tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13486602573787828502024-03-13T10:56:33.395-07:00Natural BoutiqueHomemade...Natural...Eco-friendly LifestyleGabrielle Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02843725324925255798noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348660257378782850.post-33353701386891585312015-02-17T12:30:00.000-08:002015-02-17T12:30:20.813-08:00RestartHi, everyone! I'm sorry for not posting often. I've been very busy with school, and I'm also going through a big step in my life right now, so I didn't have time to post about my plants. I'm not sure if I posted previously, but I had to restart my collection due to mites. My african violet collection was infested, and I had to get rid of everything. I'm currently in the process of restarting through leaf cuttings. Once I get everything growing, I'll make sure to post pretty pictures in upcoming posts.Gabrielle Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02843725324925255798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348660257378782850.post-60787613326506012232012-12-06T23:01:00.001-08:002012-12-06T23:01:23.888-08:00Cacti...Me and cacti do not get along. I don't know why I keep killing every single cactus I get. I can keep african violets, regular ground covers, and other plants just fine. It's just cacti that I have a problem with. I give them water when the soil looks really dry to the point the pot is almost weightless. It's winter, so I try to water them less due to slower evaporation rate. But why. Why do they keep dying? How much water is too much and exactly how much is too little? I can never know...Gabrielle Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02843725324925255798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348660257378782850.post-72823748365198302262012-10-07T20:24:00.001-07:002012-11-21T22:03:29.516-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One african violet led to another... and another.... and then another... It just never ends! I wanted to get more and more different varieties. There are so many varieties of african violets that you can choose from, starting from different leaf patterns and shapes, different bloom colors, and plant sizes. I'm usually easily swayed by the miniature varieties just because they look small.</div>
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African violets just seem to fit my schedule. They don't seem to require lots of care, and they're very easy to propagate. They can also be hybridized to create your own hybrid. That's why there are so many different varieties of african violets all around the world! Once you get into keeping african violets, it's hard to get out of it.</div>
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I've only provided a picture of some of the leaves I put down for propagation. I do have several more. These are the types of african violets I have for propagation: </div>
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I still have more that I want to propagate. But being a full-time student, I have a very limited budget, and african violets aren't cheap! Either way, I am hoping to get a hold of these varieties:</div>
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Midget gumdrop</div>
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Gabrielle Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02843725324925255798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348660257378782850.post-76340581561078460252012-09-05T23:20:00.002-07:002012-09-05T23:20:51.368-07:00Come check out my etsy listing<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.etsy.com/assets/js/etsy_mini_shop.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>new Etsy.Mini(6585075,'thumbnail',1,1,0,'http://www.etsy.com');</script>Gabrielle Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02843725324925255798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348660257378782850.post-49366248908297790802012-03-17T08:48:00.000-07:002012-03-17T08:48:37.188-07:00A Farm was on the WayI happened to spot a farm while i was cruising through the country side of missouri. It wasn't just any farm, it was a greenhouse. They had a variety of flowers for this upcoming spring and I just had to purchase some while I was there. There were still some plants that I didn't want to leave behind and not take home, but considering how I live in a place where there is no backyard, I had to limit my choices. The plants I picked up were bleeding hearts, phlox subulata 'candy stripe', lamium maculatum 'anne greenaway', and lamium maculatum 'pink pewter'. The two lamium maculatums were bought on the second trip to this wonderful farm. Here are some pictures:
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I wanted to wait until the flowers bloomed for the bleeding hearts. : )Gabrielle Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02843725324925255798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348660257378782850.post-57560709162388274292012-03-10T19:50:00.000-08:002012-03-10T19:50:59.746-08:00New FamilyI stopped by Lowe's to look at some cacti like I normally do. Garden centers always attract my attention no matter how unprofessional some can be. Who knows, there are times when they have unexpectedly rare plants or plants that I've been looking for a while. But cacti are all pretty in my opinion and whenever I see new cacti stocked up in garden centers, I HAVE TO take a look. One thing to keep in mind is that big garden centers like the ones in Lowes are most likely to have those fake strawflowers attached to the center of various cacti with super glue. The super glue tends to make the cactus grow a little deformed, and a lot of people get tricked into thinking that these flowers are real. Sadly, these bright colored flowers are not real. I wouldn't want to encourage any cacti wholesalers to continue this procedure of super-glueing strawflowers on a majority of their cacti, but there are times when the cactus itself is a really beautiful kind of cacti. So, unfortunately, I ended up buying one (sorry!). The scientific name for this cactus is Mammilliaria hahniana. It has beautiful flowers that bloom on the crown area of the cactus in the shape of a ring. It also forms some cotton-type substance in between the thorns. White hairs grow from this plant, giving it an "old grandma/grandpa look". In this case, since the common name for this cactus is called "old LADY cactus", it's got an "old grandma look". This cactus had an orange-dyed strawflower (fake flower made out of straw) on the center. I had to use isopropyl alcohol on the glue and a tweezer to slowly take the super glue off. Sadly, during the process, the thorns on the top of the cactus came off. I don't think it's life-threatening for the cactus to have some of its thorns taken off, so I hope it'll be ok. Nonetheless, here is a picture of my pretty new collection:
