blueyedkitty04's Profile
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Plants in my Garden: Bell Flower, Hyacynth , Tulips, Crocus, More Soon!!
Favorite Aspect of Gardening: The quiet, me time...
If I'm not in my garden, I can usually be found: in the woods hunting with my husband or scouting for beautiful wildlife.
Occupation: Stay at home Mom!
blueyedkitty04
Member Since: 4/20/2008
Last Seen: 3 days, 13 hours ago
About blueyedkitty04
Hello, I am new to this site and somewhat new to gardening. I grew up on a small farm in Oregon, but now live with my husband and daughter (16 months old) in B.C. Canada. I have a small "rock" garden that I have been working on now for the second season. I had a lot of trouble last summer when my plants were continuously destroyed by the "beast" just as they were about to bloom. I was so frustrated!! It turned out to be what we call a "Pack Rat", not sure if that is the normal name or not (they kinda smell skunky and hoard bits of stuff). I ended up setting up a "game-cam" of my husbands (a 35mm camera used for scouting deer) and caught the "beast" in action standing up on it's back legs eating the tops off of my Columbine. We were so shocked!! It took us a while to figure out what it was in the picture and really were not positive until we caught it in a live trap. I am hoping that this year I will not have the same problem as we have caught and relocated 6 or more "Pack Rats".
Currently I am experimenting with indoor seeds but am not having too much luck. I had a great start, but they ended up getting a bit dry, then a few started to rot at the bases of the stem (probably from "over-watering"). I will just have to see what happens next and try some other techniques on some new seeds.
I would love to chat it up and share stories/pictures with other gardeners in B.C or through out the North West. I need lots and lots of advice and have tons of questions!!
~M~
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Recent Blog Entries
~May 7th, 2008~I have definitely learned a lot about growing plants from seed indoors this spring and have become successful in doing an adequate job of it. I have prepared my outdoor garden carefully, amending the soil, cleaning out the winter mes...
Bump in the road for my seedlings!!
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...
Sick kiddie....
~May 1st, 2008~ I've got a sick 17 month old w/ a 102-degree fever and I haven't done/seen much today. The humming birds found the feeder. Also, some of my seeds are sprouting in my garden, I sure hope the frost doesn't get 'em though. Pictures an...
Seed progress-----> UPDATE!!
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 seedlin...
Seed progress-----> UPDATE!!
~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...
