Today I’m completing the job I started Saturday — washing windows and waging intense chemical warfare against the Invasion of the Spiders. I’m not sure why there are SO MANY spiders hatching this year, but they’re really freaking me out.
Back to the garden…
California Buckwheat
Eriogonum fasciculatum foliolosum, California Buckwheat grows in the chaparral in very dry hot conditions. Small animals and birds use it for cover.
Baby Nectarines
A row of Pride of Madeira proudly standing guard
at the top of our property
Baby Plums
The first strawberry of the season!
Lavender
Lemon Verbena
It smells exactly like Lemon Pledge
Snapdragons and Alstromeira
Rosebuds, of course!
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Beautiful! And the snapdragons and alstromeira are just stunning! It’s still early here in Idaho, so the only blooms I have are tulips, grape hyacinth, and phlox. And of course the weeds! Thank you so much for sharing.
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You have all the things I don’t have (well, I have my share of weeds, tho) I love the bulbs but I think something eats them up like moles or other gross things. I’d love to see pics of your flowers! Have a lovely Sunday.
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:16 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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As the season progresses, I can often be found out in the yard snapping pictures. I’m waiting patiently on all my lilies…I’m rather a lily freak. Right now, I have at least 7 different varieties. And I’m hoping for a good bloom on my peonies this year. A few years ago, my mom brought me some starts from the family farm in ND. Every year, I get a few more blooms. We still aren’t sure how long ago my grandmother planted the peonies, so I’m thrilled to have part of them.
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I can’t wait to see those pics (I hope you post them!) I love a little peek into other people’s gardens!
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:23 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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You have a beautiful landscape. Things are just starting to turn greenish here. Be careful of the creepy crawlers
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I swear, I’m gonna have a nightmare about them now…hubs was able to call for the first time last night and I told him about the spiders to try and get him to claim an emergency and be flown home, but he didn’t go for it. Oh well. Have a lovely lazy Sunday.
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Wow, what beautiful pictures and sure love your garden. So envious especially the strawberries. Yum!!!!!!!
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I think Carlsbad is known as the strawberry capital or something, they’re everywhere, but they use chemicals to get them so big and I don’t use that stuff in my own garden; my neighbors do, but isn’t the point of growing your own food so that you know it’s chem-free??
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:34 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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That is exactly why I’d grow my own produce! I don’t want all those chemicals on what I’m ingesting. Sorry I’d rather eat 5 small strawberries, than one big one grown with who knows what. You have a beautiful garden! Makes me want one.
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That’s exactly right, in my opinion! But not my neighbors, it’s all about the size of the tomato or whatever, not the fact that it’s absolutely organic and healthy. Well, he’s obnoxious anyway, so it’s not a surprise.
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 5:53 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I sure agree with you when it comes to the chemicals and fruit. I agree that the whole point of growing your own is to have natural fruit. Because we are in the mid-west I have found that the organic is the best for our area. I miss the way that fruit use to taste. One example is I remember eating a peach and the juice running down your chin and it was so good. Not the junk they have now. Okay, rant over with..lol 🙂
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Keep ranting, I’m agreeing right along with you! You’d think with all those chemicals, they could figure out how to make them still taste good and not like cardboard.
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 10:29 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Exactly, and knew you would understand. Cardboard is the perfect word. That is why I am attempting to grow tomatoes this year. I started seeds close to a month ago and going to try for the first time container growing on my balcony. Will keep you posted on how they do!
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I’m sure they will be delicious. What kind of seeds did you use?
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:18 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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There is a Chinese proverb that says a walk around any garden should be an adventure.
I wonder if they Spiders in China……….
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I wouldn’t mind if they stayed in the garden, but they seem to be trying to get in the house! I had a horrible spider bite last year and was pretty sick, so I’m trying to avoid a repeat!
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Pretty pics! Except the first one….yikes!
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That’s what it looks like all around my house, see why I’m freakin out?
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Wow, look at that gorgeous fruit. Yum. Lot of spiders up the road here also and we need to clean the window edges of them to stop looking like a haunted house, lol.:-)
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Yup, that’s just what I was doing! I couldn’t believe how many there are!
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 5:01 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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It is amazing to me how completely different the flora is from one region to another. In my part of the world, it is still the wonder of watching things wake up. Daffs, etc. Lovely.
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Oh, and I just love the springtime flowers, too, it’s impossible to recreate it here, we have to be happy with what will grow in this desert-y region!
On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 5:42 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I love strawberry season. When I was a kid, my dad would take me to the strawberry patch and keep me there hunched over for hours picking. I could barely walk after, but the pay-off was so sweet.
