Plants

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^ This is Charlie. :grin:

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^ Luisa. :tongue:

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^ Moleh! Many plants = Monopoly = Mo + ol = Mole + eh = The cooler sounding name, Moleh. :cool:

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^ Tom. :smile:

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^ BOB!!! :hyper:

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^ Francis! :cool_laugh: hugs Francis

I love the Venus Fly trap :happy:
I used to have one as well, though it was much smaller, and it didn’t live long.

I don’t know what the proper name is but a few years ago I grew a sensitive plant, if you touch any of the leaves then it curls up. Lots of fun.

I like planting things that you can eat afterwards, like potatoes. We’ve got some nice fruit trees in the garden, made some lovely pear wine :smile:

All the cacti, yukka and other natural plants in my backyard are blooming this time of year. Not that I take care of them myself, though… I’m more of a fish guy.

Linko -

I keep tropical fish myself. What sort of fish do you like?

Dreamer -

That sounds like an interesting plant that you had. I think I’ve heard of a plant like that before, but I can’t recall what it looked like or what it was called.

[color=indigo]Well, I really just keep one freshwater tank. I’ve got a Blue Gourami named Zora, a dinosaur named Unagi, and two nameless Needlenose Gars. My older brother’s a real enthusiast, though, he’s a manager at PetSmart and has a bunch of fish I couldn’t even name… If I’m even a single day late cleaning my own tank and he happens to come over, he’ll be on my case about it.[/color]

The sensitive plant is called Mimosa :cool:

Same, got a cactus in my house…

Some people have a green thumb, me on the other hand, I have the touch of death :meh: . I can’t grow squat and if it’s already growing it has to be a robust plant to survive(so far the only successful plants I’ve grown/maintained is a aloe vera and a bean plant which met its untimely demise after my science project was over). My mother on the other hand is so good with plants that she can practically resurrect them from the dead. :shrug:

You could try to grow a cactus. I’ve dropped my cactus on the floor and it’s still alive and kicking :smile:

…I didn’t drop it on purpose, it fell when I accidentally touched it’s needles =|

Yellow leaves means too much water usually.

Anyways I keep a vegitable garden in my backyard. It includes:
Sweet Bananna Peppers, Crooked Neck Squash, Two types of bellpeppers, Tomatoes, and Red HOT Chili Peppers!

I also am growing a Lemon Tree, a Naval Orange Tree, and a Louisiana Sweet Orange Tree.

I live in Louisiana and these are all popular around here. One thing I dont grow which is a MAJOR crop in my area is the Strawberry. My town is considered the “Strawberry Capitol Of The World”
We hold a Strawberry Festival every year which brings in thousands of people from around the country every year.

Mmm strawberries :content:
My mom used to keep a big strawberry garden. They grew very big, and they were delicious :yes:

We can’t grow strawberries in Brazil! :sad: At least not in our gardens…

Is it the heat that makes them impossible to grow?
I remember when Mom grew strabwerries, she covered them with straw (big surprise there :tongue: ). She did this because we started growing them when it was still very cool. Sometimes frost would form outside and that would kill the berries, hence the straw.

My father is crazy about blackcurrant bushes :cool: One of my first memories is sitting under one of those bushes, in that wonderful smell from its leaves, stuffing myself with the berries! Now we probably have around 20 of them in my parents’ garden, and more around the cabin!

Im just starting a garden!! =D Nothin’ really cool like strawberries…Just normal vegetables :slight_smile: I hope it works out good.

And besides that I have one little indoor plant I take care of myself! =D I dunno what it is…but its those tiny thing that are green with all pink poka-dots on its leaves. I always kill my plants…but this time, Im working really hard to make this one really healthy and pretty :slight_smile:
I named him Chokobo. Is anyone else crazy enough to name thier plants?? XD

I just tilled a patch of earth for my very own orgainc garden. So far I have several types of bell pepper, watermelon, tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, squash, and a few other things, I think i am also going to grow anaheim peppers, habenero peppers, egplant, and green/string beans. Any tips?

I know that beans and tomatoes like to ‘climb’. There are actually wire devices that you can stick in the ground which the plants will climb up. I’m not sure what they’re called, but they’re cylindrical in shape with four vertical wires that you stick into the ground. Anyways, beans and tomatoes love those things :smile:

I’m so jealous! I need my own veggie garden; it would save money and I won’t have to be afraid of what I’m eating.
Hmm, the only advice I can give you is give 'em some love :wink: , and don’t eat the peppers when they’re green 'cause that just means they’re not ripe yet (which is why green pepper’s are a nightshade vegetable).

Already got a bunch of 'em :ok: