[	Tags	|	earth box, seeds	]
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I haven't seen a single hummingbird since the very first one I saw a couple of weeks ago.  :o(  Maybe when my flowers bloom, I'll see them coming to the feeders again like late in the season last year.

I did get everything that I bought this year planted (which was mostly seeds).  I took pics a little over a week ago, and I just haven't taken the time to upload them into my 2007 ScrapBook.   But, I will... Now, just short of a week , all of the seeds have sprouted.  I was shocked that it took only a week to see stuff coming-up - and like I said, a bit less than a week at that.

UPS dropped off a huge box today for ME at our house.  It was waiting for me on the porch after coming back from having lunch with hubby and after doing some groc. shopping.  It was from my brother - early birthday gift/gifts.  I got LOTS of things from him and most all that I liked/wanted -  all tucked inside another gift!  This...

http://www.earthbox.com/index.php   An Earth Box  :o)  I can't wait to get it up and going.

I should have known better than to try and put a waterlily plant into a tub with 5 large goldfish.  *sigh*  I've had enough experience with them to know this.  

The sprouted 2 bulbs were floating on top of the water this eve. instead of being in the netted bag at the bottom of the tub.  I guess they picked around on the moss that was covering them and pulled all of it out of the netted bag.  At least the filler material was still in the bag along with the rocks that weight it down.

Even if they hadn't done this there's no way they would have let a plant grow - they'd eat it as soon as sprouts and leaves started to form.  I got the bulbs out in time.

I found a smaller, blue tub in the basement that I'm putting the waterlilies  in and then setting it along side the goldfish under the full spectrum lights.

[	Tags	|	goldfish, water gardens, waterlily	]
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I just decided to drop the Waterlily that I bought last week into the goldfish tub inside instead of waiting for the weather to get warmer so I can put it outside.    The white one you see in the picture is a fake one.  The plant came with a silk Waterlily the color of the blooms (orange) to be to attached to the plant so one can find it again.  No problem in this tub...lol

I also remembered that I stored some open and unopened seed packets in the fridge from last year.  I certainly won't be buying anymore seed this year.  I have yet to get my seeds started as it is.

I'm going to try and rig-up the plant light fixture somehow to the bottom of one of the shelves in my new greenhouse on rollers.  I still haven't found a pic of it anywhere to post.  I could just take a pic of mine, but I wouldn't be able to get the whole thing in the pic where I have it now in the small, enclosed front porch.

[	Tags	|	2007, plants, seeds	]
[	mood	|	lethargic	]

So far I've bought...

___ A waterlily Sioux  (orange) to grow  in one of our little, water gardens outside where our  huge goldfish live in the Summer.
___Box of wildflower seed mix esp. for butterflies and hummingbirds
___A strawberry plant (Quinault)
___Seed packet of pepper (Sweet Banana)
___A couple of raspberry bushes (Red Latham)
___Packet of huge sunflower seeds (Tall Gold)
___Packet of mixed flower seeds
___Seed packets of:
Dill, Chives, Rosemary, Cilantro, Spearmint, and Sweet Basil (I want to plant a container herb garden outside this year.)

And now, I need to get busy starting the seeds inside.  I'll get to use my new green house on rollers.  I'm not real anxious to get started.  :o(

I'll try and find a pic of my new indoor green house on the net later.

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http://www.geocities.com/newspaperpots/

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/quest/pdfs/unit2/chap2/u2_recy-paper-planters.pdf

http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/load/frugal/msg0515493628236.html  

I bought a little, portable greenhouse at the end of last year's growing season that's on wheels and it's sitting inside the enclosed porch that I've never used yet.

I do know one thing - these things are going back outside again.  It's been a chore keeping all 5 of  them disease-free in a small 20 gal. tub.  It's been a major weekly siphon chore that hubby's been helping me with.

Today we'll see our first snowflakes, but no accumulation.  

But, I bet that'll draw the birds.  I have a couple of suet blocks I've been saving for when it snows.  Right now all the feeders are empty since 2 days ago we had a temp of 78 degrees.  It was mad to have warm weather like that in November.  Plus, the squirrels were being pests and eating all the seed anyway.  I'm going to have to work on that little problem.

Wed. - September 13, 2006 - Hummingbirds still coming around.  I didn't see any for a couple of days.

Water Garden links

http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=Aoj8OD_HaEH7.JNT52MDFnfpy6IX?p=indoor+water+gardens+with+goldfish