While surfing Flickr for Coleuses, I learned of a plant that I never heard of before. It’s called Episcia… I must do research and see if I can get some for next year… Add one more plant for my wish list :)
This is where I saw it ( link )
Autumn in the City…
I’m feeling a little down…
Seems like a lot is going on… I’m in the process of buying a house and at times it feels a bit overwhelming. (I’ll create a post about this later.) Whenever I had a big decision to make, I would turn to my dad and see how he feels about it. Lately, I’ve been thinking about my dad and just wish I can ask him for suggestions. I’m also trying to get used to not seeing Chi-Chi in the garage or front garden… *sigh* …Sometimes I just don’t like changes.
My Dad and Chi-Chi
In Memory of our cat Chi-Chi…
Chi-Chi
(1989 – November 9, 2005)
I’m sadden to find that our cat of 16 years, Chi-Chi, has passed away.
I found Chi-Chi on a sidewalk near a friends house way back in 1989. She must have only been a few days old because she was the tiniest kitten that I’ve even seen. I remember bringing her home and feeding her milk from a sponge.
In March 1990, Chi-Chi had a liter of six kittens: Blacki, Rusty, Panda, Gold, Snowball and Dusty. She was then immediately fixed. We gave all the kittens away except for Blacki, who later had a liter which includes my present cat ‘Lil Blacki.
( Quicktime movie of Chi-Chi and Kittens (13.7mb) )
Chi-Chi (also known as Ming-Ming) was a pretty feisty cat. She was not a big cat, but she guarded our house against intruding cats (and dogs) and left us gifts (mice) to show us how much she cares. She enjoys being outside in the garden and usually greets me when I get home from work. She loves being carried and petted and immediately starts to drool when you do so. When no one’s around to pet her, she would rub her body against our dog Kelly’s cage so Kelly can lick her.
I’m going to miss having Chi-Chi around when I’m outside in the garden. I think I will take off of work, so my mom and I can have a nice burial for her. May Chi-Chi rest in peace.
4 More Books…
I borrow four more books from the library:
– Sunset – Western Garden Annual, 2000 Edition
– Reader’s Digest – The One-Hour Garden by Joanna Smith
– Ortho Books – Complete Guide to Vegetables, Fruits & Herbs
– Ortho Books – All About Pruning by Judy Lowe
A Little Green Suprise…
Although I haven’t been able to garden much this past week and a half, I have been checking the plants after work to make they have enough water. I’ve also been keeping an eye on the seedlings and they look fine.
This morning as I was weeding and dead-heading in the front yard, I spotted a Praying Mantis on the Dahlia. At first it freaked me out, but then I ran to get my camera. It’s weird because I’ve only seen one Praying Mantis in our garden before… so I’m wondering if this is the Praying Mantis that I brought home on July 7th.
The Praying Mantis on the Happy Single Dahlia
Grooming Praying Mantis (Note the deep purple foliage on the Dahlia)
… and speaking of bugs that freaked me out, I saw this spider on our patio last night…
Tomato Harvest + Flowers Starting to Bloom…
Today I thinned the seedlings in the newspaper pots to a few strong ones. I’ll thinned them to a single plant once they get a little bigger.
I also clipped a lot of dead leaves from the tomatoes and cucumber to make things a little tidier. Anyone know why most of the bottom leaves are dying on my cucumber? Is this normal? or is there something wrong?
I did my fourth big tomatoes harvest and I got a lot, considering I only have two tomato plants this year.
Here are two photos of flower that are about to bloom
Fucshia triphylla Firecracker
Naked Lady
I’m not sure if this Naked Lady is Amaryllis belladonna or Lycoris squamigera. Can anyone tell just from the photo?
New Shelf for My Seedlings and Cuttings…
My Uncle Ray made me a really nice shelf out of some scrap wood that he had. I gave him the dimensions that I needed to fit 6 nursery trays and they fit perfectly! :)
Now I have an neat way to store my seedlings and cuttings
Thank you very much Uncle Ray!!!