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If you stumbled among this site, "Evelyn’s Twigs, Thyme and Stranger Things Gardens" is a collection of journal entries that I have kept on my computer for years, and have now decided to post. The journal contains my successes and failures with my favorite selections of plants. I'm talking about more than 50 years of caring for and living with green things. Not everything is here. More of it is learned and store in my head. However, here I will share facts about each plants, my research, as well as my personal and gathered tips on their care. I was not planning to post my houseplant and backyard journals online, so editing them for errors was not a priority to me. This being the case, perhaps, one day I will correct all the spelling and grammar errors in both of them. We would not want people to think I did not know better, when I was only being lazy. Again, no apologizes. It is what it is for now.

Friday, July 10, 2026

Too, Too Hot!!!

 


Hello, Darlings 

After monitoring the temperature in the sunroom with the curtains open, I have closed them up again.  The summer heat is much hotter than it was this time last year, and although natural sun light would be beneficial for the plants, at this time the sun and the heat it is producing would only make them suffer. In addition, the portable ac is running harder than it should, regardless of the three oscillating fans and free water I am getting from the condensation for the plants. However, I find, no matter how practical, placing a huge half barrel behind the ac to catch the condensation a little too much. 

Therefore, I will not be able to plant any of the seeds I chose for the three mini half barrels. I think perhaps late August or September might be a better time for fall planting and hopefully the weather will be cooler. I thought of trying to germinate the seeds without the sun and only the grow lights, but I rather wait until it is cooler, and let the grow lights act as supplemental lighting. 

Until next time,

    Keeping Growing!!!


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