMztuoJ1Q/s320/IMG_7363.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550753642478621826" border="0" /></a><br />One of the reasons we had come up here again was to collect more seed. The area below had been full of geum, delphinium, grasses, asters, raspberries, and so much more. This is what we found on this last trip of the season. I was absolutely stunned! The loggers waved as we passed by.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpar3m4TVcC0lBHiGXgnZlHzdJT4nl4tRkHseBToOJ7jwMCalMM1tO5H84aCg-6lo6aL_UJzKTPmZOiVriot6XJx_aFHnmaFAv2l9jS8EkzjXgul-9MuKDzH43aBoehyIr_FPBwsarQiG/s1600/IMG_7358.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 136px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpar3m4TVcC0lBHiGXgnZlHzdJT4nl4tRkHseBToOJ7jwMCalMM1tO5H84aCg-6lo6aL_UJzKTPmZOiVriot6XJx_aFHnmaFAv2l9jS8EkzjXgul-9MuKDzH43aBoehyIr_FPBwsarQiG/s320/IMG_7358.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550753639622131378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEyjhpaMhotlPdvXD0GdvP8EXUCvaPbgVz6lLBghTBPjpyQ1EA3Dpipn3j9zT83nPRel4EthL4iK5SUY0NpdxpHyJgFy8wUpha2noo4l6U8gUwMcfJfsUmgLyw2REGSRmP5IcYseH4opz/s1600/IMG_7357.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJEyjhpaMhotlPdvXD0GdvP8EXUCvaPbgVz6lLBghTBPjpyQ1EA3Dpipn3j9zT83nPRel4EthL4iK5SUY0NpdxpHyJgFy8wUpha2noo4l6U8gUwMcfJfsUmgLyw2REGSRmP5IcYseH4opz/s320/IMG_7357.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550753513574074690" border="0" /></a><br />We did find this patch of ?. I'm not sure what it was, but it was brilliant in the destruction around it. I had found Streptopus almost directly behind it and was hoping to find more, it was gone. I no longer feel in the slightest bit guilty about harvesting the seed that I did, especially after seeing the forest stripped.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBJZz7FuWciI7u2hEnEmYHY0xukWllgcGXqKfSMiWHw22ryU-oqlMcvvkJGUrXhIfHqdIwrZa14pAX45n16Frp7eavwAf9NAsmo_Kp9fq3lpSW1wBjmrcNoq5y0PJ7vX9jbYEDuXo-tew/s1600/IMG_7355.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBJZz7FuWciI7u2hEnEmYHY0xukWllgcGXqKfSMiWHw22ryU-oqlMcvvkJGUrXhIfHqdIwrZa14pAX45n16Frp7eavwAf9NAsmo_Kp9fq3lpSW1wBjmrcNoq5y0PJ7vX9jbYEDuXo-tew/s320/IMG_7355.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550753508078610210" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj41NfICLrpg9MKUzbAZFgy97BETzkeJZ-CgaRiSTvHedBUiV6dSiTME4obpBWu3lEzj5jiKCYVjWHIWJvw1DDTf9pzcktmz0r7cGswXlWKYB-8k9b51KOYgYflNHk3KpxW6volOYQsPz-x/s1600/IMG_7337.JPG"><br /></a>Arriving at Ram Falls we found Kinnikinnick - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi <span style="">growing everywhere. Cool name, neat plant. </span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z1Ur4e-JgbRbJPD98_xo2x5c4oKKrdKKRjD4xTiYy4-sx6SXm5JPQGrZ1dfPgSDbBXNxibORNRi7VpZ6yh1uDetUIXdYZBvoXdq48Um_w_jA0jPQmGCTSMn-N9SVYtj8Ncq3EvXQm153/s1600/IMG_7463a.JPG"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BMfAVjz0rZKWM3RP2Dk5YaxHPeDqdmbJlyHVF3PV5-dDYljgky_lx7I1M8qUEX-P0cZ-FSNy4R7wGmjoONnpDp1Lju_xULBuIiw7cJwSzabJ9x5AT3MTJVw5lZ_Bb-z1w7CkCdl8mdMI/s1600/IMG_7412.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6BMfAVjz0rZKWM3RP2Dk5YaxHPeDqdmbJlyHVF3PV5-dDYljgky_lx7I1M8qUEX-P0cZ-FSNy4R7wGmjoONnpDp1Lju_xULBuIiw7cJwSzabJ9x5AT3MTJVw5lZ_Bb-z1w7CkCdl8mdMI/s320/IMG_7412.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550753975834352658" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgem5D-qMDGF-Zb1yiwluBIYCzI7C7rlHuJKd5mMsrT5A09nFxmXcm3Cw88_VcuH5tD7_fhHrZZQwig2L0k8oNJcyWkP8GXJC6JhefCd6jhKPytWt5loojMTC94jhjr5z6G3xONmHcnVi5/s1600/IMG_7379.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgem5D-qMDGF-Zb1yiwluBIYCzI7C7rlHuJKd5mMsrT5A09nFxmXcm3Cw88_VcuH5tD7_fhHrZZQwig2L0k8oNJcyWkP8GXJC6JhefCd6jhKPytWt5loojMTC94jhjr5z6G3xONmHcnVi5/s320/IMG_7379.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550753651429132658" border="0" /></a><br />The path down to the lookout. If you're scared of heights, like I am, hang on to the rail, or just stay on the top. I did brave the trip down once, it is worth it, especially if it's warm. But on a chill fall day that wind cuts right through you. It is an incredible view. 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Funny little chickens they are.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z1Ur4e-JgbRbJPD98_xo2x5c4oKKrdKKRjD4xTiYy4-sx6SXm5JPQGrZ1dfPgSDbBXNxibORNRi7VpZ6yh1uDetUIXdYZBvoXdq48Um_w_jA0jPQmGCTSMn-N9SVYtj8Ncq3EvXQm153/s1600/IMG_7463a.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2z1Ur4e-JgbRbJPD98_xo2x5c4oKKrdKKRjD4xTiYy4-sx6SXm5JPQGrZ1dfPgSDbBXNxibORNRi7VpZ6yh1uDetUIXdYZBvoXdq48Um_w_jA0jPQmGCTSMn-N9SVYtj8Ncq3EvXQm153/s320/IMG_7463a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550753984592438786" border="0" /></a>Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-45175225630920040712010-12-13T19:05:00.000-08:002010-12-13T19:35:57.552-08:00Rimbey Ditch<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhINJE4v5-BHc5CjD5XWvE7nUArlJgy_vIiyKo70RAZwG85kgwa3wqgojiiPtGVTe8FQzHkS61VKEzNEhcNpmlzI3vup4fozE5CfDQY07Vvtb9CznWU9Cjaq3OSRmFu2kJfYTVMVQD6VeAl/s1600/Zigadenus.JPG"><br /></a><br />I went back to this ditch so many times over the summer. It was full of such delightful flora, every time I went back I found something new. I wish I could have camped there for about a month, so I could capture images of all that I found, identify it and then be there for when the seed was ripe. 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 303px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT_nA9lhrzmpUiVFHCSVHifP22RwTkIczv0240h1-caJBPxz8mF8o73NAjln3QF1FAsQM5ByqnimFqYKvICZE_PwzovFnQdnTZN0JMdFgdgdF6khNFoRVaq20O1L5J5rg6XVA7Ok7iGWBE/s320/Gaillardia.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550370693530331490" border="0" /></a>Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-16035710661263197862010-07-04T09:13:00.000-07:002010-07-06T08:47:57.456-07:00Road Trip - Highway11<div style="text-align: center;">We decided to head west this time. Our destination was Nordegg, no specific reason to head there, just a destination. It was cloudy and rained off and on throughout the day. Still it was a great day and we got some great pictures.<br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKj9IAaQEeJOd154nhd_w0QsQfTtx1Ncp3j6aneAwdq3_n9AoZtPkgm0rBbyKU-kKc94iFD034M_78h-6YaDThK7x_9RqieYaEVZ9InQyBpwDT2YTRVreZ02c375MA00-CI84ckRhxrKP/s1600/IMG_3712bb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKj9IAaQEeJOd154nhd_w0QsQfTtx1Ncp3j6aneAwdq3_n9AoZtPkgm0rBbyKU-kKc94iFD034M_78h-6YaDThK7x_9RqieYaEVZ9InQyBpwDT2YTRVreZ02c375MA00-CI84ckRhxrKP/s320/IMG_3712bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490085141845327234" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhhuA6B5uzHPBV9nxgGNHFDgRnM6G3FydD7v4agvyz3EMyInjhWZIFTTE7iYkxyJvWao7xH55ER4jOdmugI6GUArf5tdiPA0fexT7oMyG1z_XOWgxZKRzYQsA-Fr9CcpaRy3sMcQ0rUxw/s1600/IMG_3713bb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmhhuA6B5uzHPBV9nxgGNHFDgRnM6G3FydD7v4agvyz3EMyInjhWZIFTTE7iYkxyJvWao7xH55ER4jOdmugI6GUArf5tdiPA0fexT7oMyG1z_XOWgxZKRzYQsA-Fr9CcpaRy3sMcQ0rUxw/s320/IMG_3713bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490085148812835218" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyXUnspm35lMZyw6gU_Bw_Pn9hx6p2SuJV6AqDN10JOA1FZyb9Tkz4T-16fyq2vEjCVMrEgHdsPe_p5yg3FKqotnQd2TZlqHWjjGhXK0GTqngaNGuxWdkGNShkeBfvRwEIBLFvXZ-j-e7/s1600/IMG_3714bb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyXUnspm35lMZyw6gU_Bw_Pn9hx6p2SuJV6AqDN10JOA1FZyb9Tkz4T-16fyq2vEjCVMrEgHdsPe_p5yg3FKqotnQd2TZlqHWjjGhXK0GTqngaNGuxWdkGNShkeBfvRwEIBLFvXZ-j-e7/s320/IMG_3714bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490085151146750898" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">We turned off the highway and found some interesting plant life in the ditches, including these mushrooms. <br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcB8mpZ5lmns6Z4VTM44c_LW6TV2H4-9Q-wrZ-N0o67hHtmN-Sas85L3Kaz98cSq6lZ50Aob0is2XqgUazXPYkW-lOeyafXWz83wX890w4S5rVBRsD20V5MzKhc17LuNMAtI4sdDIfq6S/s1600/IMG_3718bb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcB8mpZ5lmns6Z4VTM44c_LW6TV2H4-9Q-wrZ-N0o67hHtmN-Sas85L3Kaz98cSq6lZ50Aob0is2XqgUazXPYkW-lOeyafXWz83wX890w4S5rVBRsD20V5MzKhc17LuNMAtI4sdDIfq6S/s320/IMG_3718bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490085159374403794" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">This was the road we turned off on. We could see that it went on for miles and miles. <br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNl2aYJeoNbnfiF3vmfo105vC7B2bZacoy9G12mb4kU0ydEuieC-DLMCi86ktiTLzz-QUhfBYQbXhit6LM942mnWohSmVJg53z5Etmd-HuoRao9MAHG1PVVQLHmNy2dgV2o91AYzt_M9w/s1600/IMG_3727bb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrNl2aYJeoNbnfiF3vmfo105vC7B2bZacoy9G12mb4kU0ydEuieC-DLMCi86ktiTLzz-QUhfBYQbXhit6LM942mnWohSmVJg53z5Etmd-HuoRao9MAHG1PVVQLHmNy2dgV2o91AYzt_M9w/s320/IMG_3727bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490085762742336978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Paintbrush (Castilliga miniata) was in bloom everywhere, along with Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium montanum). No pics of the blue-eyed grass, but it was Everywhere! <br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYcGFTGIKzf5tJsQUPZ93frAqz6y3iyWDWSPYIR3W4p18d5u-mQkKuPj1-7HHFV-pVW-yMpqdCT1GwdD1p_4bxd2YMmwm1IyjnW9Fqw55yvKO1pSo7tRuljUUtIPiXxUbQWhOR7g5OCoS/s1600/IMG_3731bb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYcGFTGIKzf5tJsQUPZ93frAqz6y3iyWDWSPYIR3W4p18d5u-mQkKuPj1-7HHFV-pVW-yMpqdCT1GwdD1p_4bxd2YMmwm1IyjnW9Fqw55yvKO1pSo7tRuljUUtIPiXxUbQWhOR7g5OCoS/s320/IMG_3731bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490085770764543378" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3N0kOnbiqLJVEovXnSZaH9GprBxnvUhyVFT-X5jr89CjYAcIRyWgmFZLyIsEUjey8weHavMf9204tjj1WVcQfeW-boQzHnUCrpfKDl27ZrzRaLIVyibYcti0tsvr0YHVo665JLowabTeW/s1600/IMG_3741bb.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpmZHUnkX9GHVxRTpj7Z9MNTVcXZb0ijbxyQECTsEqLXpYfQj0D-1wIJv2Cyc2MhCVlii-SRoyeF0n5HIg_2BYxL4QvVfm5ptKsVRREhXjZCuvo1omtKEpkDu8l88i_-97U9TupK8ndBfj/s320/IMG_3751bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490086384013922690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Back on the highway, heading west again.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5mdX6cF3gdDlvnc8ir_0LyGHkzrxBQvgtYypKBSpJL3IB98c19-eV4vshYZVHj7LtxoES6SDNx2t8xKrfDh5kOXtHbvnXOhnFn1FchhxbtjbYgp-iUNDtzaQZ8sNdeRSY7WlALyNIR2S/s1600/IMG_3764bb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5mdX6cF3gdDlvnc8ir_0LyGHkzrxBQvgtYypKBSpJL3IB98c19-eV4vshYZVHj7LtxoES6SDNx2t8xKrfDh5kOXtHbvnXOhnFn1FchhxbtjbYgp-iUNDtzaQZ8sNdeRSY7WlALyNIR2S/s320/IMG_3764bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490086802213441378" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4gz-HmcBp33ZUHE5y7IPAZoVuqPMlnJb4ET1Mg8FNcffNUG_9_wAjOd0lbhBywvymNu5NyzmkkbUNzvPqYdIpXDyw6WxCORE9kSqZKjWsWJjy1f426w6FkeZEHB3ANuE04PYd95I-1a0k/s1600/IMG_3770bb.jpg"><img style="display: block; 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margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3e18MKhRZS4peGFNB4DVaA_xljwQ1Lby5idJ_94M-YVB5btREHVWq1VOd6foy44pT5vjYOCfhhzodXVwMDDn2HAxD_KUgJQw6MI1sO2r2c9izq79dwDL-mTfnqePoigiSzbSRqILPVlp/s320/IMG_3850bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490100011400000194" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFwd4KvSByAqWa9U8Kn-k-tHkH2iYzQaWp2OGs6LbIKyQm5BzdJii1PYCe7pShBfhPpebPwjUcZtcPmJGq4ixyuUwaU6SdSQbjVD8qT5WerW54PWUQq7IqA05ONt49tmrna4ya2hqK9ur/s1600/IMG_3851bb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFwd4KvSByAqWa9U8Kn-k-tHkH2iYzQaWp2OGs6LbIKyQm5BzdJii1PYCe7pShBfhPpebPwjUcZtcPmJGq4ixyuUwaU6SdSQbjVD8qT5WerW54PWUQq7IqA05ONt49tmrna4ya2hqK9ur/s320/IMG_3851bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490099995312865330" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3aceBrckvncSU3R-zm_j-OZTQLC4eBXa_3ce37ts2zc8m3dV3RHIc6Mr8bd0IIdgmruyTa0hIFsSwkZ25Hk9GBRXQwhb_K__iUWW1u9vxrqZmaNPXgRbQ9FwKHStCEH0lLio1aNLs9Fj/s1600/IMG_3855bb.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3aceBrckvncSU3R-zm_j-OZTQLC4eBXa_3ce37ts2zc8m3dV3RHIc6Mr8bd0IIdgmruyTa0hIFsSwkZ25Hk9GBRXQwhb_K__iUWW1u9vxrqZmaNPXgRbQ9FwKHStCEH0lLio1aNLs9Fj/s320/IMG_3855bb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490099987287790338" border="0" /></a>Kevin and I spent a couple of hours here, it is so incredibly beautiful. We will go back! Lots of neat plant life. It's hard to believe that this is man made. <br /></div>Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-64790953985934170482010-06-15T12:10:00.000-07:002010-06-16T09:31:01.489-07:00Mid June 2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5YyxfxnqhBs-gVtuAGlYRnbyZ98hqCoNUXRHLJ36GYEBtQMVvEaItPYQKFhm6-ySFonHnki1hE7ACktYfYwvQlMYluVRFgjcElGTSAUchAJp3QP4VjXlDtYyG40jc60WHjSgScKKqiyN/s1600/IMG_4286a.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd5YyxfxnqhBs-gVtuAGlYRnbyZ98hqCoNUXRHLJ36GYEBtQMVvEaItPYQKFhm6-ySFonHnki1hE7ACktYfYwvQlMYluVRFgjcElGTSAUchAJp3QP4VjXlDtYyG40jc60WHjSgScKKqiyN/s320/IMG_4286a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483084090251259138" border="0" /></a><b><center>Ismene festalis 'Zwanenburg'</center></b><br /><br /><p>I'm taking 'advantage' of the rain and getting some indoor work done. You know I'd rather be out in the garden, there's so much to do, especially this year!!!</p><br /><p>What has survived, what I thought was a much too long winter, is growing well, some a little too well. It was a mad dash to get everything I could into the ground last fall, it didn't matter where it went, as long as it was in the ground. Some plants even stayed in their pots and got sunk in. It was worth the effort though. There are only a couple of plants that I've seen no sign from, allium karataviense for one. Botanus has it and I will replace it.</p><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIR_KJyZ9eOtB4N8KSZiVyK3ZLfZz3q1Y2FFotnXgg4u6s-xPN24VByj-t2HM1VgbFohIs6l7VVK1z2Y2RAtd_qjhnFBAP-xnmYeCH0RSUf3d-o-IlXDMLjbzYs-ydutASDVFhQAm-DV5/s1600/IMG_4016a.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiIR_KJyZ9eOtB4N8KSZiVyK3ZLfZz3q1Y2FFotnXgg4u6s-xPN24VByj-t2HM1VgbFohIs6l7VVK1z2Y2RAtd_qjhnFBAP-xnmYeCH0RSUf3d-o-IlXDMLjbzYs-ydutASDVFhQAm-DV5/s320/IMG_4016a.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483080414801600418" border="0" /></a><b><center>Allium 'Purple Sensation'</b></center><br /><p>Alliums are a favorite and I'm forever adding to the collection. I thought I had given these all away prior to the move, I'm glad I didn't. What color! Especially with the blue water barrel as a background.</p><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTi7GLmejhXaqJMC0A2bvLlk5-XXQuvc1Oyacf2VQOsl5dDkViRG7dGw_jFD3RMPYfs105a-nEEBIbWLHRByhoFz90KWKMQ9btRa6cIH1wjGMwT2dnj2O8BA-bPBRg7fPWFUIXGPdLtvlP/s1600/IMG_4334a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTi7GLmejhXaqJMC0A2bvLlk5-XXQuvc1Oyacf2VQOsl5dDkViRG7dGw_jFD3RMPYfs105a-nEEBIbWLHRByhoFz90KWKMQ9btRa6cIH1wjGMwT2dnj2O8BA-bPBRg7fPWFUIXGPdLtvlP/s320/IMG_4334a.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483086593986900514" /></a><b><center>Iris pallida 'Aureo-variegata'</center></b><br /><p>I picked this up at <A href=www.parklandgarden.ca>Parkland Nurseries Garden Centre</a> If you don't have one in your garden yet, GET ONE! It has the most intoxicating scent I have ever smelled in an iris yet. Grape Kool-Aid comes to mind whenever I catch a whiff of it. It requires part shade, so I'm thinking I'll place it the garden by the front door. Morning sun but I'll still be able to enjoy that wonderful scent.</p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Vxj3Cg0dzq7xgR1RWhQ3Hr8VriV2wZZcUBhMjPOxWYY9PoHSwhBu9fvIVNORhGBhvB86Jn8b-6tt_3QGoPOORc3StWrYVWvttS_f-CavD8saRG05I5As-6hot0FkRl53qun1uvPkLzXE/s1600/IMG_4350a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 306px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Vxj3Cg0dzq7xgR1RWhQ3Hr8VriV2wZZcUBhMjPOxWYY9PoHSwhBu9fvIVNORhGBhvB86Jn8b-6tt_3QGoPOORc3StWrYVWvttS_f-CavD8saRG05I5As-6hot0FkRl53qun1uvPkLzXE/s320/IMG_4350a.