Hope your cave has been warmer than mine. 13 below Saturday morning and todays high not more than 25.
Breakfast was green tea and an omelet made with two high omega 3 eggs, about 3 tablespoons of cooked squash, some leftover diced pork and a few chives , along with a diced apple cooked with a few raisins and a dash of cinnamon. Nothing like a great breakfast to start a grey day.
Dinner was fresh caught salmon wrapped in a cabbage leaf along with garilc, ginger, and basil and steamed untill done along with a salad of carrots, romaine lettuce, chopped almonds and a little flaxseed oil . Fozen sugar free peaches for an after dinner treat.
From my cave to yours, wishing you a continued recovery..
Matthew
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Matthew,
I forgot, when are you inviting me to dinner!?!
Did you make the dried pork? How did you do it? I used to make my own beef jerky, but haven't since going MI free. I wonder what I'd marinade it in... I would like to try it again if you have any good ideas.
I had grilled catfish, cooked acorn squash, steamed asparagus and a fresh fruit salad.
Love, Jean
PS It got to -2 last night, which is way too cold, especially after such a mild winter. I fear that all of the spring blooming trees just had their buds killed (because they had broken dormancy during our mild Jan-Feb.)
I forgot, when are you inviting me to dinner!?!
Did you make the dried pork? How did you do it? I used to make my own beef jerky, but haven't since going MI free. I wonder what I'd marinade it in... I would like to try it again if you have any good ideas.
I had grilled catfish, cooked acorn squash, steamed asparagus and a fresh fruit salad.
Love, Jean
PS It got to -2 last night, which is way too cold, especially after such a mild winter. I fear that all of the spring blooming trees just had their buds killed (because they had broken dormancy during our mild Jan-Feb.)
Be kind to everyone, because you never know what battles they are fighting.
Jean
It was diced pork, in other words chopped up, not dried pork. I have not tried drying meats except a few years back when i experimented for some wilderness trips. They all seem to involve so much salt . Lorin Cordain writes about salt and the acid -base balance and I find that to be so true. I sleep much better by being careful not to eat foods that are highly salted.
It was so warm a week back that the daffodils were starting to emerge. Trees have not started to bud but always hope the ash tree in the backyard will get nipped since if it does not it produces two or three barrels of seeds that need to be cleaned up lest they all turn to seedlings
My best
Matthew
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It was diced pork, in other words chopped up, not dried pork. I have not tried drying meats except a few years back when i experimented for some wilderness trips. They all seem to involve so much salt . Lorin Cordain writes about salt and the acid -base balance and I find that to be so true. I sleep much better by being careful not to eat foods that are highly salted.
It was so warm a week back that the daffodils were starting to emerge. Trees have not started to bud but always hope the ash tree in the backyard will get nipped since if it does not it produces two or three barrels of seeds that need to be cleaned up lest they all turn to seedlings
My best
Matthew
No door on my cave. You or anyone else feel free to crouch in any time. LOL
Hi Cave Buddies!
This cave is COLD too - in the teens. BRRRRRRR. Matthew - I think you should write a cave cookbook.......you have clever ideas, like the cabbage wrap, your combinations, and the herbs/spices you use.
For breakfast I had a large bowl of fruit - cut up pear, banana, and dates with walnuts. Lunch was a stir fry with thin lean deli roast beef and brussel sprouts sauteed in olive oil and garlic. Dinner was a cup of crab soup, a very small filet of beef, steamed broccoli, and a salad. Snack was an organic apple and some dates and macadamia nuts.
I have been doing really well being strictly paleo. I can tell a difference now that I am not eating potatoes, legumes, rice, or sugar (my beloved maple sugar candies - sigh). I have even more energy and consistently firm BMs. Also, I am discovering that I seem to be able to tolerate tomatoes again. Why do you think this is? Of course, I am being very careful not to eat any tomato products that contain citric acid (usually corn-derived), but I was careful about this before, too. Do you think that maybe the tomatoes were reacting with something else I cut out??? I am about to try citrus again and am wondering if I might be able to tolerate it too on the full paleo diet.
The paleo diet is making me more adventurous. In the past week I bought some fruits I don't usually buy - mango, kiwi. I am also looking at "new" veggies like turnip and mustard greens. I almost bought some ground bison for burgers. Has anyone tried it?
Happy eating everyone! And stay cozy in the back of your cave.
