Finnie- Finally A Journal

[SageHill]

You definitely earned a return trip Lowes. especially since there are empty spots for pansies!
GOOD PLANNING!
I turned over 2 of my garden boxes (4x4 raised beds) - added in shredded alfalfa stems the sheep left behind, miracle grow soil, steer manure and topsoil. I've got a bunch more boxes to go, but have to pull whatever veggies are growing in them - and they're not ready to pull. Put a tomato plant in one of the boxes. I ~think I'll plant the garlic that I just got from Baker Creek in one of the boxes.

 

[Finnie]

@SageHill it’s pretty neat that you have such a long growing season.

 

[Finnie]

Well I did my errands today. Crumbl store was first!

Then Lowes. Not a plumbago or Pansy in sight. Looks like they filled almost the entire place with mums. But, I found a smallish mum on the clearance rack that I can plant in front of my mailbox. Last week when I went to plant one of my large mums there, I found that there wasn’t enough space next to the asphalt road to fit it in. I’m sure I can squeeze this small one in.

I also found two little zebra grass plants that I can use to extend my zebra grass line along the west side of my property. I really love when the setting sun slants through them. In fact, that’s what my avatar photo is!

Oh! And I also succumbed and bought 4 more African violets. 3 of these are repeats for me, but I didn’t have them anymore, so, yeah. Then the 4th one is purple, but it has a thin edging of white around the petals. That is pretty unique. Their violets were neglected, dried out and in sad shape. A lot of broken leaf stems. I decided I would just set all the broken leaves and grow baby plants if I can. I also took two broken leaves from another plant I didn’t buy, because they were broken off, so I figured it would be fine. Don’t know if those ones will root, because they were pretty dried out, but there is a chance.

And then since I’m running out of places to keep my violets, I checked out LED light strips. I have a 4-level shelving unit in my basement that used to be my Budgie breeding unit. Since I quit breeding caged birds a few years ago, I dismantled it, and now I can set it up as a violet shelf. But it will need lighting.

So not finding pansies at Lowes, I decided to check Menards. They had 3 6-packs! Only $6 each. (So $1 per plant) But all they had left was yellow. Oh well, at least it was something. (And they had different LED light strips, too, so I got more.)

Still hoping to find better pansies, I went to the other Lowes that is east of me. Same story there. Lots of mums and not much else. And they had all the same violets. If I had waited, I could have gotten nicer plants that weren’t neglected. Oh well. Bought nothing at this Lowes. Went on to the Meijer next door, and…. Pansies!! Lots of them. A little bit more per plant, but not as bad as I was expecting.

There is an Aldi on this side of town, but I decided to just get blueberries and creamer while I was at Meijer and skip Aldi. And I wanted a bag of salad. I got the creamer, and a few other assorted things, but I didn’t like Meijer’s price on blueberries and their salad looked too far gone, plus Meijer doesn’t have the nice shape milk boxes like Aldi does. So, I will be going to Aldi on a different day. No hurry for any of that stuff. As long as I got my coffee creamer!

Today’s plant haul:

One of the areas I planted some of last week’s mums and plumbagos:

That pink rose I planted a couple years ago. It’s called “Marc Chagall”. I really love it. But I don’t think it gets quite enough light in that spot to bloom very well.

Here’s a closeup:

I’m at my 10 picture limit, so I guess I can shut up for tonight!

 

[SageHill]

Well I did my errands today. Crumbl store was first!
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Then Lowes. Not a plumbago or Pansy in sight. Looks like they filled almost the entire place with mums. But, I found a smallish mum on the clearance rack that I can plant in front of my mailbox. Last week when I went to plant one of my large mums there, I found that there wasn’t enough space next to the asphalt road to fit it in. I’m sure I can squeeze this small one in.

I also found two little zebra grass plants that I can use to extend my zebra grass line along the west side of my property. I really love when the setting sun slants through them. In fact, that’s what my avatar photo is!

Oh! And I also succumbed and bought 4 more African violets. 3 of these are repeats for me, but I didn’t have them anymore, so, yeah. Then the 4th one is purple, but it has a thin edging of white around the petals. That is pretty unique. Their violets were neglected, dried out and in sad shape. A lot of broken leaf stems. I decided I would just set all the broken leaves and grow baby plants if I can. I also took two broken leaves from another plant I didn’t buy, because they were broken off, so I figured it would be fine. Don’t know if those ones will root, because they were pretty dried out, but there is a chance.

And then since I’m running out of places to keep my violets, I checked out LED light strips. I have a 4-level shelving unit in my basement that used to be my Budgie breeding unit. Since I quit breeding caged birds a few years ago, I dismantled it, and now I can set it up as a violet shelf. But it will need lighting.

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So not finding pansies at Lowes, I decided to check Menards. They had 3 6-packs! Only $6 each. (So $1 per plant) But all they had left was yellow. Oh well, at least it was something. (And they had different LED light strips, too, so I got more.)

Still hoping to find better pansies, I went to the other Lowes that is east of me. Same story there. Lots of mums and not much else. And they had all the same violets. If I had waited, I could have gotten nicer plants that weren’t neglected. Oh well. Bought nothing at this Lowes. Went on to the Meijer next door, and…. Pansies!! Lots of them. A little bit more per plant, but not as bad as I was expecting.
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There is an Aldi on this side of town, but I decided to just get blueberries and creamer while I was at Meijer and skip Aldi. And I wanted a bag of salad. I got the creamer, and a few other assorted things, but I didn’t like Meijer’s price on blueberries and their salad looked too far gone, plus Meijer doesn’t have the nice shape milk boxes like Aldi does. So, I will be going to Aldi on a different day. No hurry for any of that stuff. As long as I got my coffee creamer!

Today’s plant haul:
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One of the areas I planted some of last week’s mums and plumbagos:
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That pink rose I planted a couple years ago. It’s called “Marc Chagall”. I really love it. But I don’t think it gets quite enough light in that spot to bloom very well.

Here’s a closeup:
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I’m at my 10 picture limit, so I guess I can shut up for tonight!

You went whole hog!! What a haul!
Woah didn’t know there’s a 10 pic limit! And with all the pics I post I’m surprised I didn’t know. Gorgeous violets!

 

[Finnie]

I didn’t know either and I was happily clicking away on my photo library and hit add. Then only 10 uploaded and the rest were brown with a message that I was past my 10 photo limit.

 

[Baymule]

It’s official. You are an African Violet Addict! Happy hunting for more!
Pansies are so cheerful and a bright spot in the fall. The flowers are edible, don’t know what they taste like, but sure would brighten up bagged salad!

 

[R2elk]

I didn’t know either and I was happily clicking away on my photo library and hit add. Then only 10 uploaded and the rest were brown with a message that I was past my 10 photo limit.

I was told the picture limit on BYC is 50 per post.

 

[Baymule]

I was told the picture limit on BYC is 50 per post.

Thatsa lotsa chickens!

 

[R2elk]

Thatsa lotsa chickens!

I could do it with pumpkins. Personally I don't want to scroll through 50 pics in one post.

 

[SageHill]

I was told the picture limit on BYC is 50 per post.

Of course - it's chicken math!