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It is a word. It is the study of the times of recurring natural phenomena. I learned that some of my writings are phenology. See you are never too old to learn something new.
I love our spring showers and storms. You can always feel them coming in the air, by the sounds from our part of the forest and the reactions of the local fauna. The birds are usually the first to alert and all come to the feeders to stock up before the rain hits. Just as the temperature and humidity start to rise they wing in to get their fill of seed.
As the sky begins to darken they wing off to find a roost to wait out the storm. The chickadees are always the last to brave the sudden winds and large drops and sometimes take this opportunity to stake out the feeders throughout the storm, protected under the cover of the deck.
Yesterday’s storm went about this normal routine with one exception; the chickadees had a wren as a guest. As I watched from the kitchen window, all were swinging from perches at the feeders as the wind picked up and the thunder rolled through our hills. We had the typical heavy downpour for about 20 minutes, and the gang of little birds chirped and fed on seed through the deluge.
As the sun began to break through the clouds and the rain lessened to a sprinkle, I watched as the wren sprang from his perch to the rain heavy branches of the cedar tree. This little character proceeded to fly up to the limb above him, knocking the water from the limb to land below, flapping his wings and thoroughly enjoying his self made shower.
or was it an actual thought I had during the night. At any rate when I awoke this morning the idea was there. How to cover the seed box so the squirrels wouldn't get in it before the seeds awakened and little sprouts pushed through the soil.
Some of you remember the Butterfly Cage? The one the Swallotails actually made chryslis inside on the screens? Well since I didn't have anywhere like an out building or a garage, the cage had to stay outdoors. It seems there are insects that love to bore into the chryslis' and feast during the winter. Thus no butterflies to emerge. I had decided to just take it apart and forget that idea. Although it is a wonderful way to see nature at work.
It occured to me (during the night?) that those screens might be big enough to cover that seed box! And be durned if it don't!!! I took the cage apart, carried the first screen over and laid it on top. Joy oh Joy, it fit to a tee just as if it had been made to cover the box. And best of all TWO screens were a perfect fit over the whole frame!!
This is the box after I cleaned it up and raked it smooth.
This is the box after I planted bibb and leaf lettuce and radishes (from Sharana) on one side. There are heirloom Zinnias (from carolinec) globe amaranth (from KeyWee)and Snowman Marigold from another GG friend, a seed tape of straw flowers and the last of the 'rose' seed from Parks. I don't imagine the rose seed will make it but ya gotta' try. I have left a space in the middle so I can get to each row.
As you can see those screens fit to a tee. The screens have small blocks of wood at each corner. That made it possible to put some pavers on top of the wood blocks to be sure no critter can scoot my screen out of the way. Also put a brick in the middle where the screens met to be able to keep everything nice and tight. Just think I might have lettuce in a few weeks. :-)
I am a happy camper and I didn't even have to leave home.
More To Come Later
I visited my uncle today to hook him up to the internet at his new place. He lives about 45 minutes west of me. On my way home I decided to take a small detour to Littleton, MA to try to make it over to Bonsai West and see the place in person. Unfortunately, I got there too late and they had already closed. So I started heading home. On my way, driving down a portion of Route 2A I rarely travel, I passed a book store I had never noticed before, Willow Books. Well, I still had the bonsai bug so I turned around and drove back to see what they had to offer in the way of bonsai titles.
Immediately through the door I found the clearance section and SCORE! (sort of) . I didn't find a single bonsai book (which I thought was weird), but I did find the following for only $7 each:
- the DVD "Smokey and the Bandit"
- the DVD "This Is Spinal Tap"
- The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh. If you don't know who this guy is by now, then you probably don't want to. He's a Scottish author and wrote, among other books, Trainspotting, that was turned into a movie starring Ewen McGregor. I think of him as a disturbed, Scottish Mark Twain, writing in the vernacular and slang and accents of the Scotts. His subjects include heroin addiction, mental illness, transvestism, suicide, murder, etc. Not particularly uplifting works, but filled with great characters and stories with lots of twists, turns and surprises. I'm really looking forward to reading this. I wish I could tell you what this book is about, but I never even bothered reading the book jacket. I saw his name and I just picked it up and brought it to the register with the rest of my treasures.
- The Cambridge Film Handbook for The Coen Brothers' "Fargo" (Jeeze, all these for only $7 each? Thanks a bunch! That's a pretty darn sweet deal then, dontchya think, hun? Yer darn tootin'! Yah, you betchya!) I had just watched the movie "Fargo" again last week, for about the 25th time. My brother turned me on to this movie and it's become one of my favorites. It's filled with great actors giving stellar performances as captivating characters in a fantastic story, etc.,... so when I saw this book about it, it leaped off the table into my arms.
And, the one for $10.95 I really want to tell you all about since it actually relates to gardening...
Don't Throw It, Grow It! 68 Windowsill Plants From Kitchen Scraps by Deborah Peterson and Millicent Selsam. As the title states, it's all about growing plants from foods you buy at the grocery store. Does that remind you of anybody? That's right, yeah, ME! I sure could have used this book over the last couple of years!
I feel like I found something precious and valuable. It has in
it all the steps for selecting the fruits, collecting the seeds,
whether they can be dried, whether they need to be cold stratified,
germinating instructions and growing conditions - all the stuff I wish
I'd known before trying to grow many of the things I tried. Luckily for
me, some of the ones I've tried to grow are as easy as growing old. I won't go through the whole list of 68 in the book, but I want to name a few. I have tried several of them already - garlic, pineapple, cherimoya, pomegranate, mango, lemon, date palm and avocado and probably a few more. There are a bunch for which I have saved the seeds or tubers but haven't planted yet, like the tamarillo, ginger, and kiwi. I also found several that aren't in the book which I've tried to grow, or at least gathered the seeds, like the passion fruit, cranberry, longan berry, rambhutan and dragon fruit. The book has a whole section for herbs and spices, too. If this book didn't already exist, then I would have had to have written it myself! I'd really like to see the book expand to an even hundred plants. I can't wait to try the rest of all 68 in the book. Maybe the author will let me contribute for the third edition. Hmmmmm.... ;-)
I read a couple of things on the title pages that I thought were a little odd that don't really have anything to do with the content. First, the dedication is from Deborah Petersen posthumously to Millicent Selsam. The bookwas originally published 31 years ago in 1977, as The Don't Throw It, Grow It Book of Houseplants, with the authors listed in reverse order. So 30 years later, with the primary author dead, the second author republishes the book listing herself first. Am I too cynical? ;-)
Regards,
Robert
Wow, it's been over a month since my last entry! It's been a wild one ... more storms, lots of rain, and a few new plants.
Got a mixed hanging planter with some daisy like flowers, wave petunias, and another viney looking plant that I can't remember the name of. Transplanted them fromt he hanging pot to a large planter, since right now I have no place to hang a plant. Also got some free coreopsis from a neighbor who was thinning out her plants. They look kind of pathetic right now, and may not make it, but at least they were free. This weekend I"m probably getting a potted braided trunk hibiscus tree ... haven't decided on color yet, but I was kind of partial to the deep coral colored one.
One of Rick's flying buddies had him over there to fix a computer. The guy's wife offered Rick some rose bush rootings. Rick told her he needed to check with me first to see if I could grown them in a container. Well, after looking on the forums here turns out yes, I can grow them in a container ... so I should be getting an orange rose bush rooting soon too.
Left my seed feeder up because I'd rather see the birds eat it than the mice ... the birds emptied the feeder soon enough but because of the weather ... and the fact that I'm lazy ... the empty feeder sat for a while ... the other day I had a cardinal land on the empty feeder, then look in the door and chirp as to say "Hey! What's up with this!" So I've got an open feeder with sunflower seeds out there now ... but the cheeky little thing seems to be camera shy ... every time I lift the camera he flies away.
Hopefully tomorrow is nice for a change and I can get some of my flower seeds finally planted.
I was so angry today. My Mother-in-Laws cat knocked the seed container off of my porch (luckily it didn't go all the way down on the far side). It landed on my porch. Most of the seeds were okay, however the ones that I was really happy about (the Rose Mallow, I believe also looks a lot like hollyhocks) got totally taken out. Smashed beyond repair. I will have to get some more started soon. Boy 'O boy I was so mad!!! The others are okay I think. (Fingers crossed.....XX)
*Above are the seedlings in the seedling container. The ones that were "murdered" are in the very back. Oh, it still gets me fire up just writing about it now!*
I also had a question if anyone knows much about the plant Thunbergia Vine or "Black-Eyed Susan Vine"? I planted some seeds indoors and outdoors and was wondering what people thought of the plant and how well it started from seed. I have never heard of this plant, but love the description and picture and am looking forward to seeing grow and climb in my garden.
