Green Thumbs Galore’s Pandora’s Box Daylily

I was lucky enough to stumble on Green Thumbs Galore’s great nursery in Chattanooga, TN.  Their selection of daylilies is great, and they have some beautiful peonies and iris, not to mention a very fun selection of birdfeeders (twirl-a-squirrel NEVER gets old).

Green Thumbs Galore shipped my Pandora’s Box Daylily and it arrived this evening, in the middle of a rainshower. Still,  I couldn’t resist planting it.

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-22

• Finished DoLeaf seller location, tag cloud, and item-for-sale display. Still seeking testers to review the site. Contact me if interested. #
• Need to start weeding the garden again. Violets keep growing where ferns should be. #
• New navigation looks great. Will be deploying soon! #
• In the garden and I’m remembering how much my dogs hate squirrels. Ah Spring, the dog-chasing-squirrel dance begins anew. #
• working on a terms of service even though DoLeaf’s still under development. I suppose you can never have it too early. #
• Coral bells, hostas and painted ferns are all starting to come up. Yay! #
• Would nurseries want an online store with their own email newsletter feature and a personal blog? #
• Just added Google Earth to sellers’ pages this weekend. Now, it’s easier to see garden nurseries’ locations. More seller features to come! #
• tonight’s agenda: updates, copy, questionnaire, UI, any cleanup? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-15

• It’s so cool to find nursery owners from eastern Iowa on twitter, but it makes me miss Iowa’s native plants. #
• I’ve learned the past few days that 140 char is really limited, especially for direct messages. I should start writing more haikus. #
• Really need to lay off the coffee. #
• I’m admiring the new bromeliad in a conch shell that I bought online. It looks like a spindly, green hermit crab. Now craving seafood. #
• Getting feedback of any kind is always a good thing. #
• Sweet Peas from @BotanicalOnline are doing great! Can’t wait to plant. #
• Looking at DoLeaf’s To-Do List. We have a lot of To-Dos. Wish I had more To-Don’ts. #
• First hosta of the season in my garden: Sea Thunder. ‘Great Expectations’ hosta, I expected more from you… #
• 80 degrees in Atlanta today. Dogs are happy playing in the yard, while I’m stuck inside working. Hope to check on budding maples soon. #
• Planted my first hosta-in-a-box…fingers crossed. #
• Whew, just launched closed version of DoLeaf tonight. Couple slips. #
• meeting tonight: ts4ad redux, paypal processing, outreach next week, next steps: finish design, jquery, USDA map?, copy? other UI wrap-up? #

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-08

• Planting two ‘English Roseum’ rhododendrons in backyard. Why are some of the prettiest plants are so hard to spell? #
• Back from Boulder and working hard on DoLeaf. Prepping to launch closed beta by weekend. If interested in a sneak peak, send me a note. #
• At the boulder technology meetup. Great audience questions. Makes me want to work on doleaf. http://twitpic.com/1txzm #BDNT #
• At @techstars today. Here’s a couple pics of our prep: http://blog.doleaf.com/2009/03/03/ts4d09/ #TS4AD #
• In Boulder, finally! So excited to show off the beta tomorrow…or, I guess, today! #
• Packing up for our trip to Boulder. Yay!!! #
• Ah, Winter in March in Atlanta. Check out our pics! http://tinyurl.com/bu5lhe #

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Techstars For a Day (a.k.a. “Our Wacky Trip to Boulder”)

Today, we went to TechStars-for-a-Day in Boulder. To prep, we updated the beta version of DoLeaf. Also,  I got an organic cotton sweater (very leaf green), Micah got a snappy haircut (very James Bond), and Ryan got fancy business cards (very organic.) However, the hardest part of our prep was making these little packets of our favorite heirloom, Money Plant, to give out to prospective mentors. We used seeds from Botanical Interests, a great business out of Broomfield, Colorado.

Here’s the view from the cheap seats!

David Cohen's opening talk.

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Atlanta Snowstorm

This is what a March 1st snow in Atlanta looks like. We got around 4 inches in a thunder-snowstorm yesterday afternoon. Glad I took a walk instead of planting my new lilies-of-the-valley.  (By the way, the last picture is me beating the snow off some crushed arborvitae.)

(Thanks for joining us, Pete and Kathleen!)

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-03-01

• New logo’s added. Also researched PayPal API and cut daffodils to freshen bouquet. Good evening! #
• Who knew that even in Winter, a garden can offer a great impromptu bouquet: http://tinyurl.com/cbzm7m #
• Working on DoLeaf biz cards. Also, planted some great Persian ivy: http://tinyurl.com/dlwnob #
• almost midnight and Ryan is still troubleshooting categories. Poor Ryan. #
• Tonight’s Meeting Agenda: Development: what next?;
  Techstars prep; Recruitment. #

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