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singing badly to its plants at the back of the greenhouse again

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oh I startled him

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OK SO I can't grow petunias from seed, but can't worry about that anymore rn bc it is perennial herb seeds time. priorities.

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time for variegated petunia seeds... 2!!! since none of the first batch actually worked out. I will take photos once they are more than just cotyledons. science.
I also took more cuttings off the cooler-looking plant... hopefully these actually take. :I

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it is really fun to shell a basketful of beans and then put your hands in it. beans!!! it's like the tumbled rocks bin at a museum except you can eat them.

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A beautiful sea creature.

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technology ✨

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update: larger but still goofy as all heck

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Orbea variegata seedlings look goofy as all heck

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@hawthornscrub friend field cricket. :D

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a lil lady ✨

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@ethancdavenport tell her I said hello! always a fan of mutant plants.

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so I found 2 variegated petunias in all the flats this year, and set them aside, and cross-pollinated them. for funsies. out of all the seeds, only a handful came up with variegation. it's not as drastic as the parents. but hey I'm having fun.

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I have a mostly-stable variegated sempervivum, who says I can't manage the same with a petunia. yeehaw, etc.

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every time we grow stuff from seed, there's a couple seedlings that come up without chlorophyll. white instead of green. it might be like 2 plants out of 5000 seeds. but these orbea! there's at least half a dozen on that one tray! it's only a handful of seeds! y they do this

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Orbea variegata seedlings look goofy as all heck

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@jahkarta it's a mums-only club rn. u_u

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well at least the mums have been enjoying this weather. the smallest-pot-size ones are stinkin' huge this year. good for them.

[Jon Carling @JonCarling]

Kraken

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tornado in the city...

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wild that the health department is just. closed on weekends. someone increase their funding please

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this raised bed is filled partially with wood chips from a tree I had taken down and partially with soil I got in bulk from a local place. it is also filled with mushrooms. idk which of the 2 materials they're feeding on but there's a LOT of them.

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squarshes & tomes