New Home, New Tree

A month after DoLeaf founder, Ryan, and his wife, Jessica,  moved into their new Kansas City digs, they planted this great Autumn Blaze maple in front of their house. Ryan even broke out the construction lights after dark so they could complete their first planting.

Winter Bouquet

For us, having people over means a quick shopping trip to look like we have our act together. I got a cheap tablecloth, some placemants, but needed a centerpiece. A trip to the backyard yielded Icelandic ivy, cast-iron plants, euonymus, autum ferns, loropetalum and daffodills.  It seemed a hodgepodge at first, but made a great bouquet. We transferred the cuttings to a smaller glass after the party. (A guest brought a great Earth-friendly flower bouquet, that’s our new centerpiece.)

Death Zone Revisited

This area of our yard is under the neighbor’s maple tree. The tree’s shallow roots make it hard to grow anything here. Three gardenias and a mock orange have met their end in this spot.

We found some Persian Ivy at the nursery today that was half-off. The price, the foliage and the hardiness made us think it might be a good fit for the Death Zone. We’ve planted the ivy away from the tree. Hopefully, we can train it to overtake the fence.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-02-22

• Japanese maples are starting to bud. So is our new design. #
• Just submitted to @techstars So excited!!! Hope to visit boulder or boston soon. #
• Check out some early DoLeaf designs: http://tinyurl.com/aztzp8 #
• Ryan made a great new design for DoLeaf. Who knew we’d all like teal. Hoping to add it the beta soon. #

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Our first plants (sort of)

We’re excited about how DoLeaf’s shaping up. I made a test nursery to try out the sign-in, build-a-store, add-an-item  processes. Uploading images of each plant and adding in related material (description and growing needs) took only 1-2 minutes per plant.  The design’s still kind of clunky, but the images look great!

The icons below each plant are automatically generated based on information the seller provides. They illustrate the plant’s growing conditions. Sun preference (sun, part-sun, shade), growth rate (slow, medium, fast) , cold hardiness, and shipping form (seed, bulb pot, bareroot) are shown here.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-02-15

• Happy Valentine’s Day! (We got ambassador roses to plant for the occasion!) YAY #
• Seedlings are slowly overtaking our house. First, it was just the kitchen, now they’ve spread: http://tinyurl.com/cwu8us #
• I’m curious. What cut do distributors (Ace Hardware, Local Garden Center) typically take with plant wholesalers? #
• all our tomatoes are already coming up just 10 days after planting. #
• nervous about DoLeaf categories, or maybe it’s just the third cup of coffee. #
• tonight’s agenda: updates, techstars, biz cards, swatch, copy, order confirmation/review, check-out, release plan, categories, browse by. #

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Guestroom Gone Greenhouse

It all started with a couple  cuttings a few weeks ago…

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-02-08

• Micah’s working on payment methods and item delete tonight. I’m wondering if I can plant aztec grass tomorrow. Who has the better deal? #
• Another chilly day in the ATL. There’s buds on all the Japanese maples, though, so spring is near. #
• Some of my @BotanicalOnline Sweet Pea seeds are starting to poke through the soil. YAY!! #
• ate veggie chili and sour cream, wrapped up the new rose outside. Feeling wintery again. #
• Supposed to get into the 20s tonight. Hope early-riser plants will be OK. I’m getting out the mulch and plastic bags, anyway. #
• agenda: alpha review, frontend changes, checkout, next, SSL Cart, SOLO, letters, Emily, techstars, SXSW, brainstorm “whats needed” #
• Trimmed prickly pear cacut by the garden gate. Hope it won’t attack another rear end anytime soon. #
• To buy or not to buy… is it too early for bare root roses in Atlanta? #

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Spring Garden Seeds

Micah planted the seeds for the spring veggie garden this weekend. Here’s his handywork. If you’re looking for heirloom and rare plants for your spring garden, check out Seed Savers Exchange.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-02-01

• Blog back up. Check out our sedum planting: http://tinyurl.com/akz8ft #
• Database error, blog.doleaf.com is temporarily down. #
• Weeder’s Digest on Design Sponge: http://tinyurl.com/bb6nmr #
• Was working on USDA map when I realized Alaska and Hawaii were missing. #
• Here’s a few pictures of our front yard plants at night (only time I seem to see them now) :http://blog.doleaf.com/ #
• tonight’s agenda: stand-up, searching and tagging, checkout, Drew’s design, testing storefronts, other issues, next week’s goals. #

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