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Spectacular Color
Microphone/beehive/honeycomb ginger I’ve posted pictures of this ginger before, but the colors recently have been so striking that I decided to take more pictures and share them. We’ve ne… more →
Living in Potrerillos
Spectacular Color
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Microphone/beehive/honeycomb ginger I’ve posted pictures of this ginger before, but the colors … more →
Too Much Of A Good Thing?
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wrote 1 month ago: How many banana bunches can you find? My dentist’s office (in the US), like many others, had c … more →
Sign Of The Times
wrote 1 month ago: And today I started watering. Just the potted plants out back–pineapples, corotú, tomatoes, o … more →
Papayas
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wrote 1 month ago: There has been so much going on this past week that I haven’t had a chance to post about our f … more →
Stable Humus - You're On Your Own
wrote 2 months ago: Though cover-cropping is a common practice of organic gardeners, what is still to be learned is how … more →
Papayas And Pineapples (Continued)
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wrote 2 months ago: Dog with papaya Thankfully, the plants have been pretty much oblivious of my neglect–they just … more →
Mulch & Paranoia!
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wrote 2 months ago: There are different ways people are drawn to no-till gardening. One person called no-till a lazy per … more →
Water, Water Everywhere?
wrote 2 months ago: Much of the refreshing rains that we enjoy becomes salt water as it is carried down rivers into the … more →
Whatever It Takes
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wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday was a red-letter day–it was the day that, after three incredibly frustrating months, … more →
Iris
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wrote 3 months ago: Iris flower Some time last year, Mary got a bunch of iris starts of two different varieties from C … more →
Back to the Mundane
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wrote 3 months ago: Beehive/microphone ginger The beehive ginger is starting to flower! And it is producing almost or … more →
The Corotú Life Cycle
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wrote 3 months ago: I was not pleased with the picture of the corotú seedling that I posted a few days ago. So when I d … more →
The Joy of Planting
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wrote 3 months ago: Yesterday, for the first time in nearly three months, I did some serious work in the garden. I … more →
New Tree Seedlings
wrote 4 months ago: Left: corotú Right: sigua Back in April, I posted about the odd seeds of the corotú tree and put up … more →
More Papayas
wrote 4 months ago: "Hawaiian" papaya Mary noticed yesterday that the younger of our two Hawaiian papayas had … more →
Pineapple Tragedy
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wrote 4 months ago: This morning, Mary found THIS. On the plant! Who is the culprit? Three guesses–THAT MISERABL … more →
Plant ID
wrote 4 months ago: Stachytarpheta blue Because I am surrounded by well-meaning botanists whom I try not to resent … more →
The Perils of Planting
wrote 4 months ago: Naturally, we simply can’t have plants in plastic bolsas, just hanging around waiting to be pl … more →
Sunday Plant Buying Spree
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wrote 4 months ago: Heliconia display This weekend, Carla and Angel of Heliconia Gardens in Volcán had their First A … more →
