http://myfolia.com/journals?from=rssgubeedal folia journalsMon, 08 Sep 2008 18:05:10 GMTen-gbhttp://myfolia.com/journals/29950?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/29950Well, it’s almost time to let go. The lows have been 52 degrees at night (tonight its supposed to be 49… yikes!). I have been trying to decide which plants are going to come in for the winter. right now I have two bell peppers, two banana pe...Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:05:10 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/28111?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/28111Its the end of the season! and I have had so much to do in my garden and with my garden, I have had no time to post anything!!!! Its starting to cool off quite a lot, and I have been harvesting like crazy. I have found out that out of my bell pepp...Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:16:57 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/25564?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/25564As my previous journal states we had a nasty storm last night that ravaged my plants. I took a few pictures of the damage and the tomatoes I am attempting to ripen thanks to the advice of rainymountain and nax (thanks again!) I really hope they ar...Wed, 06 Aug 2008 02:38:59 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/25523?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/25523A huge storm hit last night with 80 mph winds. knocked down every last one of my plants (even the 80+ pound upside down mater planter). A LOT of fruit that was not ripe yet was ripped off. There are probably about 50 green tomatoes lying all over ...Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:58:49 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/25041?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/25041Marigolds LOVE the upside down planter. They have gotten huge, and multipled. I started off with only a two plants and now have about 5Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:52:20 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/25039?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/25039I lost my daisies. I completely forgot about them, and don’t remember where I planted them….. Maybe I accidently crowded them out in the top of the upside down planter. I can’t believe I lost my daises! lolWed, 30 Jul 2008 18:50:42 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/24872?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/24872I have so many banana peppers I don’t know what do with with them. I have been giving so many away to people its not even funny! I am going to start pickling them this weekend. Making my own pepperoncini :) yay!Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:49:53 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/24871?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/24871My camera in being funky. I took pictures of my harvest the other day (tomatoes, banana peppers, jalapenos and a green pepper) and my bright red tomatoes, but then it pooped out on me. I changed the batteries and it kept doing the same thing&#8230...Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:58:53 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/24763?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/24763We made chili yesterday. It was awesome. all of the produce used was organically grown in gardens! we used: tomatoes that were canned from my parent’s garden last year. green pepper, banana peppers jalapenos and oregano from my garden. Sweet...Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:24:20 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/24004?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/24004I have a bright orange tomato on this plant! Almost ripe! I can’t wait to eat him!!!!!!Tue, 22 Jul 2008 20:32:15 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/23334?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/23334Holy cow its hot out!! But my maters are starting to ripen!!! Oh the excitement!!!! A few of the green guys have little tints of orange and red….. yay!!!!Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:19:28 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/22167?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/22167Matt made this shelf for the Jalapenos to make more room on our patio. Everytime I look at this thing, I think “man, we have a lot of jalapenos.” It turned out really nice, and helps create a lot of space.Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:04:10 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/22106?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/22106latest pics of the upside mater garden. I removed some of the flowers from the top to create more room for mater roots, but this thing has gotten quite large.Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:07:52 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/21940?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/21940I am finally ok to work in my garden again!!!!! Hip hip hooray! The garden is HUGE. We have been calling it the jungle. My parents came by to water over the weekend because we were out of town and my mom called me specifically to tell me she was j...Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:46:00 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/19234?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/19234Well, my surgery went well. I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things. Matt has been great with my garden, and it has been thriving. My newest mater plants (the only store bought ones in the bunch) have green maters all over them! All my ma...Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:18:35 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/16771?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/16771The kids are going to have a babysitter for the next week or two. I’m a little nervous. Matt, my live-in boyfriend, will be caring for the plants for me. I have to have surgery to remove a benign tumor in my breast on Monday, and afterwards I can’...Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:47:42 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/16456?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/16456Its been yet another week with my Hammacher Schlemmer upside-down mater planter and the plants have doubled in size since last week. The thing came with an unconditional warranty. If anything goes wrong or if it doesn’t work I get my money b...Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:06:50 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/16229?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/16229the ones in the upside down planter are starting to bud (not in the pots just yet though) I’m excited! my first maters planted from seed… cant wait to eat them!Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:28:25 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/16226?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/16226Well, I lost a juliet mater plant. One of the two that I had in pots. It just never adjusted to the new pot. You win some, you lose some, thankfully, I still have another in a pot, and I have 3 more the the upside down planter. :)Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:25:47 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/16225?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/16225All of my 4 sweet pepper plants have buds, just waiting for the buds to grow a wee bit more and start flowering. :)Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:21:39 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/16223?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/16223These guys are getting huge. I have a total of 4 of them. Two in pots and two in the upside down planter. The potted ones are starting to outgrow their stakes! All of them are showing flowers and buds…… I can’t wait for fruit!!!Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:20:16 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/16221?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/16221These peppers are doing great! I have my first pepper and it is about the length of my forefinger. Few other smaller peppers are starting to grow and I have about 4 flowers on all the plants! woohoo!Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:18:45 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/14673?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/14673finally got around to adding pics of the upside down maters. I transplanted them into the upside down planter on May 22nd. I also added the flowers that day. The plants naturally grow out, not down, as they want to grow upwards. So although my tom...Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:59:43 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/14318?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/14318I finally got my upside down tomato planter filled… and holy cow the tomatoes LOVE it. they are thriving! I have 6 maters in pots that are not doing as well, but ok, and my parents have 3 of my mater plants in the ground in their garden and ...Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:08:46 GMThttp://myfolia.com/journals/8145?from=rsshttp://myfolia.com/journals/8145I have noticed a little garden gnome infestation among my plants. Those smug little rosy cheeked little guys are pretty hard to get rid of. I looked into the problem and found the all natural “gnome-be-gone” for my garden. These trusty little crit...Thu, 08 May 2008 21:23:30 GMT