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"Old Lady Cactus". You can see 3 pink blooms and her poor bald spot.Gabrielle Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02843725324925255798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348660257378782850.post-66501037919268433902012-03-07T11:28:00.001-08:002012-03-07T11:30:20.546-08:00True Leaf FormationMy plants' true leaves are finally beginning to emerge from in between the cotyledons. I realized that the seeds that I've planted in self-watering pots grew their true leaves a lot faster than the seeds that I've planted in regular pots. Nonetheless, they are all growing happily. All their true leaves are out and as you can see, the pine berry cotyledon on one of them is starting to die off, which is a good thing because that means the true leaves took all the nutrients from the two cotyledons and are growing well. I've also received my self-watering seed starter kit from Lee Valley's and look how fast the seeds grew compared to my homemade self-watering pots. And of course, here are some pictures:
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Pineberry True Leaves.
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Alyssum True Leaves.
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Celosia True Leaves.
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Lee Valley's Seed Starter.Gabrielle Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02843725324925255798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348660257378782850.post-13943168307117967152012-02-28T11:26:00.002-08:002012-02-28T11:26:53.006-08:00Growing Plants from SeedsGrowing plants from cuttings or by buying the plant itself at places like home depot are so much easier in my opinion than growing plants from seeds. Every single time I tried to grow plants from seeds, they either died off from dehydration or they would die off by too much water. But by taking a few minutes to make self-watering pots from water bottles, seeds are so much more easier to grow. Covering them up is not necessary to do if you have self-watering pots. Here are some pictures of cotyledons of the plants I am growing : )
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"Pineberry" Cotyledons... not sure if these will be grow to be true pineberries, but let's give it a try : )
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Peach-colored celosia "icecream" cotyledons. I believe these will be a bit larger than the kimono variety.
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White Alyssum Cotyledons.. I remember having these plants as a border in front of my old house.. brings back memories : )
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Vegetables will be grown outside in my earthbox : )Gabrielle Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02843725324925255798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348660257378782850.post-91085330689971644632011-11-13T17:11:00.000-08:002011-11-13T17:11:16.859-08:00Rili Shrimp & Misc.I came across an awesome deal on some rili shrimp on a forum. And now I have some rili shrimp of my own! : ) They are absolutely stunning and are very easy to take care of. I literally leave my tank running and I barely give them any water changes and voila. They breed. Here are some pictures of my shrimps I currently have:
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<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D5LIF0pJKhI/Ta5dv9FeCcI/AAAAAAAAABk/BLGj1fn0Y1I/s1600/chocolateram5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="240" width="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D5LIF0pJKhI/Ta5dv9FeCcI/AAAAAAAAABk/BLGj1fn0Y1I/s320/chocolateram5.jpg" /></a></div>Gabrielle Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02843725324925255798noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1348660257378782850.post-81770051305700737492011-04-16T21:40:00.000-07:002011-04-17T00:41:50.353-07:00My Pink & Blue Ramshorn Snails<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Recently, my hobby is with these beautiful ramshorn snails. I've put these guys up for auction for the very first time hoping that others will want them just as much as I wanted them before. It took me a very long time to find these snails (especially the blue ones) and finally, they are reproducing and grew to a sell-able size. The blues look pink at first with a blue-tint to their shell along with a leopard pattern. Their body color is dark red. The pinks have a clear shell when they are young and are born with a pink body. As the pinks get older, their shells start to turn more and more white/opaque. Hopefully, these will give me a much more blue and beautiful line of ramshorns. The fishes in these pictures are black leopard guppies that I also put up for auction. If interested, please go to my auction here: <a href="http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwmixed&1303527677">Aquabid</a> OR add them to your cart by clicking "add to cart". </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Aren't they beautiful? :)</div><br />Gabrielle Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02843725324925255798noreply@blogger.com0