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Lovely Amaryllis

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I have three different Amaryllis plants. A flower from one of them is pictured above. Unfortunately I have no idea of the name of this Amaryllis.

Each fall I store my amaryllis in my cool dark basement and then, usually, towards the end of December or the beginning of January I bring them upstairs to my kitchen where they can site in a bright south facing window.

I’m a bit behind this year since I sort of forgot about my amaryllis for a while. Oops! I did give them some water a week and a half ago though. I guess I’d better go downstairs this evening and bring the plants upstairs! Hopefully they’ll still bloom in March like they usually do!

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My garden is one of the things I hold important to me

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This weeks theme is Important

This weeks photo hunter theme is important and I decided to show you what’s important to me as far as gardening goes.

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It’s no secret to anyone that reads this blog or any of my other blogs that my garden is important to me. Gardening is a great hobby and activity. I’m passionate about gardening.

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The act of planting new plants each year and maintaining my garden helps keep me fit and gets me outdoors for some much needed fresh air. My garden is also a source of comfort and peace. It’s where I go to relax.

I’m off work due to Crohn’s Disease, but when I’d come home from a hectic shift in the ER, no matter how tired I was, I’d often head straight to the garden. Either to simple enjoy my plants and flowers or perhaps not so surprisingly to do some work! Just a few minutes in my garden would erase the stress of an ER shift.

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lucious strawberry I’m an organic gardener. I don’t use any chemicals in my garden beds or on my plants at all. Everything is natural and my garden is fertilized with manure, leaf mulch, and alfalfa tea.

cherrytomatos I mainly post photos of my flowers on this site and others that I maintain, but I also grow a fair amount of veggies and fruit. Some of the veggies, particularly the leafy greens, are grown in large balcony planters beside my back porch.

Other fruit and vegetables such as Tiny Tom tomatoes and beans are grown in planters on the patio, while plants such as peppers, carrots, raspberries and strawberries are grown right in the garden beds among the flowers.

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Now wouldn’t a nice bowl of fresh raspberries be great right now?

Fading sedum flowers

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This is a photo of my Sedum of unknown name in my backyard. The plant came with the house and must be one of the older varieties. It’s quite floppy, especially when well watered.

I took this photo at the beginning of October when the flowers were just starting to die down. The bumble bee’s were out and were especially enjoying the New York Asters but they like visiting the Sedum plants as well.

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