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Carrots: A Disappointment

jnanevans — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:13:40 +0000

After weeks of watering and careful tending, here’s the result. Not much, really. They didn’t even taste that great–somewhat bitter.

Not sure what happened. Planted too early? Not enough sun?

Sad Bean Plants and a Photo Test

jnanevans — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 02:11:04 +0000

I came home from training this evening and found the bean plants in a sad state. Despite watering, they look terrible. Are the pots too small? If you look closely you can see the tiny bean pods hanging down.

The photo on the left was taken in Auto. The photo on the right was taken in Scene mode set to Foliage.

Garden Update

jnanevans — Sun, 02 May 2010 18:35:38 +0000

Garden planted on April 4, 2010. Here’s the progress. How exciting!

Wildflowers started to show on April 11, 2010

Look at those carrots on April 29

Here comes the lettuce, April 29

Raised Garden (Part 2)

jnanevans — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 01:51:03 +0000

W finished the frame yesterday, and we filled it with some soil. W got some more soil today, and LM and I did the planting: carrots, lettuce, basil, oregano, and daisies. We had a great time. Later in the day, I asked LM what his favorite part of the day was, and he said, “planting the garden.” Yeah!!! Now, let’s just hope the darn squirrels stay out of it.

Raised Garden (Part 1)

jnanevans — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 03:13:04 +0000

How exciting; we got the raised bed for the garden made today!

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Backyard Beauties

jnanevans — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:14:00 +0000

Backyard Beauties

jnanevans — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 00:14:00 +0000

Oh Happy Day

jnanevans — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:08:00 +0000

Oh, I love Fall

jnanevans — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:45:00 +0000

Sitting on my back patio on one of the most gorgeous fall days. Lucky, lucky me. Eighty daffodil bulbs to plant–11 in the ground, 69 to go.

Gardening Meets Web 2.0

jnanevans — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:35:00 +0000

I love to garden. There is something extremely satisfying about having your hands in the Earth and watching plants grow.

I have to admit though that I find our current yard a bit overwhelming. We have about 3 acres–two in the back are heavily wooded, and we can’t do much with that due to HOA restrictions–which is fine. The acre in the front and side yards is also very shady with large oak trees, which leave (no pun intended) a mess of oak shoots, acorns, and leaves with which to deal. There are a few azaleas on the property, but really not much in the way of plantings or landscaping.

Tons of possibility though, and this is where MyFolia comes in. MyFolia is a relatively new web site that combines people’s love and knowledge of gardening with social networking. On the site, you can organize, track, and share information about plants in your garden or ask questions about what, how, or when to grow something. The site combines blogs, wikis, online groups, mashups, and incorporates other sites like Flickr. I was particularly intrigued by the ability to search the posted gardens by location. I was anxious to see what others in my area were growing and perhaps get some inspiration/direction for our yard.

After checking out the map though as well as the wiki encyclopedia of plants, I was a bit disappointed. Sites with user generated content are only as good as the content. There was no information about the plant I looked up (Black-eyed Susan), and there were no gardens posted within my immediate geographic area.

I still think the site has tons of potential and look forward to seeing how it develops. Who knows maybe I will be even get around to settling on a design for our yard and actually plant something.