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483129857409879458" /></a><br /><p>A good many of the iris are blooming or starting to bloom right now. It's very exciting for me as I'll be able to determine what I still have and what is lost. The iris pictured below is one I received from a good friend in Calgary and I'm grateful that it is still in the garden. One of these years I'm going to try a little hybridizing and see what I come up with. For now I'm quite content with trying to whip the gardens into seed producing shape.</p> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjSPjy3aUtcZitx-7_vZp7JUZvW9o2oDLjhbMOPA6nwi9vTs1xE6VSmL9TPvqIFXHcFq4WGy1V5LhGxtu3l1VrquSwRebVvxfxOSYhcj89RWjwKEbiYz4k56zSaZ9orCbEZhAQh3keC9T/s1600/IMG_4335a.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjSPjy3aUtcZitx-7_vZp7JUZvW9o2oDLjhbMOPA6nwi9vTs1xE6VSmL9TPvqIFXHcFq4WGy1V5LhGxtu3l1VrquSwRebVvxfxOSYhcj89RWjwKEbiYz4k56zSaZ9orCbEZhAQh3keC9T/s320/IMG_4335a.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483133871375896434" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYK8z5gEMpU65JlZqC9cYO3wZyml8Rv-HW0rXMRaphnoBXQKsGQ_pZEVoyuv-uACho9wowC92oJDOuXTRWkmSIpZIusdc1QPC2OqWLqwQWn48JbujDsMizUTdRsxqVQkciGYadmJESUHKa/s1600/IMG_3576a.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 308px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYK8z5gEMpU65JlZqC9cYO3wZyml8Rv-HW0rXMRaphnoBXQKsGQ_pZEVoyuv-uACho9wowC92oJDOuXTRWkmSIpZIusdc1QPC2OqWLqwQWn48JbujDsMizUTdRsxqVQkciGYadmJESUHKa/s320/IMG_3576a.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5483135559467783618" /></a><br /><p>This has been one of my favorites for years now, I'm very glad it was not lost in the move. I received it years ago from a woman in the US, back when the border was open for trades. She described it as an ugly brown iris. I love it!</p>Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-92096291328654075182010-01-16T19:51:00.000-08:002010-01-16T20:06:02.019-08:00Updates and suchGosh darn machines! We had a drive failure on our main computer over the holidays. I thought I had everything backed up, and I did, on that drive. <br /><br />Oh well, back to the drawing board. Managed to retrieve a good deal, but not everything. A lot of mail was lost and a good many contacts. Also all of the programs that I had used to modify the web site are gone. Which is why nothing has changed! I'm so on it!! Hopefully within the next month I can get things running like a well oiled machine again. Fingers crossed please.<br /><br />I've been able to get some of the new seed listed on the site with this years pricing, however it still claims that all is 1/2 price. Not quite! New seed is regular price, last years crop is 1/2 price. Still very viable, but it's not fresh seed. <br /><br />I'm very excited about this years growing season. Seeds are coming in from the Seed Exchanges, stuff you just can't find anywhere else. Very exciting! <br /><br />I'm still hoping to be able to retrieve the remainder of the email, but if I don't.... there was a woman in Calgary that was interested in pastel clivias, please if you read this, contact me. If there is anyone else that I didn't respond to, or would just like to drop me a line, please do. There were so many emails I had kept just for future reference, that are now gone. <br /><br />Hope everyone is settling into 2010, I just know that this is going to be a fantastic year.<br /><br />Happy Gardening<br />Linda @ Beautiful BloomsLinda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-78338811431714024622009-08-27T12:14:00.000-07:002009-08-27T20:35:50.835-07:00Starting seeds!This is what I do.<br /><br />Clean pots are a must, whether they are new or old, they must be clean. Nasty organisms that will kill your seedlings can hang out on uncleaned pots for years.<br /><br />Your mix to start your seedlings is also very important. I used to mix my own and thought that was the best way to go, until I tried <a href="http://www.pro-mixbas.com/">Pro-Mix</a>. This just makes seed starting so much easier.<br /><br /><br />What pots to use? I use a 3 1/4" x 3 1/4" x 3 1/2" (deep) plastic pot. Or 85cm x 85cm x 90cm (deep). I prefer this size, they fit well into trays, 18 per tray, and deep enough for most seedlings to develop a good set of roots. Pictured below are a mix of what I use. The larger square ones are for seed starting, the small square ones I use for oxalis or cyclamen bulbs. The round ones are used for small bulbs (I'll blog on that another time).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimm3_QhCaNwRH9Cuw4Y31hNJ2HSDiTnZHsQWbK_Cua_vnos9fiVH66xnNrowtO54T6HfZRnKPUUT7ATqe9oW9xAx70stIGnNkx2wE0JtLSFvDEO_Szh1aJf4OCCYJXxxDy8TXF6c_-Gmst/s1600-h/Pots.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 233px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimm3_QhCaNwRH9Cuw4Y31hNJ2HSDiTnZHsQWbK_Cua_vnos9fiVH66xnNrowtO54T6HfZRnKPUUT7ATqe9oW9xAx70stIGnNkx2wE0JtLSFvDEO_Szh1aJf4OCCYJXxxDy8TXF6c_-Gmst/s320/Pots.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374849333321455842" border="0" /></a><br />I usually get a bit of an assembly line going when it comes to seed starting. I fill my Rubbermaid bin (56l) with Pro-Mix, have my pots on hand and my trays. Oh yes, can not forget my gravel topping and we'll discuss this more later in the blog.<br />I've gone through my Pro-Mix as I've put it in the bin, breaking up the clumps and taking out any sticks and twigs present. It's much easier to fill my pots after I've done this. I fill my pot about 3/4 full of the mix and using another pot I tamp the mix down. I keep doing this until I have a couple of trays full. I guess it depends on how much seed you have to sow. Once that is done I ready my tags and seed envelopes.