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2025-07-20 08:14 pm
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Done This Week

Please excuse me, I have just spent the last two days up to my eyeballs in succulents and payment processing. It was not bad, but it is always A Lot™, and now I am very tired.

I obtained a relatively sensible number of new plants, provided you ignore the part where I really didn’t need *any* new plants. And I was gifted one huge, competition-worthy specimen as a thank-you from the club for the multi-month effort of setting them up to use barcode scanners. I even have a lovely proper pot for it to live in. If I can keep it happy for a year, I think I might try entering it in the competition. I’ve never had anything suitable before.

For now, though, I have two boxes of plants on the dining room table and a bed that is calling my name.

Lewisia: no new pieces written, but still on track

Day job: 42.5 hours

Gardening: the final scramble on the club’s barcode database, club meeting, day one of the sale

Listening: Dance and Cry by Mother Mother (I’ve had a few tracks from them in mixtapes over the years and finally bought an album, this one has “It’s Alright” on it ;_;), Muminröster (the Swedish version of Moomin Voices, after my “Oops! All Finnish!” purchase)

Clock Mouse: 1271 words
scrubjayspeaks: macro photograph of ladybug climbing a blade of grass (garden)
2025-07-12 06:48 pm

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the July edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.

As for myself...

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2025-06-08 10:14 am

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the June edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.

As for myself...

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2025-05-11 05:47 pm

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the May edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

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2025-04-13 07:22 pm

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the April edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.

As for myself...

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2025-03-08 02:41 pm

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the March edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

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As for myself...

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scrubjayspeaks: Bo from Spirited Away in mouse form, attempting to knit (crafting)
2025-03-08 01:29 pm
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Making Terrariums in Jars

[personal profile] ysabetwordsmith has been posting about making terrariums and did a step-by-step of creating one in a spice jar. I was very inspired by this, and I wanted to take advantage of it being moss season here. In the spirit of spreading the inspiration, here's my process post too.

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2025-01-11 09:39 am

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the January edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

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As for myself...

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2024-12-07 08:26 pm

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the December edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

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As for myself...

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2024-11-09 09:36 am

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the November edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

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2024-10-13 09:34 am

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the October edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

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2024-10-06 12:25 pm

The Friday Five

1. What are your 5 favorite flowers?
Hm, let's see... Lupine, sunflower, foxglove, chaparral currant, and dandelion. This will almost certainly change the next time I'm asked, because I really love all sorts of flowers.

2. What do you like to do with flowers?
I like to leave sunflowers up for the birds to eat as they dry. I like to cut flowers and put them around the house in little jars. And I love to press flowers and save them to use in crafts.

3. Do you like native flowers, domestic flowers, or a mix of both?
I like both. I've got a 1/4 acre field in which I focus on planting native flowers and shrubs. Other areas are dedicated to more traditional cottage garden plants.

4. Do you grow flowers yourself, or just look at what grows elsewhere?
I try to grow all sorts of things. I don't have much shade here, though, so a lot of shade-loving plants are out of the question. I like going to botanical gardens to see the things I just can't grow for myself.

5. Do you know (any version of) the Language of Flowers?
Not from memory alone, but it's fun to look up. I like seeing when people translate elaborate messages into flower language. While not truly flower language, this tumblr post about the Death Bouquet uses flowers to convey "fuck you."
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2024-09-07 06:01 pm

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the September edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

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2024-08-10 04:58 pm

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the August edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

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2024-07-15 04:37 pm

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the July edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

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As for myself...

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2024-06-08 06:09 pm

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the June edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.

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2024-05-12 05:35 pm

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the May edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

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2024-04-14 11:22 am

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the April edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.

As for myself...

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2024-03-09 07:54 am

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the March edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.

As for myself...

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2024-02-10 01:25 pm

Pandemic Garden Club

Welcome to the February edition of Pandemic Garden Club! Growing good things in strange times!

Anyone is welcome to comment with what they're growing right now, things they would like to try, problems they're encountering, and questions they have. Share resources, answer questions, shout encouragement.

As for myself...

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