Above is the cucumber and zucchini plants I started from seed. They are doing well!
The weather is getting better! We had about 72 degree weather today ( I love it, I love it, I love it!!) and I got lots of work done while the little one was napping.
Hannah is getting better, the fever is down, but she now has a slight rash on her chest and under her neck and is still fussy. She went for her first wheel-barrow ride today and loved it. She was so cute! The same cat mentioned above even rode with her in the wheel-barrow. I wish I could have got a picture of that, but didn't have the camera with me.
I also have new great pictures of a resident squirrel and more cute Chippie photos! You can check more out in my photo albums.
This is a little squirrel I saw 2 days ago and again today. It's so cute!
Below are pictures of one of the two Chipmunks that live in my backyard. I love to watch them running around and sun bathing. They're cute.....
Hope everyone is dong well. Have a great week!!
~M~
I prepared the veggie bed. I must've added about 6 inches of compost to it! I hope the 2 (haha) tomatoes I planted will be happy. I am planning on adding peppers and various herbs. Maybe I'll plant the lavender seeds my mom got me in there too- it's a raised bed so it should get plenty of drainage.
I still need to turn my other compost pile and add a bunch of "green" to it. Not a whole lot of fun without a pitchfork. I just don't want to spend $20- $30 for one!!
Some of the sweet pea seeds I planted about 4 days ago have sprouted! (dance of joy)
I took a bunch of photos the last few days. Now I just need to get DH off of the PS3 so he can offload them. Hopefully I'll have them posted tonight *fingers crossed*
I finally pulled the garlic mustard. Boy was that an aptly named plant- the whole yard smelled like garlic! I put it in a garbage bag and threw it out, I don't want to take the chance of it spreading...
Huge bare spot now- what to fill it with???????
I also planted some more seeds- Lupine, Mexican Sunflower, Mexican Cigar Plant, Nasturtiums, and Four O'Clocks. This time I marked where every seed was planted with a toothpick so I can tell them apart from the weed seedlings. I don't want a repeat of the kids garden Hehehe.
Megan and I let "Buggy" free. I took loads of pictures for her, if there's any good ones I'll post it here too ;)
Well, here are a few pictures of some of the seedlings I was talking about in my last blog.
Above is an example of the peat pots I use to transplant my larger seedlings into once they outgrow the seed things I started them in.
Above are the seedlings that I thought I started only a short while ago and they sprouted very quickly!! I am happy that they sprouted fast, I just love seeing them!
Boy o' boy, I've made a mess!! I have a 17 month old little girl and she gets into everything, so I have to keep everything up off the floor. It gets kind of cluttered sometimes.
Above is my Malva Zebrina that is struggling to make it. I was so happy when I noticed the new little leaf started!
Above is one of a few hollyhock seedlings. I am so happy they are working! I wonder though if I will get any flowers out of them this year?? Any ideas?
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The weather is quite strange this week. Tonight I think it may have froze again. I wonder when our proper last frost date is going to be this year!? I looked it up online and it said April 1-April 30th. That really wasn't much help, I think I could have guessed better than that. We had a major rain yesterday afternoon with thunder and lightning (strange for this early in the year though). It was so nice to get some moisture. We really have had mostly cold and gray weather, not much rain this year (still more spring to come however, so we shall see). Today was warm if you got moving around (i.e. digging and raking, walking my daughter in her stroller), but still too cold to wear anything less than a warm sweat shirt. I can't wait for it to warm up. Just a little is all I am asking for, tehe-hehe. I know that as soon as it gets scorching I will be complaining about how hot it is though....hummm...
Anyway, I hope everyone has a great rest of your week! More updates later!
~M~
~April 29th, 2008~
My seeds are doing well. I planted some more just 3 or 4 days ago and some of them have started to sprout already!! I couldn't believe it!! I had put it outside in the sun, they were in a plastic container with a clear lid on it slightly open for ventilation.
