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I picked some stuff today.  The peppers are Caribbean red habaneros, red and yellow lunchboxes, and jalapeños. The tomatoes are a mix of sun golds, sun sugars, and super sweet 100s.

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I recently got a rosary vine. Not my pic but my plant is about this size.

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I have no garden but I love botany. It's always interesting to try and recognize plants,Pl@ntNet is a cool app that helps identify all kinds of plants and trees shrimply by taking pics, 

progressively by knowing their ecology, I learnt to tell that there used to be a stream somewhere through the presence of plants, or the type of soil underneath, even guessing the cardinal directions on berry cloudy days
learning to "read" the wild landscape is so fun, especially because it combines different fields of knowledge

Tonight I will find out if that hardy prickly pear I bought in the fall is in fact one of the hardy ones.

>>11147
Yeah it is!

>>11147
how did you check

>>11171
I'm not them, but I wood assume it looked healthy after freezing temperatures.

>>11147
There are some wild ones in a field next to my dad's house.  I think I might try transplanting a few to my garden.

>>11171
>>11174
Yeah I just had it outside. We've had a little bit of frosty temps since I got it but last week was the first real cold snap. Down to 11 F even. Now it just comes down to siting it properly needs dry soil during cold times to prevent rot.

I've had a couple of  species of prickly pear for several years but they are VERY not hardy. I finally got one that is. Maybe one day I can get a start of the local species of prickly pear too.

>>11058
Also my rosary vine bloomed.

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>>11176
I looked this up out of curiosity. Those are bretty fancy.

Good job on the gardening anons! Sounds like it is going swell!

The tail end of my fall crops was a bit of a fizzle - some small snap peas and a few radishes. 

I set up a grow light indoors and am having smashing success with bok choy and lettuce all winter. Bunching onions aren't doing as well, more like chives but the flavor is still good.

>>11178
You woodn't think that this is related to periwinkle, but there you go.

>>11179
>indoors 

What's the rest of your setup like?  Does it take up a bunch of space?

It looks like my lady-slipper orchid will bloom for Christmas. That's a pleasant surprise. It usually blooms in January.

>>11297
Neat! I love orchids. What an amazing family!
Merry Christmas, Orchid-sama!  :)

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>>11184
A bit. The big kits have a bery comfy vibe but cost about $1,000. This will have to do for now.

And much respect to anyone that can keep orchids alive. I'm impressed!

>>11302
I've found it easier to keep the big fleshy leafed cattleyas alive inside. A single small slug do several months worth of damage in a single night and a couple large slugs can do several years worth of damage if they don't kill them outright.

>>11302
I think a lot of it comes down to the right environment. I used to have a few orchids when I lived in the tropics and they weren't too bad to take care of. Then I moved to the tundra and they died almost immediately inside my house...

>>11301
It's a cute setup. Good luck with the tiny onions.

>>11305
I need to grow some onions this year. Evergreen or white spear.

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Remember these? >>7730
Here they are today! 3 of the 4 survived longer than a year and are still sound and are dried up. Hope to make pies soon.

>>11491
That's good news, Anon! Thanks for the update. Hope to see pics of your pies if you make them. Cheers.

>>11491
That's awesome.  I'm amazed they lasted so long.  I'd love to see your pies too.

I got an nice bretty black aralia from the store today. I hope it will grow big for me.

>>11551
Good luck with your new plant.