Yearly Archives: 2006

‘Favorites from the Garden’ Tabblo

Posted on November 16, 2006 by joelignacio

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‘Coleus 2006′ Tabblo

Posted on November 16, 2006 by joelignacio

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Sunset Magazine

Posted on October 16, 2006 by joelignacio

My Mom just got an offer in the mail to get Sunset Magazine (12 issues/year) for $12 and she asked if we should get it… I told her a big “Yup”… The End… Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tumblr … Continue reading →

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Weekend Gardening

Posted on October 16, 2006 by joelignacio

I transplanted more Snap Peas and covered these to keep the bird from them. It was overcast and cooler… Felt very much like a Fall day… I potted up my recent dollar store Cactus and Succulents buys. I felt like … Continue reading →

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Succulents…

Posted on October 14, 2006 by joelignacio

I checked the Peas that my Mom saw the bird eating yesterday and they looked like they were bald. I hope they will recover… My Mom but some netting around it, but I think I’ll go to the store and … Continue reading →

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Protected: Bad First Impressions

Posted on October 14, 2006 by joelignacio

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“Collection of Coleus”

Posted on October 14, 2006 by joelignacio

I just saw the TV guide and today’s episode of Gardening by the Yard is entitled “Collection of Coleus“… You know I’m TiVo’ing it! Here on the Pacific coast (DirecTV), it’s on at 8:30am on HGTV. Bookmark on Delicious Recommend … Continue reading →

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2 More New Succulents + The Birds

Posted on October 13, 2006 by joelignacio

I bought two more succulents from the dollar store. One’s a columnar cactus with four sides. The other is a Echeveria/Aeonium-type with greenish/blue/gray diamond/spoon shaped leaves. (How’s that for a description?). I’ll have to take a photos of my four … Continue reading →

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New Camera and a Butterfly…

Posted on October 11, 2006 by joelignacio

I discovered that my Canon PowerShot A610 camera ( photo ) was recently replaced with a newer camera with higher megapixels and a larger LCD screen… so I made an impulse buy on Friday and bought a Canon PowerShot A640 … Continue reading →

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Weekend Gardening

Posted on October 8, 2006 by joelignacio

I thought I would be doing a lot of gardening this weekend, but there was actually not much to do. Surprisingly, the weather was warm… even after the rains we got mid-week. I transfered about 18 Spinach seedlings from 2 … Continue reading →

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No Need to Water…

Posted on October 5, 2006 by joelignacio

No need to water… because we just got our first rains for the season… which I like… It’s going to let up today and the weekend looks nice and sunny, but not too hot… I wish it lightly rains once … Continue reading →

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Passiflora Spotted

Posted on October 3, 2006 by joelignacio

As I was walking back to work from lunch today, I happen to see this pink flower, so I snapped a photo.     Once I got to work and looked at the photo, I realized that this is a Passiflora, … Continue reading →

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Murderous!

Posted on October 2, 2006 by joelignacio

When I got home from work, it was almost dark, but I wanted to just put the Elephant Garlic into the ground to start growing. Before I started, with flashlight in hand, I checked the Swiss Chard, Lettuce and Boy … Continue reading →

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Weekend Gardening…

Posted on October 1, 2006 by joelignacio

I did quite a lot of gardening this weekend. The weather is getting cooler and it was overcast pretty much the whole weekend. Leaves are changing colors and the summer vegetables are slowing down. There was a lot of leaves … Continue reading →

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Sticky Monkey Flower

Posted on September 28, 2006 by joelignacio

As I was walking to the carpool from work on Monday, I noticed a low growing plant with yellow flowers in a landscaped area near a park. At first glance, I thought it was an Orchid, but that would be … Continue reading →

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