I am happy to say that the others are doing well too. I had transplanted a few of my others (cucumber and zucchini) and will probably be transplanting my sunflowers to larger pots (if I don't end up just planting them outside to minimize the root shock, depends on the weather.....hummm.....)
My hollyhock starts are doing okay I guess. They really haven't changed much in the last week, week and a half. I don' t know why not. They have the 2 main leaves, but nothing more. They aren't getting overly leggy or yellowed, they are just the same. Any suggestions/thoughts?? Maybe they are just slowing down now after the spirt of growth during the beginning of emerging from the seed (that doesn't sound right, but I can't write what I am trying to describe.....humm....)
The broccoli that I planted is kind of in the same boat as the hollyhocks (literally in the same "boat", well same plastic container/same window spot). They are in the same window as my zucchini and cucumber that are doing well. I just don't know, things happen so strangely when it comes to plants!
Good news on the Malva Zebrina!! If you look in my pictures you can see how they really had no leaves on them, just two stem things. Now they are growing a third leaf from the center!! I am so happy!! I was really bummed that they weren't doing well because I love hollyhocks and they are so close to them in appearance ( according to the books and my moms experience). I can't wait to see them grow!!
Anyway, I will keep updating. Thanks to everyone who has commented and added great suggestions! Hope the spring is treating you all well! Take care and have a great week!!
~M~
~April 24th, 2008 - Extra!~
Thanks to Bill Mitchell I have pictures!!
Below is a picture of my daughter playing in the dirt. I ended up strapping her in her snow sled and putting different "toys" in front of her so I could do some work in the garden. She ended up throwing most of the "toys" and playing in the dirt. She was so dusty and dirty!! Straight for the bath when we got inside!! She had a blast though and tried eating her very first handful of dirt....lol!!
Below is a picture of some of my seeds started in my bathroom window sill. You can see the sweat peas growing nicely!! I am so excited that they are doing so well.
Below is a mix of seeds - Broccoli, Zebrina, and Hollyhock (my favorite flower!!) b
efore I put them back into the window sill with the other seed starts.
You can see in this picture below, my Zebrina are not doing to well!? Yikes...
I have to post another blog entry because it won't let me put any more picture on here.
Despite the Iris Patch having a MAJOR aphid infestation, they continue to bloom :) They have never really done too much in seasons pasts (they are relatively new to my garden- passed along from my husband's grandfather's farm), so its fun to see what color they are. So far we have white and today, the purples are blooming. In the picture, they look more maroon colored. It depends which way the sun is hitting:
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I am also very pleased to report that some of the veggie seeds are starting to come up already and the freshly planted hostas are looking good. Also, the peony buds look like they might burst open any day now!
Oi Vey! Just had to take a quick break from writing this to go tell 3 neighborhood kids to get out of our creek and not mess up all my freshly planted goodies! They were swinging from bank to bank from the grape vines that I cut back! ARGH! I hate being THAT neighbor....but really, I don't want them to get hurt either, would be our liability you know. They quickly sauntered off with their tail between their legs.
I have had a wonderful couple of days in the garden! All the planning that I did over the winter months is starting to come together and since our last frost date has come and gone (April15), I got to start planting!!!! HOORAY!
First thing I did was put in all the annual flower seeds for the bed I laid out around the porch:
It doesn't look like much now, but soon it will have (from back to front) Sweet Pea Vine, 2 Varieties of Sunflowers, Bells of Ireland, Nemophila: Baby Blue Eyes and Sweet Alyssum.
I also had a great helper:
Then, when hubby got home he was kind enough to help me plant and divide all my new hostas! (Its a bit hard to bend over these days at 9 mo preggers) HAH!
We divided up and planted a few different varieties of hostas and put some under the saucer magnolia:
And the rest in the evolving azalea shade bed:
I also moved a couple of hostas from the hydrangea bed over to the azalea bed. This will make for a nice collection and I think they will fill in very nicely. They were all actually easier to divide than I thought and I was able to save a lot of money that way!
But, perhaps the most exciting part of the afternoon was installing the veggie bed plan! Here is a pict of the master companion planting plan:
And the results:
I know, doesn't look like much...I started everything from seeds except the tomatoes, eggplants, bee balm, peppers, and strawberries. I am super excited to see how all of this comes together! Hope the companion system proves to be effective. The only thing that didn't get planted yet are the sweet potatoes. Still waiting on those in the mail. They won't ship them until after May 15th....apparently they only like REALLY warm soil.
