| February 1, 2003 Cut that Meyer lemon. Got a little over 1/2 cup juice from this one lemon. Man, oh, man. Juice just ran out of it as I cut it and the flavor was superb. Made a wonderful glass of home grown, fresh squeezed lemonade on a cold winter's day. |
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| February 2, 2003 Temperature in the low 60s, but colder temps and snow predicted for later on this week. |
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| February 8, 2003 Bought I. germanica 'Liason' and 'Camelot Rose'. |
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| February 10, 2003 Ordered lots of plants and seeds today. From Bluestone Perennials: daylily 'Raspberry Pixie', Lychnis coronaria Atrosanguinea (Rose campion), Tradescantia 'Snowcap', and Sidalcea mixed colors (miniature hollyhock). From Park's Countryside Gardens: daylily 'Rainbow Candy', Weigelia 'Midnight Wine', and Iris 'Gerald Darby'. From Dutch Gardens: daylily 'Blueberry Sundae', Iris chrysographes, Siberian iris 'Dance Ballerina Dance', Crocosmia 'Lucifer', Crocosmia masonorum, Crocosmia 'George Davidson', and pink spider lily. From Wayside Gardens: Rose 'Zephirine Drouhin', rose 'Fair Bianca', rose 'Tamora', rose 'Gruss an Aachen', rose 'Katherine Morley', clematis jackmanii, clematis durandii, and clematis terniflora (sweet autumn clematis). From Gardener's Supply: lilac 'Wonderblue'. From Van Dyck's: dwarf daylily 'Buffy's Doll', clematis integrifolia 'Blue', clematis tangutica 'Radar Love', Siberian iris 'Snow Queen', daylily 'Happy Returns', dwarf patio lilies 'Mr. Ed', 'Mr. Sam', 'Miss France' and 'Garden Party'. From Park's Seeds: 1 cranberry plant--Vaccinium macrocarpon, dwarf canna seed 'Tropical Yellow', Tropical Rose, and 'Tropical Salmon', hardy gladiolus mix bulbs, Pearlwort seeds, Fantasy Hybrids and Fantasy Teacup African violet seeds, and Yellow-eyed grass seeds. |
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| February 11, 2003 Ordered miniature rose 'Nostalgia' from Nor'East Miniature Roses, and a limequat and 5 cranberry plants from Edible Landscaping. |
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| February 12, 2003 Ordered from Van Bourgondien: Daylily 'Strawberry Candy', Prairie Clematis 'Gazelle' Evipo 014, Hardy Chinese Ground Orchid 'Rosea', Siberian Iris 'Caesar's Brother', Hardy Chinese Ground Orchid 'Aurea', and Tradescantia 'Little Doll'. I need to stop. |
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| February 14, 2003 Park's Seed order (seeds only) arrived. |
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| February 22, 2003 Bought seeds and bulbs today: Caladium bulbs 'Aaron', 'White Queen', 'Kathleen', and 'Buck'. Asiatic lily 'Avignon', 'Chianti', and 'Nove Cento'. Seeds: Cosmos 'Sensation Picotee', Coral Bells 'Sioux Falls', Pansy 'Rippling Waters' and 'Romeo and Juliet Mixed Colors', Hollyhock 'Summer Carnival Rosy Pink', Dame's Rocket Mixed Colors, Sedum 'Stone Crop', Coreopsis 'Sterntaler' and 'Sunray', and Rose campion (Coronaria). Started some seeds today--Tomato: 'Big Mama', 'Celebrity', 'Fourth of July', 'Sweet Baby Girl', and 'Brandy Boy'. Dwarf canna: 'Tropical Salmon', 'Tropical Rose', and 'Tropical Yellow'. |
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| February 26, 2003 All tomato seeds up except 'Celebrity'. |
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| February 27, 2003 'Celebrity' tomato seeds breaking the soil. |
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| February 28, 2003 'Celebrity' tomato seeds up. February's been a bad weather month--lots of ice, snow, freezing rain and cold. Hoping March will bring better weather. The good news is the drought is over--water tables are back to normal. |
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