Love,
Polly
This cave is COLD too - in the teens. BRRRRRRR. Matthew - I think you should write a cave cookbook.......you have clever ideas, like the cabbage wrap, your combinations, and the herbs/spices you use.
For breakfast I had a large bowl of fruit - cut up pear, banana, and dates with walnuts. Lunch was a stir fry with thin lean deli roast beef and brussel sprouts sauteed in olive oil and garlic. Dinner was a cup of crab soup, a very small filet of beef, steamed broccoli, and a salad. Snack was an organic apple and some dates and macadamia nuts.
I have been doing really well being strictly paleo. I can tell a difference now that I am not eating potatoes, legumes, rice, or sugar (my beloved maple sugar candies - sigh). I have even more energy and consistently firm BMs. Also, I am discovering that I seem to be able to tolerate tomatoes again. Why do you think this is? Of course, I am being very careful not to eat any tomato products that contain citric acid (usually corn-derived), but I was careful about this before, too. Do you think that maybe the tomatoes were reacting with something else I cut out??? I am about to try citrus again and am wondering if I might be able to tolerate it too on the full paleo diet.
The paleo diet is making me more adventurous. In the past week I bought some fruits I don't usually buy - mango, kiwi. I am also looking at "new" veggies like turnip and mustard greens. I almost bought some ground bison for burgers. Has anyone tried it?
Happy eating everyone! And stay cozy in the back of your cave.
Love,
Polly
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Polly,
I got some to try at the recommendation of a lady customer at Whole Foods. She said that the meat was sweeter (I think), and that she preferred it to beef, and yet, it was lower in fat content.
As luck would have it, we had to leave it, that was part of the food that was in the freezer when we left. My bil didn't turn off the electricity here until they decided to leave a day later, when it didn't look as though Rita was going to move away from us. We got spared right at the last minute, but by then, it was too late for the freezer and frig contents.
Funny we should be "talking" about this now, as I've spent lots of time going through trying to decide if some of my cooking oils, and other things that the frig is full of, are still good. The obvious things that needed to be thrown out, particularly in the freezer where I keep meats til the last minute, were thrown out immediately when we returned, but some of this other stuff, I'm conflicted about. I know that restaurants leave condiments out all day long sometimes, soo...
One example of something that has a short shelf life is Avocado Oil, so that went out immediately. Olive oil doesn't need refrigeration, and can last indefinitely, so I don't refrigerate that. I've been using Macadamia Nut oil for "greasing" my pans alot lately, and just using the good quality olive oil to sprinkle on things, like salads, for instance. Mac. nut oil is 1/2 % less polyunsaturated fat that olive oil, and the smoke point is higher than olive oil, thus the cooking preference. Taste doesn't come through, in my opinion, when cooking with it, but perhaps if I used it to drizzle on something without cooking. Anyone ever used the Mac nut oil on veggies or fruits, etc.
Anyway, that's what I've been doing this evening.
Polly, is Cordain the one who recommends the wild meats over the domesticated ones?
What's the name of the lady who did the book/s on SCD, btw??
You don't really want to know what I had for breakfast, but here goes:
1 Envirokids Peanut butter rice bar (should've smeared on some extra pb, but didn't.)
1/2 of a HUGE Dole organic banana
1 c of coffee colored hot water
w/l tsp cinnamon only
2 cups of Pacific brand Vanilla rice milk
Can't remember whether or not I had O.J.???
This was really brunch, so followed soon by braised chicken and half an apple.
(Sure wish that Whole Foods would start carrying those delicious EnerG breakfast bars as they are free of all the common antigens that people react to, including ours.)
Most meals lately, except for breakfast/brunch, we've not been having carbs which is probably a good thing because carbs tend to make the postprandial hypotension in the elderly worse after a meal with lots of it. Interestingly, diabetics tend to get worse postprandial hypotension as do people with Parkinson's like my mom.
It's close to freezing here, but I'll bet that Wayne and Oma have been VERY cold! We'd gotten sooo used to dry cold the few hours we've been having cold weather, like overnight, that this damp stuff reallllly puts a chill on us down here.
Yours, Luce
I got some to try at the recommendation of a lady customer at Whole Foods. She said that the meat was sweeter (I think), and that she preferred it to beef, and yet, it was lower in fat content.
