Nicotiana (26 JAN 2012)

In my first post I wrote :  "This is one of seventeen nicotiana lime green grown from Mrs F's seedlings. Each one grew to maturity and developed its own personality. Had to transplant them several times as I kept underestimating how big they would grow. Think this traumatised them in the summer heat as they would raise their leaves up to cover the inner shoots. They all survived though."

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Year-End Review (27 DEC 2011)

Before I started gardening, I didn't care much about the weather as I spent most of my time in an air-conditioned office. I never looked up at the sky to trace cloud movement, never stayed out long enough to catch sunburn, never felt the rain on my face. In summer I wore one layer and in winter two; I always carried a jacket and umbrella just in case. This attire ensured that I was weatherproof

Re-Introduction (02 OCT 2011)

Alistair commented on my previous post : “Revisiting what we have already talked about in the past is very difficult to avoid when garden blogging.”.  It was timely; I’ve been thinking about this quote all week … How many times can one observe a subject deeper or from a different angle before boredom sets in for the writer let alone the readers? When I blogged about nicotiana last October, it was

Introduction

Started gardening (again) on 02MAR10.

Planted sunflower, poppy & sweet pea seeds and gladioli & oriental lily bulbs directly into the soil outdoors. Not sure what happened to the sunflowers & poppies but the rest grew and flowered in the summer. No skill required just watering.

Mr. F told me to watch out for slugs. At that point I decided that I wouldn't sprinkle slug pellets over the garden as