The plants that I purchased are as follows:
Tomatoes: Yellow Pear, Husky Cherry Red, and Better Boy
Eggplant
: Black Beauty and Ichiban
Pepp
ers: Mexibell, Gypsy, and Yellow Bell
Strawbe
rries: Quinalt
All of the varieties of seeds can be seen by looking at a previous post and clicking here. I also added a sweet basil plant and Dark Opal Purple Basil to that as well as okra, but I forgot to jot down its variety :(
We finished up just as the sun was setting and I tell ya, it felt SO good! Especially to have this done before I have the baby :)
Now we will just water and wait:
Yay! My new seeds arrived today. Twenty-five each of red and white Hyancinth Bean seeds. I already have the seeds for purple ones, well, Rick's mom does I can't find mine, they must be in a box in the storage unit, which is a mess right now. So I'll share some of these seeds with Rick's mom and his Granny and next year we'll all have tons of the seed. The hummingbirds love this plant, and so do the butterflies.
I planted my freecycle vinca the other day, but I"ll be surprised if it survives. It poured for two days following my getting it, and it may have gotten too dried out. If it makes it cool, if not, well, it was free so I'm not going to be totally devistated. It doesn't look like the vinca I had planted last year or the year before either. This is an actual vining plant, the other stuff was mainly flowers with little greenery. We'll see what happens. As I said, it was a free plant and you gotta love free plants.
Hopefully sometime this week I'll get my big flower pot out of the storage unit and I can get the tomato cage I used last year as a trellis for the Hyancinth Bean set up in it, and the feeder hook/pole I'm planning to put in the middle of the pot set up and I can get those seeds planted soon. I also want to get the daisy seeds I have planted too.
Yay for spring!
Here are some pics of *most* of my indoor plants and seedlings which I have started from seed for spring this year. All were started from seed, except for that succulent in the big white pot there. Many of them are still waiting to sprout.
I'm at the point now where I'm trying to acclimate some of the hardier plants to the outdoors, just to make room for my growing collection. It's getting quite crowded in here, but if I don't overdo it like this, I'll probably wish I had all summer. So, hopefully it will pay off. ;) Even though I am starting so many annuals, I have quite a few perennials too, so perhaps I won't have quite the same madness in here next year. I've also winter sown quite a few things, as well as direct sowed flower seeds, sugar snap peas, lettuce, spinach and Swiss chard.
The local nursery gave me some plain large and small black plastic pots. I felt that even though they were within my budget (free), they should still be pretty, so I painted them. I'm also sanding and painting that room, which is why there's dust all over the floor. ;)
This is a coleus that I pinched the heck out of at its growing points so that it would grow in more fully. The pic is kind of blurry. It has grown in since then, quite well.
One of my Malva Zebrinas has begun to bloom indoors!! Only 2 months after sowing. A marigold has bloomed too, but I don't have a pic of that just yet.
Well, the marigolds are starting to set flower buds indoors just 4 weeks after sowing. Sheesh!! I had no idea they grew that fast. Oh well. It will be nice to have some pretty flowers indoors while I'm still waiting for spring.
Two of my coleus are starting to look very nice. They take quite a while to get started, but the longer they're around, the faster the new leaves grow. So they're growing at a decent pace by now.
I finally located some Epsom salt at the pharmacy, after have looked in several nurseries for it. 4 lbs. for 3 bucks. Not too bad. I've already put some on some of my more well established plants. We'll see if it makes any difference. So far, at least, it hasn't killed anything. ;)
I just sowed a bunch of tomato seeds-- beefsteak, cherry, Italian heirloom, and Italian market. Hopefully my crop will be better this year since I'm starting them so early, and I think I have a bit better of an idea of what I'm doing this year.
My one daylily which germinated about two months ago is really starting to take off. It must have been establishing a good root system in all of that time. Now sets of leaves are starting to poke through on the other side of the pot. And the new leaves seem much thicker and sturdier that the first set of leaves. I'm still waiting on the rest of my daylily seeds. Just because they haven't germinated yet, doesn't necessarily mean that they're duds. ;)
I have 58 hosta seeds. I most sincerely hope that all or most of them germinate and grow. I could so easily use 58 hostas around the yard.