As luck would have it, we had to leave it, that was part of the food that was in the freezer when we left. My bil didn't turn off the electricity here until they decided to leave a day later, when it didn't look as though Rita was going to move away from us. We got spared right at the last minute, but by then, it was too late for the freezer and frig contents.
Funny we should be "talking" about this now, as I've spent lots of time going through trying to decide if some of my cooking oils, and other things that the frig is full of, are still good. The obvious things that needed to be thrown out, particularly in the freezer where I keep meats til the last minute, were thrown out immediately when we returned, but some of this other stuff, I'm conflicted about. I know that restaurants leave condiments out all day long sometimes, soo...
One example of something that has a short shelf life is Avocado Oil, so that went out immediately. Olive oil doesn't need refrigeration, and can last indefinitely, so I don't refrigerate that. I've been using Macadamia Nut oil for "greasing" my pans alot lately, and just using the good quality olive oil to sprinkle on things, like salads, for instance. Mac. nut oil is 1/2 % less polyunsaturated fat that olive oil, and the smoke point is higher than olive oil, thus the cooking preference. Taste doesn't come through, in my opinion, when cooking with it, but perhaps if I used it to drizzle on something without cooking. Anyone ever used the Mac nut oil on veggies or fruits, etc.
Anyway, that's what I've been doing this evening.
Polly, is Cordain the one who recommends the wild meats over the domesticated ones?
What's the name of the lady who did the book/s on SCD, btw??
You don't really want to know what I had for breakfast, but here goes:
1 Envirokids Peanut butter rice bar (should've smeared on some extra pb, but didn't.)
1/2 of a HUGE Dole organic banana
1 c of coffee colored hot water
w/l tsp cinnamon only
2 cups of Pacific brand Vanilla rice milk
Can't remember whether or not I had O.J.???
This was really brunch, so followed soon by braised chicken and half an apple.
(Sure wish that Whole Foods would start carrying those delicious EnerG breakfast bars as they are free of all the common antigens that people react to, including ours.)
Most meals lately, except for breakfast/brunch, we've not been having carbs which is probably a good thing because carbs tend to make the postprandial hypotension in the elderly worse after a meal with lots of it. Interestingly, diabetics tend to get worse postprandial hypotension as do people with Parkinson's like my mom.
It's close to freezing here, but I'll bet that Wayne and Oma have been VERY cold! We'd gotten sooo used to dry cold the few hours we've been having cold weather, like overnight, that this damp stuff reallllly puts a chill on us down here.
Yours, Luce
Matthew,
If your daffodils were starting to come up, I wouldn't be surprised if your trees broke dormancy. The buds start to swell and lose their "antifreeze" properties. It's a subtle visual change, but a big one metabolically. I hope I'm wrong.
You may only have to worry about your ash tree for a few more years. Here in Michigan, we have emerald ash bore. It's an exotic that has killed hundred of thousands of ashes and it's spreading quickly. Efforts to contain it have failed. You might want to plant some seedlings to eventually replace your ashes.
Jean
If your daffodils were starting to come up, I wouldn't be surprised if your trees broke dormancy. The buds start to swell and lose their "antifreeze" properties. It's a subtle visual change, but a big one metabolically. I hope I'm wrong.
You may only have to worry about your ash tree for a few more years. Here in Michigan, we have emerald ash bore. It's an exotic that has killed hundred of thousands of ashes and it's spreading quickly. Efforts to contain it have failed. You might want to plant some seedlings to eventually replace your ashes.
Jean
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Good Morning from my cave to yours,
Elaine Gottschall is the name of the lady who wrote the SCD book.
The only oils I use are Extra Virgin Olive and some Walnut Oil mixed in for salad dressings. I eat a lot of avocados and don't think I need to use any avocodo oil although it sounds delicious. I have stopped using flax seed and/or flax seed oil but I am considering adding some Carlson's fish oil for supplement.
I had half of a big baked russet potato for dinner along with whole roasted chicken, brocoli, cauliflower and carrots last night. It is the first time in a long time I have had a potato. While eating it I wondered why I had ever wanted potatos - I have lost my appetite for them. I am feeling fine this am.
COLD here this week too - although much warmer than 13 degrees and no snow or ice here. It's been a warm winter all together. I have several daffodils that are blooming and my quinces that I planted last year have bright red blossoms - they are in the back of the back yard but I can see them from the kitchen windows. Also have a Camelia that has been loaded with red blossoms - it's about done now. I am looking forward to seeing the red maple tree when it opens up it's foliage - it will be a little while before it happens; buds are very tiny. I planted two other Camelias 2 years ago but they have not had blossoms this year - perhaps they are trying to adapt to the new soil and waiting a year? Jean, do you know if I need to fertilize with anything in particular to make Camelias bloom?