Beautiful garden. 🙂
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Kinda sounds like child labor LOL! Only kidding, and thank you for the compliment. We don’t have the prettiest lawn tho, it would cost hundreds of dollars a month to water it enough to stay green. Cos it never hardly rains. Hope you had a great weekend, not too busy!
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:36 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Weekends are always busy. But it was good. Dance competition done for this weekend. 🙂
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Now hopefully you can get outside and get some of that Vitamin D!
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:50 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Of course today is cloudy, but we were outside as much as possible between running around yesterday. 🙂
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SoCal near the beach is cloudy, overcast, marine layer, a LOT, sometimes it only gets sunny for an hour or so in the afternoon. I still love to be outside.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:11 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you! Of course, I only take pics of things that look good, you don’t see the brown grass from no rain, do you?? haha
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:29 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Gorgeous yard!
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Thank you so much for your kind comment!
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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When I was living in San Diego it always seemed like we have spiders living with us… from Serra Mesa to Mira Mesa… they were just there no matter what we did. I didn’t mind all that much though because I grew in the desert – black widow central – and I rarely saw any of those in San Diego. Now that I’m living in Ventura County the spiders are starting to creep me out again – I’ve found widows in my garage a couple times already, and we have these enormous ones that look scarier (and are bigger) than the biggest widows I’ve ever seen. They aren’t quite Australia’s Funnel Web Spiders but they are too close for my comfort.
Your yard looks amazing! We planted some strawberries, basil, cucumbers, jalapenos, and tomatoes last week in a little garden box we have in our backyard. Other than something attacking the cucumber already it seems like they’ve taken so we should be enjoying the benefits of them shortly enough. And our Jasmine is just about to bloom. And our bougainvillea is already blooming. Hooray for spring.
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I would LOVE to see some pics of your garden in a box. No pics of spiders tho, well maybe if I needed to identify them. I dont mind daddy longlegs but not the other ones. I agree with being creeped out.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:32 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I’ll send you some pics when they are more than little seedlings. 😉 I’ll keep the spider pics to myself… even though there are still some I haven’t been able to identify even with the power of Google – crazy multicolored mutants!
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NOOOOO do NOT say that. I don’t want to know, really.
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:46 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Doesn’t this mean anything? spxysfo1.bankofamerica.com
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Yeah, I”m not really sure what that means… it’s interesting the comments that shows up on.
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I love Bank of America. 🙂
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Mmmmmm! You just cannot beat homegrown strawberries! Are you a shortcake kinda gal? What will you make with your first pickings?
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I’ll totes make shortbread if hubs or my son is here. If it’s just me, I’ll just eat them plain. Hmm but that does sound good!
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Not only do you have a green thumb, your whole hand must be GREEN! Beautiful!
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I’m only showing you the things that look good, I don’t show you my failures! But thank you very much!
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 6:00 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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That strawberry looks luscious. And the photo of the lavender is wonderful.
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Thank you! I just picked a few more, can’t wait to clean ’em and ‘eat em. How are you on this fine Saturday?
On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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I’m good — just took a four hour dance workshop — all different kinds of ballroom dance. A good workout for sure!
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That sounds wonderful! Hubs and I used to swing dance and we took ballroom dance together-I’m the ballet dancer, but he’s a much better social dancer. I love to lead!!
On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Cool! Me too, haha.
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🙂
On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 5:58 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Hey Princess Rosebud, check out the blog Flammisday.com She matches up clothes for kid’s outfits — you could do that with women’s clothes, it’d be great!
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Hey, I’m going there right now, and thank you!
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Cool! She somehow found me, and follows my blog. Now I follow hers too. I really like the way she matches up the clothes. You could start a whole new blog! And career!
Also check out Susangraf.com It’s not a blog, just a website introducing a fabulous boutique in the California wine country. My best friend’s sister owns and runs this boutique. The clothes she carries are very chic.
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Very chic, indeed! And VERY wine country-ish. The shop looks beautiful and posh! Have you been there?
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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Yes, and it is a lovely shop. Soup-to-nuts, as Susan Graf says. Lovely bras, Bogner clothes, Tory Burch shoes. Everything you need to create whole outfits.
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NIce. LOVE Tory Burch!
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 5:34 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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That is an AMAZING site. I wonder how I’d get clothes given to me? Like that Chanel or those Miu Miu flats haha! Now I’m going to have to tax my brain and actually do some thinking. Sigh.
On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 5:17 PM, Enchanted Seashells…Confessions of a Tugbo
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