What can I say?? I wish it was warm out! I'm so itching to get outside and move around at least a bit. But at least I'll be somewhat prepared this spring. ;)
I planted some seeds this weekend and am curious about how they will do as some are left over from previous years. I used some new kind of starter pots, they are made out of coconut husks. This is what I planted on Saturday February 16, 2008.
2006 Beefsteak Tomato 8-10 days germ. 80 days harvest
2006 Yellow Pear Tomato 7-14 days germ. 70-75 days harvest
2000 Long Red Cayenne Chile Pepper 10-12 days germ. 75-80 days harvest
2008 Oregano - Greek (Organic) 10-15 days germ. perennial
2008 Cilantro - Coriander (Organic) 5-10 days germ. 30 days
2006 Dark Moss Curled Parsley 18-24 days germ. ?
2008 Rosemary 14-28 days germ. perennial
2007 Common Chives 7-14 days germ. perennial
2008 Winter Thyme (Organic) 8-10 days germ. perennial
2006 Sweet Italian Basil 5-7 days germ. ?
Seed Box. It has left Oklahoma on its way to California.
My daughter, sent me a message today and I decided to share it with each of you. Especially that lucky member that is getting the Seed Box in a few days.Yes! It went out yesterday.
This is what she added:
Morning Glory
Giant Lime Zinnia
Ornamental Purple Pepper
Mexican Zinnia
Hyacinth Bean
Bellezza D'autuno Sunflower
Castor Bean
Larkspur
Anise Hyssop
Bronze Fennel
Cypress Vine
Jet Black Hollyhock
I think that's it. The little box is packed. $4.50 to mail it to California, not bad.
I can't stand it, I want to start planting already. Today it was pretty
nice so I moved the chickens and smoothed out the bed they've been
cultivating and fertilizing for me. That sure is some nice soil. I want
to start some things indoors, but it is really too early for that also.
Scarlett's (my big puppy grandpet) old kiddie pool that won't hold water is going to be turned
into a vegetable garden this year. I'm going to have Charles (that great guy) cut a bunch
of large holes in the bottom so it will drain well, then add sand and gravel and top it off with soil. I hope it makes a pretty good raised bed. Of course, I won't be able to reach the middle so I need to find a
garden ornament for that....
This gardening bug sure does keep you busy!
So you see we aren't the only people with cabin fever and the itch to dig!!
More to Come Later
Well I did get some things on my list done today. The red onion seedlings, shallots, asparagus (went with the in ground method this time) all planted. Cut back some of the roses, esp. the one at the front porch. And one bed of lantana, an my grape vines, hibiscus an some of the lavender obiedient plant stems that had gotten bit an cut the suckers off the 2 magnolia trees I had cut down last year, they were in a really bad spot. I am noticing a lot less tree roots where I have some raised beds at by cutting them down.
Got 6 trays filled with some potting soil, now to go thru some seeds an decide what to start seeding out. Added compost to the existing asparagus container beds that didn't get it in the fall. One thing I did notice when I was loosing the soil where the red onion sets were being planted was how rich the soil is looking. Back in the fall I had planted brocolli an cauliflower there an had added composted manure an it has finally paid off, I hope. So far its not looking so sandy, but nice rich soil.
I hauled the cuttings to the woods an burned the other pile while looking around for a place to experiment with the Strawbale Garden method. I think I'll put it either on the side of the house an use a somewhat level area near the garden to grow some corn. I don't ever have much luck with corn, but I keep trying. Thank goodness I have a BIL that farms in case I fail at it once again I can get some from him. Will try an get the red onion bulb babies planted tomorrow if I'm not to tired after work. Now to call it a day!
I have started my seeds of Lavender Hyssop, Snapdragons, Poppies, and an early Tomato plant (Beef Steak type) for my husband!
The Tomato is going to be transplanted into a large container, trellised, and grown in the Sun-Room near the window. The poppies are grown in peat pots and are going to be transplanted into bigger paper pots, until ready to transplant into large deck containers this spring.
I have big plans for my garden this year, a lot of changes to existing beds, and a lot of new beds! I will take pictures and notes as I go along and post them. : )
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