Angelina and Dragon’s Blood Sedum

I stopped at the local garden center to pick up some pine straw and wound up with a couple impulse buys: these two beautiful (discounted) sedum. Using a discarded ten- inch pot, I broke up the Angelina (the yellow, spruce-like sedum)  and curved it around the Dragon’s Blood. Then, I  planted both in a  mix of top soil and sphagnum moss. The result is a really colorful winter planting that brightens up the back patio. (And, it only took ten minutes to create!)

Night Plants!

Well, maybe not Night Plants, but I’ve been getting home later this month and realized I’ve seen most of my plants only under a flashlight. I thought a photo gallery of nocturnal cactus, thyme, yucca, juniper, rose, anise, arborvitae. ivy and nandina would be cool. Here they are in that order (top to bottom, left to right).

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-01-25

• Put down two bails of pine straw on sweet olives. Also, splurged on red sedum… need new container now. #
• More work tomorrow on the DoLeaf shopping cart. Wish the new USDA zone map would be published soon. Want a dataset for growing zones. #
• Reading a 2009 hosta catalog, so excited about blue ivory: http://tinyurl.com/cf6fx8 #
• Looking at Drew’s great artwork for DoLeaf! #
• We’re looking at PayPal for our initial marketplace rollout. Do you like PayPal, or not? #
• Worked on integrating and validating DoLeaf checkout. If only I could be validated! #
• Check out pics of Decatur’s new Woodlands Gardens: http://tinyurl.com/83k5yj #
• Watching inauguration coverage. Just read about Obama’s green small biz: http://tinyurl.com/9l7nue #
• Working on DoLeaf PayPal payment system tonight. Trying to make something nicer than Etsy. #
• Planted redbuds, oaks and elms on Wyman St. in Kirkwood for Trees Atlanta. Never used a pickaxe more than a shovel for tree planting. #
• tonight’s agenda: stand-up, usda zones, GIT, PayPal, icons, outreach letter, testing storefront creation, other issues, next week’s goals. #
• Planting sweet peas for spring from Botanical Interests. http://www.botanicalinterests.com #

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Fall Botanical Gardens Pics

I took these pictures at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens this fall during their Scarecrow exhibit

Woodlands Garden

Decatur’s Woodlands Garden, a seven-acre preserve just off the intersection of Clairmont Rd. and Scott Blvd., is home to numerous native trees and plants of the Georgia Piedmont. It’s open by appointment and has workshops and events for students and gardeners alike. Although there isn’t much green in the garden in January, a walk along the trails brings sitings of wild ginger, devil’s walking stick, flowering quince, and some beautiful oaks and poplars. Here are a few images from our mid-January visit:

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-01-18

• For those greenthumbs in Georgia, an MLK service-day opportunity with Trees Atlanta: http://treesatlanta.org/calendar.html #
• Check out my latest painting project: http://tinyurl.com/7xzdyy #
• Working on plant display icons again. #
• Inspired by Stroll Garden idea. I made eggrock paths but wonder if I should add more to connect them to the house. http://tinyurl.com/88uodl #
• Pic of the new growth on our rose cuttings: http://tinyurl.com/8q8yxt #
• GetRichSlowly’s 7 Tips to Starting your Own Veggie Garden: http://tinyurl.com/9cz5ws #
• Good DoLeaf meeting! Getting ground laid to launch Doleaf beta (beta.doleaf.com) by March 1st. #

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Micah’s Desk

Micah’s Desk

Here’s the painted pot on my desk, along with my ficus, bromeliad, and some other plants. They are all doing well!

New Office Plant and Painted Pot

Last week, Micah brought home a new plant for his office and a cheap terra cotta pot. I’m a fan of the dull reddish hue of the iron oxide in terra cotta, but I’m also a fan of putting my mark on stuff that goes in Micah’s fancy, high-rise office. (I think I have office envy because I work underground in a 5-foot cube next to a fire hose.) So, with two coats of blue Krylon spray paint and some red and orange acrylics, I managed to whip up this damask-meets-ikat stylin’ pot.

The ‘Jade Jewel’ Dracaena Micah got is fond of humidity and well-drained soil and should make a great office plant in Atlanta. Plus, it’ll have a great view of the CNN Center and Georgia Dome from Micah’s desk. Now, I’m starting to envy the plant.

New Growth on Rose Cuttings

Just before Thanksgiving, Micah and I went to our old apartment building in Decatur, GA and took a few 9-inch cuttings from a giant, old rose bush. I’d always admired the rose because it had been left neglected for years but managed to thrive, putting out deep-red blooms from April through November. Normally, I totally oppose guerilla gardening like this, and I would have asked for the consent of the bush’s owner. But, knowing the landlord (and knowing how overlooked this bush was by most everyone), I decided to do some ninja-style pruning.

With canes in hand, I developed an idea for an elaborate terrarium, but my plans gave way to laziness, and Micah put plastic shopping bag over the cuttings and shoved them into a corner in our guest bedroom. They’ve been sitting there forgotten for weeks until we spotted new shoots coming out of the canes yesterday. I can’t say I did much to help them along, but I’m happy to have new plants for the spring and a reminder of our old apartment.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-01-11

• Not sure I have a place for this, but love this living moss terrarium: http://tinyurl.com/9drry3 #
• Cold and windy in Atlanta today. Keep running outside shoeless to check on a painting project. Neighbors think I’m nuts. #
• Writing “Add to my cart” functionality isn’t super sexy, but we can’t build the sexy without a good foundation. #
• Never realized that Etsy storefront URLs redirect to generic php user IDs. Somehow thought it was more complicated. #
• Tired, but busily checking Atlanta Freecycle Network after a couple months. Thanks @FarmerPhoebe and @treesandshrubs #
• Got planting-specific icons on Doleaf working (sun, growth rate, hardiness, shipping form). Very excited, but why are my eyes so tired? #
• Picks of our wintertime garden: http://tinyurl.com/7ezprl #

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