My Irises are not looking too promising either - I have been thinking about moving them to a different area of the yard; they never have done very well where they are. Again, any tips on ferilization of Iris?
Love,
Karen
Elaine Gottschall is the name of the lady who wrote the SCD book.
The only oils I use are Extra Virgin Olive and some Walnut Oil mixed in for salad dressings. I eat a lot of avocados and don't think I need to use any avocodo oil although it sounds delicious. I have stopped using flax seed and/or flax seed oil but I am considering adding some Carlson's fish oil for supplement.
I had half of a big baked russet potato for dinner along with whole roasted chicken, brocoli, cauliflower and carrots last night. It is the first time in a long time I have had a potato. While eating it I wondered why I had ever wanted potatos - I have lost my appetite for them. I am feeling fine this am.
COLD here this week too - although much warmer than 13 degrees and no snow or ice here. It's been a warm winter all together. I have several daffodils that are blooming and my quinces that I planted last year have bright red blossoms - they are in the back of the back yard but I can see them from the kitchen windows. Also have a Camelia that has been loaded with red blossoms - it's about done now. I am looking forward to seeing the red maple tree when it opens up it's foliage - it will be a little while before it happens; buds are very tiny. I planted two other Camelias 2 years ago but they have not had blossoms this year - perhaps they are trying to adapt to the new soil and waiting a year? Jean, do you know if I need to fertilize with anything in particular to make Camelias bloom?
My Irises are not looking too promising either - I have been thinking about moving them to a different area of the yard; they never have done very well where they are. Again, any tips on ferilization of Iris?
Love,
Karen
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Karen,
First, I hate you because you can grow camellias! Too cold here.
They need slightly acidic soil, which I assume you have there. If that is the problem, the leaves will be yellow but the veins will stay green.
There are three main reasons why plants don't bloom:
Too much nitrogen
Not enough sun
Someone or something is cutting off the buds
Have you trimmed your plants? They set the buds (not visible) in early summer, so if you or a critter trim them after that, you'll lose the blooms for the year.
I don't know all that much about camellias. I wouldn't be surprised if they have to be somewhat mature before they bloom. You might want to ask at a local garden center if you think that's the case.
I fertilize everything with either a soluble fertilizer like MiracleGro or better still a slow release fertilizer. Don't waste your money on fertilizers for Acid lovers because they do not CHANGE the acidity of the soil, as is popularly believed. Of course, they are still a fine fertilizer.
On the iris, how long have they been in the same place? After a few years they usually need to be thinned out for better bloom production. How deep are they planted? Iris like to be close to the surface and may not bloom if they are too deep. Again, the three reasons that plants don't bloom applies.
I hope this helps, Love Jean
First, I hate you because you can grow camellias! Too cold here.
They need slightly acidic soil, which I assume you have there. If that is the problem, the leaves will be yellow but the veins will stay green.
There are three main reasons why plants don't bloom:
Too much nitrogen
Not enough sun
Someone or something is cutting off the buds
Have you trimmed your plants? They set the buds (not visible) in early summer, so if you or a critter trim them after that, you'll lose the blooms for the year.
I don't know all that much about camellias. I wouldn't be surprised if they have to be somewhat mature before they bloom. You might want to ask at a local garden center if you think that's the case.
I fertilize everything with either a soluble fertilizer like MiracleGro or better still a slow release fertilizer. Don't waste your money on fertilizers for Acid lovers because they do not CHANGE the acidity of the soil, as is popularly believed. Of course, they are still a fine fertilizer.
On the iris, how long have they been in the same place? After a few years they usually need to be thinned out for better bloom production. How deep are they planted? Iris like to be close to the surface and may not bloom if they are too deep. Again, the three reasons that plants don't bloom applies.
I hope this helps, Love Jean
Be kind to everyone, because you never know what battles they are fighting.
Jean,
My husband (Bill) wants to know why his gardenia bush appears to be dying.
The tips of the leaves turn black and then fall off (seemed to start at the botom of the bush and work up). Well fertilized with acidic fertilizer.
Sprayed with a fungus spray.
Any suggestions??