<br /><br /><br />Tags are a matter of preference as well. Some use popsicle sticks, old cut up window blinds, purchased plastic tags, what ever works for you. I use these.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWOHqYrONaWxl6XQa520BpqX9K7AkCjAR_qeQMyuxiOiCcueIkCJjptg_JyghcbZ5bGC_AIEjrdFhSJWE866zN7q5zOrXhabGLK3j3Vwt5RAkwxZ8CwX3YSUDGUyfN3x5RW-s_dvZcFwZ/s1600-h/Tags.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWOHqYrONaWxl6XQa520BpqX9K7AkCjAR_qeQMyuxiOiCcueIkCJjptg_JyghcbZ5bGC_AIEjrdFhSJWE866zN7q5zOrXhabGLK3j3Vwt5RAkwxZ8CwX3YSUDGUyfN3x5RW-s_dvZcFwZ/s320/Tags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374850288450307442" border="0" /></a><br />Marking the tag, I use a HB pencil. It stays on better than any permanent marker I've used to date. It does not fade nor does it wash off. It erases off quite well after being washed. I mark my tag with the name of the seed and the date it was sown. Why the date, some seeds take longer than others!<br /><br />I write down the info on the tag and place it in the pot on one edge. Then I sow my seed on top of the tamped down mix. I place the pot with sown seed back in the tray. On to the next pot. Oh, hang on, I've just sown Seseli and I know that that seed requires light to germinate. I take my tag out again and mark the end with a colored marker. This is just to let me know that I should not cover the seed. I'm trying to be quite general and yet specific, if that makes any sense at all!! Each seed has different requirements, you learn what they are as you go along. You develop a system that works best for you.<br />I now have a full tray of seed sown pots, now what. This is where the gravel topping comes in. Why the gravel? I questioned that at one time as well. The gravel stops the seed from floating when watered in, it stops mold and other ucky growths from growing on top of your seeds and pots. It makes watering your pots so much easier as it acts as a buffer / filter for the water to seep down and not disturb the placement of your seeds. It just works!<br />I purchased 80lb bags of #2 granite grit (for chickens) from a feed store for quite some time at $8 per bag, and then I went to my local gravel yard. I filled up a 100 litre bin with 7 mm gravel for $3-5. A matter of preference again. I still buy the granite grit and use it as a topper when sowing my cyclamen seeds, I'm sure the 7 mm gravel would work just as well, just a preference. I'm sure when I run out of the granite grit I'll go to using the gravel, as I haven't found a source for the grit in Red Deer yet. No big deal.<br /><br />The top of each seed sown pot gets a layer of gravel. Usually about 1/4" per pot. Now keep in mind what your seeds requirements are. Seseli as I mentioned before will not get covered. I treat Aquilegia seed a bit differently as well. For that I ready my pot, put down my layer of gravel and then sprinkle the seed on top of the gravel. Generally, it is mix, seed, gravel though.<br />If you're going to be starting a great deal of seed, you've found that you've developed an addiction to seed starting, get yourself some good books that you can reference, have your reference materials on hand so that you can quickly look it up and get back to your seed sowing.<br /><br />What next? Water, of course. Your trays are filled with seed sown pots and they want a good drink. Again, there are different ways of doing this. I put my seed sown pots in a water tight tray and fill the bottom of that tray with water and let the pots soak it up. I keep doing this until I'm sure the pots are well watered. Or, I place the pots in mesh bottomed trays and a hose on the mist or shower setting I water the pots in well. I've placed my gravel on top of the pots of seed, I'm not worried about my seed going anywhere. My preference depends on how many trays I have to do, how much time, and how much energy I have.<br /><br />And lastly, what do you with these seed sown pots? Cold frames! When I think of the years I started all my seeds in the basement, I shudder.<br /><br />I love my cold frames. I had left my cold frames with the last house, just too big and cumbersome to move, or take apart, or,,, at any rate, they got left. They are just too easy to build though, any one can do it. I'll post another blog on how to build / create a cold frame. But back to starting seeds. <br /><br />The trays of pots get a good drink and then are placed into the cold frame. Soon, before you know it, you'll have a frame full of wonderful seedlings.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DfScaUYVRgdjwofxV6hxHyOf5v9N_-uPvnsh5PQ-ZmnFn-Gs23gYb247Hxdg9OlnZqVSHRKtVcisLgd9qWnfFW7PFOQFDniRtHr4o7kqYWejSiRNFJTshUtd6Z177SByXo7_KIYOKUow/s1600-h/IMG_1249.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DfScaUYVRgdjwofxV6hxHyOf5v9N_-uPvnsh5PQ-ZmnFn-Gs23gYb247Hxdg9OlnZqVSHRKtVcisLgd9qWnfFW7PFOQFDniRtHr4o7kqYWejSiRNFJTshUtd6Z177SByXo7_KIYOKUow/s320/IMG_1249.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374852852480150018" /></a>Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-33448050814056655802009-07-28T12:15:00.001-07:002009-07-28T12:53:13.251-07:00Taking advantage of a rainy day.I know I've been neglectful in keeping the blog updated however in my defense, I've got gardens to dig. <br />I'm going to go back to May for these pictures, and I realize my last blog entry was April, so we should be good.<br />The following pictures are of the new yard in which Beautiful Blooms will put down its roots and grow.<br />This first picture is taken from the side and back of the house. It is situated on a corner lot.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh192EfKLvuk9vgK4NksbhJf326kUbYNq6jzP4YYW1mQ8ncvwY9j5wdHRkS_yel4uqPa4vZZGiSTT3HQvqiD7PxyC-uM9RXeOutyR9F75mdN50F7ZLZYUac2t8WHRtNxYd9AeeabL1Nwg7e/s1600-h/IMG_5410.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh192EfKLvuk9vgK4NksbhJf326kUbYNq6jzP4YYW1mQ8ncvwY9j5wdHRkS_yel4uqPa4vZZGiSTT3HQvqiD7PxyC-uM9RXeOutyR9F75mdN50F7ZLZYUac2t8WHRtNxYd9AeeabL1Nwg7e/s320/IMG_5410.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363592998114275378" /></a><br /><br />A view of the same side of the house, as above. Keep in mind that it is May and it was a cold spring, and there used to be a dog that lived in the house.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqCkTThwPWPocpgZcdUM7j2uHvvvhI0n4t_L1gRh2iJFIdplEJigZDVFhez0HKbRfgvFJvQ7zfMJL6S91Zw_L37K_L7crLExzAzvaAHyoJxFTNAnw19QKzCNJqDujfgrvvu3oRgaRuWTZ/s1600-h/IMG_5409.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqCkTThwPWPocpgZcdUM7j2uHvvvhI0n4t_L1gRh2iJFIdplEJigZDVFhez0HKbRfgvFJvQ7zfMJL6S91Zw_L37K_L7crLExzAzvaAHyoJxFTNAnw19QKzCNJqDujfgrvvu3oRgaRuWTZ/s320/IMG_5409.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363592997749264530" /></a><br /><br />The front of the house under the living room window. The tufa rocks that I brought with me from the last garden.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPR7jINJ294U513A1w9Xnck0Uw_jH7f4YEfXAxm37LTejzBFghrh90OmbADkosJMYX3ZMLvO9isyGXuja7BfWbLcIWSUAZwbdPhBFM9rcg7l1zfmis7i0rWDE6-Z8rRchV4pFf4WBM1QAh/s1600-h/IMG_5406.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPR7jINJ294U513A1w9Xnck0Uw_jH7f4YEfXAxm37LTejzBFghrh90OmbADkosJMYX3ZMLvO9isyGXuja7BfWbLcIWSUAZwbdPhBFM9rcg7l1zfmis7i0rWDE6-Z8rRchV4pFf4WBM1QAh/s320/IMG_5406.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363592991638399746" /></a><br /><br />Again, the front, facing south, digging just to get plants in the ground for now. Garden planning will come later.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMQnxCdzmSD-wIHOJr6uH9d9js2zMe_smZSJEMKusiuXVfkeNsQGXaZEBGEw63tzQSggnjHC3-wndwYBZyKTKvIrRyEbPwnNzacjVX5xGQ9ctMD5i8XF5viVIh9cZ17xrinWMyijWeNxa/s1600-h/IMG_5404.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVMQnxCdzmSD-wIHOJr6uH9d9js2zMe_smZSJEMKusiuXVfkeNsQGXaZEBGEw63tzQSggnjHC3-wndwYBZyKTKvIrRyEbPwnNzacjVX5xGQ9ctMD5i8XF5viVIh9cZ17xrinWMyijWeNxa/s320/IMG_5404.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363592988738795906" /></a><br /><br />Facing north, same thing, get them in the ground, will plan later.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFobe8IByyQ1fct6ls3BjIjL5yZxVhNwko4X3NNmjnCOhZElXLZRLBUArtmi0bmpm4iu9TXxT6N-Zx4dFcibfn75Gs80r3w0cmz9uoJgNR0jP0u0flMjxZ1baDrsHFZoEcshyphenhyphenmyv-Km3tG/s1600-h/IMG_5403.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFobe8IByyQ1fct6ls3BjIjL5yZxVhNwko4X3NNmjnCOhZElXLZRLBUArtmi0bmpm4iu9TXxT6N-Zx4dFcibfn75Gs80r3w0cmz9uoJgNR0jP0u0flMjxZ1baDrsHFZoEcshyphenhyphenmyv-Km3tG/s320/IMG_5403.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363592984821910690" /></a><br /><br />The back yard, which blissfully is fenced. The fence is not in the best of shape, but easily overlooked when I think that for the first time I can actually garden in a protected space. Very exciting.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkeFz-T_I-NNfTtxy1ulu146VQkeka3v7YRJgSoE8mnYAaMlRCycW9bXzN2f0zoCvyPIc36n7S1CPCrYwoMQjmaQvhyphenhyphen-hpkoTqtX6G_z0Fjz_QevOPDBbe0KnIhCf51vYVW56Z_ls_GoA/s1600-h/IMG_5426.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkeFz-T_I-NNfTtxy1ulu146VQkeka3v7YRJgSoE8mnYAaMlRCycW9bXzN2f0zoCvyPIc36n7S1CPCrYwoMQjmaQvhyphenhyphen-hpkoTqtX6G_z0Fjz_QevOPDBbe0KnIhCf51vYVW56Z_ls_GoA/s320/IMG_5426.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363597268936115394" /></a><br /><br />The back yard again. Clean up from former tenants is well under way, hopefully that poor tree will heal. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizL_8ghn46-Mh3-F7nhUqG46z9ZIdjK-zp3s4nh6sZHyVasLrk7b9crIwV92PPrd688enbV6vW6w55VTsEKkQeZUkq93StGZhYRbMHOWjO7QFO_NXtjw3PkL6EMTdhhFMGMMarjbTvAgNF/s1600-h/IMG_5424.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizL_8ghn46-Mh3-F7nhUqG46z9ZIdjK-zp3s4nh6sZHyVasLrk7b9crIwV92PPrd688enbV6vW6w55VTsEKkQeZUkq93StGZhYRbMHOWjO7QFO_NXtjw3PkL6EMTdhhFMGMMarjbTvAgNF/s320/IMG_5424.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363597265902599490" /></a><br /><br />This fenced in area is on the west side of the house, it would be perfect for either a vegetable garden or maybe green houses. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERPjrNNAHPUKkrlBy55kVQCxLv5Hs9rGhvLg1yS_ce8V6hJ7_caNZH9NvtWQPXjqEsUZ6rkoSAfZlWoIutd6BfUGNJMooMorw4uEmNRjgLBTClZRimqVlKJmzxZgMtTNq11NXvA6iGsdo/s1600-h/IMG_5421.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERPjrNNAHPUKkrlBy55kVQCxLv5Hs9rGhvLg1yS_ce8V6hJ7_caNZH9NvtWQPXjqEsUZ6rkoSAfZlWoIutd6BfUGNJMooMorw4uEmNRjgLBTClZRimqVlKJmzxZgMtTNq11NXvA6iGsdo/s320/IMG_5421.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363597259184320258" /></a><br /><br />A view from the top of the deck in the back yard. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWm-owi5gq4yug6X6oG4SyULIuwhN1Q19O_uuHHihs5CYRMnmyo2iYbG1IYQCX_xptavcDMNYFev9cNXyobJ5lC6FB9APkR0SZ-zPj1bEXhszQXXvxnFZ_xnCXC4_aKUJrOKUKzGRPj3c/s1600-h/IMG_5420.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvWm-owi5gq4yug6X6oG4SyULIuwhN1Q19O_uuHHihs5CYRMnmyo2iYbG1IYQCX_xptavcDMNYFev9cNXyobJ5lC6FB9APkR0SZ-zPj1bEXhszQXXvxnFZ_xnCXC4_aKUJrOKUKzGRPj3c/s320/IMG_5420.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363597256317284658" /></a><br /><br />In the front again under the living room picture window. The first of the cold frames to go up. Not sure if I'll leave it there or not, for now I wanted it in a location where I could keep an eye on it. I do think that I've located a better spot in the back yard.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dU9zf_mlSqKjhzKMTdhQfv7ywv4VFKSzihYTcKezq8Nxf-YdOAqN9SYkufIMG0p3sPbDPGdcOisL0unxSC8dpnoSArrs4opk6e_j127XHiwnM8NTL39pI0pAW7RzFyZvNxTs1UOPDPkq/s1600-h/IMG_5418.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3dU9zf_mlSqKjhzKMTdhQfv7ywv4VFKSzihYTcKezq8Nxf-YdOAqN9SYkufIMG0p3sPbDPGdcOisL0unxSC8dpnoSArrs4opk6e_j127XHiwnM8NTL39pI0pAW7RzFyZvNxTs1UOPDPkq/s320/IMG_5418.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363597249767202866" /></a><br /><br />Although the house and yard are in a state of neglect and disrepair, it has such potential. The soil is wonderful, compared to the clay of Okotoks, loads of space for huge flower beds, room for green houses, cold frames, vegetable gardens, and so on. I'm very excited about the challenges I have facing me. <br />Also, and this is so far just a thought that I'm sharing, there is a walk out basement suite that would be perfect for a Beautiful Blooms store, zoning and permits permitting of course. Just a thought?Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-73119140590831184832009-04-21T20:18:00.000-07:002009-04-21T21:08:17.625-07:00New Beginnings - Again!Did you ever think that something was going to last forever? And then something minute and almost not even noteworthy happened and it set off a chain of events so insane, so crazy, and yet so wonderful and life altering. <br />My last blog entry was July 2008 and I was whining about mosquitos. Today, April 2, 2009 I am in a new house in a new city with a whole new wonderful life. And all because of an email sent by an old friend. Life is a funny, funny thing!<br /><br />So, here we are in Red Deer, Alberta now. Beautiful Blooms and I have ripped out our roots from Okotoks, Alberta and moved north to the gorgeous city of Red Deer. It is a very pretty, very friendly city and so far I really like it here.<br /><br />New gardens are being dug and I almost hate to admit it, but I think I'm getting older. The old body isn't quite as limber as it used to be, but maybe, just maybe it's also due to moving furniture and boxes as well. Two, maybe three more trips back to Okotoks and I'll have the bulk of the garden moved. It's very good timing, this move, plants are just starting to wake up and not as resentful about being moved. They settle back in quite nicely. <br />Tomorrow's trip to Okotoks will be to pick up the cold frames, we were able to pick up some old storm windows at Habitat's ReStore and they will make great covers for the old cold frames. <br /><br />Stay tuned, more to come.<br />Happy Gardening.Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-67088084000829113152008-07-02T17:57:00.000-07:002008-08-04T08:42:47.908-07:00I hate mosquitos!As soon as you step outside they swarm and dive in looking for blood. With all the rain we've had, a gazillion skitters, all in my back yard!<br /><br />Surprise! Some more aquilegia. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgOaQwDKysXVUneQhOcXSasncDidd358zTjI5mHT2yULikRXyEXoL1F_gEiFwELBbtmgjT4YJOITXxWzTVjr32uvY6Wtn6Huec0UDC7MvUzSrnwl92U4-I69ax7ji73IEFky_M1T1158t/s1600-h/HPNX0044-20crd.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAgOaQwDKysXVUneQhOcXSasncDidd358zTjI5mHT2yULikRXyEXoL1F_gEiFwELBbtmgjT4YJOITXxWzTVjr32uvY6Wtn6Huec0UDC7MvUzSrnwl92U4-I69ax7ji73IEFky_M1T1158t/s320/HPNX0044-20crd.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218593992047524034" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnescdUEieAyHtNJuD-LnhBn_sPgVl0XQ792Lk3DNnwKosBaQ2kMjNAkfKqdNu0RzHf8y5F9k7M5lTvph5bT5CRI18fzME5nJwpvriOPMUzbHXZvDDhsrf8gRYzps00L14uV5_sLGt1CUl/s1600-h/HPNX0050xPinkUprightbrd.JPG"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxEFGwYq1BjuybK27CFZ6Abki0ExCruuqq4TPDnXfaeYImx4qF5ALT-yb5M2DtLtn50Mtkdbeypf3Z3n4ka7ZXTsSTWY-aWU7HtUHiwRuuxnIfpDxQJRDfMEqSI7gqryVNwUhuL882UWF/s320/HPNX0003-17rd.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218593009147914530" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFJ0ziRZfQzzx6kGac8IGpG0C9EmzcB6D3_WueGtegoUARssisMF4pmvEd7GXZTur4BWuH5vnNmPJBHz08WoUBd_fuoOw2xl9IXQXgVj0Wx2hNJAwd7YmP7BoqYh9cJDGPN0d0SEk2gX0/s1600-h/HPNX0010rd.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFJ0ziRZfQzzx6kGac8IGpG0C9EmzcB6D3_WueGtegoUARssisMF4pmvEd7GXZTur4BWuH5vnNmPJBHz08WoUBd_fuoOw2xl9IXQXgVj0Wx2hNJAwd7YmP7BoqYh9cJDGPN0d0SEk2gX0/s320/HPNX0010rd.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218593014407841474" /></a><br />Iris variegata ? I love the smell of this iris, grape kool-aid, cool.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcLb2u7BkEK_xGTDCZjnPdVisgu6harw9J1cdbG2eoSUD_jL6bRuam82aoy3MiEbtqYQp4o0YNIp8O3kgzabFEc2D-vsoaNhWGGMNd-hxaRbv4zUvDb8h8ckei6UCTl4KKAMzIXKPQR5B/s1600-h/HPNX0015rd.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhcLb2u7BkEK_xGTDCZjnPdVisgu6harw9J1cdbG2eoSUD_jL6bRuam82aoy3MiEbtqYQp4o0YNIp8O3kgzabFEc2D-vsoaNhWGGMNd-hxaRbv4zUvDb8h8ckei6UCTl4KKAMzIXKPQR5B/s320/HPNX0015rd.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218593017969487698" /></a><br />Allium obliquum - One of my favorite allium, one of many.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pmVc_P4Q5T_1cHmIXxwVfLTY0jN-WrJdYVmqgaJENjgZJ-U4zcKm37kY7B03HDAzaUYG3t3yZeIhF1cgJ68YRmDhJ2_vj4JOoXFlv7K0yoQs6rsKm2Egxdw85jsUJ0am00MGhfSj4h5M/s1600-h/HPNX0021rd.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pmVc_P4Q5T_1cHmIXxwVfLTY0jN-WrJdYVmqgaJENjgZJ-U4zcKm37kY7B03HDAzaUYG3t3yZeIhF1cgJ68YRmDhJ2_vj4JOoXFlv7K0yoQs6rsKm2Egxdw85jsUJ0am00MGhfSj4h5M/s320/HPNX0021rd.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218593020867824994" /></a><br />Polemonium pauciflorum - Silver Leaf Form - one of the prettiest of the polemonium I grow so far. A short lived perennial in the yard, easily seeds about where ever and is easy to pull out where not wanted.Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3704897825595853888.post-65726154796537042152008-07-02T17:16:00.000-07:002008-07-02T17:57:29.563-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHPZ18I35pwV4xEwX-tBsWLq8j6NUqKMaqj6Pj1psPM3U7UwAOItiBQJaZZCQKnkBsGmpftTVrXDacNav8FTl9qDJligJHYx-bCsZ5zoRMNWEFGR7ocskaG-B47AOgN25LxrCMkSnXnen/s1600-h/HPNX0023-5ard.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguHPZ18I35pwV4xEwX-tBsWLq8j6NUqKMaqj6Pj1psPM3U7UwAOItiBQJaZZCQKnkBsGmpftTVrXDacNav8FTl9qDJligJHYx-bCsZ5zoRMNWEFGR7ocskaG-B47AOgN25LxrCMkSnXnen/s320/HPNX0023-5ard.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218585378814411250" /></a><br />One can never have too many aquilegia!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnXgL6whfEXV8EavswgBfD7rfcBoIhepIDNnjHT02BChKXHwv-95HbSgtHe7aJxjvgt70XyNciAwQCbemIh6WjuOpks1GSjEFt9VPdeEEbWo6EBavLL_kZn8bEta9DlE7hmBKeD42acvl/s1600-h/HPNX0026-5erd.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnXgL6whfEXV8EavswgBfD7rfcBoIhepIDNnjHT02BChKXHwv-95HbSgtHe7aJxjvgt70XyNciAwQCbemIh6WjuOpks1GSjEFt9VPdeEEbWo6EBavLL_kZn8bEta9DlE7hmBKeD42acvl/s320/HPNX0026-5erd.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218585384182192882" /></a><br />And another one.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bVdcH7HUwibCPLBHaelr9T6B712XpjvV4SMbYhNjbv6O5E2QSbM4zjbizoGFqs9vbtiEKMaUnj5UN59t-bNgiYN9Zl7inHkjn57rzmKILoHIAYq8g1FH8xz-vDGaJ8NbGzxmaLgqjvi4/s1600-h/HPNX0003rd.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4bVdcH7HUwibCPLBHaelr9T6B712XpjvV4SMbYhNjbv6O5E2QSbM4zjbizoGFqs9vbtiEKMaUnj5UN59t-bNgiYN9Zl7inHkjn57rzmKILoHIAYq8g1FH8xz-vDGaJ8NbGzxmaLgqjvi4/s320/HPNX0003rd.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218576150441003506" /></a><br />Siberian Iris blooming for the first time, not sure where I got this one from?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBYuba1QugMkz4rFr1umr3qFDcOueNoTHgb-JSshqbq-bWFDF4WSZVdurWtTHxlcC6s89CMaXqoBXpv1G2VCH70SINoAGOX2rRorNHQKcA4LEkZaWN7KMVSrK2hjJ2I4PY88OMuWNceo6/s1600-h/HPNX0007rd.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoBYuba1QugMkz4rFr1umr3qFDcOueNoTHgb-JSshqbq-bWFDF4WSZVdurWtTHxlcC6s89CMaXqoBXpv1G2VCH70SINoAGOX2rRorNHQKcA4LEkZaWN7KMVSrK2hjJ2I4PY88OMuWNceo6/s320/HPNX0007rd.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218576162852314434" /></a><br />Lewisia I've had this plant for a long, long time. It's nice to see that it is finally settling in from the move.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEnGRob3FSRCQVS8TyTN9niu00HyZPsU1zBU3hCx4v_LeSjXt4QCuFUfYesfOxroXcjjCYmu6rF4S4_5R9g2seu9mgdhstAvQzHOWgxqpVdNOuwdWmT3ThsTHqB2wt8JbHD0GU43xdH2Y/s1600-h/HPNX0008rd.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEnGRob3FSRCQVS8TyTN9niu00HyZPsU1zBU3hCx4v_LeSjXt4QCuFUfYesfOxroXcjjCYmu6rF4S4_5R9g2seu9mgdhstAvQzHOWgxqpVdNOuwdWmT3ThsTHqB2wt8JbHD0GU43xdH2Y/s320/HPNX0008rd.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218576164075701330" /></a><br />Argemone polyanthemos before blooming. This is such a cool plant, more of a short lived perennial in my garden so far, easy enough to make sure a couple seeds drop to the ground. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZmmvVR8_x_bSn-4HobLV474s2Xd8sm_nO2YKwEho_U3I9o2QbB66eo648Y3ckjRgIADW8USmtUFWDYguy2Q0rMhyUgKQIk64X8DcbVy35GNhsciwxJ_hQLKNfov5HNN70iTyaWCHF2rx/s1600-h/HPNX0014rd.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZmmvVR8_x_bSn-4HobLV474s2Xd8sm_nO2YKwEho_U3I9o2QbB66eo648Y3ckjRgIADW8USmtUFWDYguy2Q0rMhyUgKQIk64X8DcbVy35GNhsciwxJ_hQLKNfov5HNN70iTyaWCHF2rx/s320/HPNX0014rd.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218576172759167314" /></a><br />Alpine Poppy<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif28n5PaHkNwjBAIKkxc1nQJ-4FTOEGKjW_mh2yGr9_tL-WKW_ItKxRJm70tuoH6AN4n_l0_drBMWZXksaFd09m6Yc37gTaujuQjkeYuuGEICUD0PFFKeoosjMMO_fE3WWF3uXMW0FuGYw/s1600-h/HPNX0021-6drd.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif28n5PaHkNwjBAIKkxc1nQJ-4FTOEGKjW_mh2yGr9_tL-WKW_ItKxRJm70tuoH6AN4n_l0_drBMWZXksaFd09m6Yc37gTaujuQjkeYuuGEICUD0PFFKeoosjMMO_fE3WWF3uXMW0FuGYw/s320/HPNX0021-6drd.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218576196201380434" /></a><br />And another aquilegia from the garden!Linda @ Beautifulblooms http://www.blogger.com/profile/13351964225023035268noreply@blogger.com0