Love, Shirley
My husband (Bill) wants to know why his gardenia bush appears to be dying.
The tips of the leaves turn black and then fall off (seemed to start at the botom of the bush and work up). Well fertilized with acidic fertilizer.
Sprayed with a fungus spray.
Any suggestions??
Love, Shirley
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
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Hi Jean,
What super advise you gave.
If it is too cold for Camelias where you are perhaps you can grow some Rhododendrum? They have magnificent blossoms and also beautiful evergreen foliage. I have seen them in the Blue Ridge Mountains - they grow in the underbrush under the trees and along the roads.
You know, I think the Irises are getting too little sun. The back yard is very shaded, north side of house too, the irises are planted under an evergreen tree (with leaves, not needles). All this in combination is probably what prevents the blooming - although I have sometimes had a pretty showing of purple bearded Irises in that bed. This year, the plants seem too small to be able to make it. After the season I will move them to a more sunny area and see what happens next year. I know they have to be panted very shallow and they are but then again, there is pine straw that has settled there due to very little raking done this winter.
I haven't even seen a bud on the Camelias. I don't think any animals or kids are trimming them. They are planted almost next to the one that was loaded with blossoms. They are different kinds of Camelias though so perhaps they require more sun? They get plenty of sun in the summer when the sun is high above my house but in the winter the sun is too low and the house shadeds the entire back yard. What do you think?
I haven't trimmed the Camelias because they are brand new. I have been told that Azaleas and Camelias need to be trimmed right after they have finished blooming in order to avoid trimming the new buds - is that right?
I have seen some very old Camelias in some stately old homes around here that have not been trimmed for many years. They become very large and they are WONDERFUL when they are in bloom. That's how I envision my own Camelias - I need to stay here long enough to see them grow old and beautiful!
It is my plan to add a few more shrubs and Camelias to the yard every year. It doesn't become expensive when you do it that way. When we moved in 5 years ago there was nothing in the yard besides the shrubs the builders had planted in the front yard and around the front of the house for curb appeal - many, many old and young pine trees in the back yard. I have put in a few Magnolias that I brought over here from my previous house - they were seedlings at the time. I love to see the plants mature from year to year. With all the pine trees in the back yard the soil is probably very acidic, isn't it?
Thanks again for your splendid advise.
Love,
Karen
What super advise you gave.
If it is too cold for Camelias where you are perhaps you can grow some Rhododendrum? They have magnificent blossoms and also beautiful evergreen foliage. I have seen them in the Blue Ridge Mountains - they grow in the underbrush under the trees and along the roads.
You know, I think the Irises are getting too little sun. The back yard is very shaded, north side of house too, the irises are planted under an evergreen tree (with leaves, not needles). All this in combination is probably what prevents the blooming - although I have sometimes had a pretty showing of purple bearded Irises in that bed. This year, the plants seem too small to be able to make it. After the season I will move them to a more sunny area and see what happens next year. I know they have to be panted very shallow and they are but then again, there is pine straw that has settled there due to very little raking done this winter.
I haven't even seen a bud on the Camelias. I don't think any animals or kids are trimming them. They are planted almost next to the one that was loaded with blossoms. They are different kinds of Camelias though so perhaps they require more sun? They get plenty of sun in the summer when the sun is high above my house but in the winter the sun is too low and the house shadeds the entire back yard. What do you think?
I haven't trimmed the Camelias because they are brand new. I have been told that Azaleas and Camelias need to be trimmed right after they have finished blooming in order to avoid trimming the new buds - is that right?
I have seen some very old Camelias in some stately old homes around here that have not been trimmed for many years. They become very large and they are WONDERFUL when they are in bloom. That's how I envision my own Camelias - I need to stay here long enough to see them grow old and beautiful!
It is my plan to add a few more shrubs and Camelias to the yard every year. It doesn't become expensive when you do it that way. When we moved in 5 years ago there was nothing in the yard besides the shrubs the builders had planted in the front yard and around the front of the house for curb appeal - many, many old and young pine trees in the back yard. I have put in a few Magnolias that I brought over here from my previous house - they were seedlings at the time. I love to see the plants mature from year to year. With all the pine trees in the back yard the soil is probably very acidic, isn't it?
Thanks again for your splendid advise.
Love,
Karen
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Hope the trip goes great, Jean.Hi,
My Mom did well in surgery and is now home sleeping, so I have time to 'talk'.
Shirley,
I started writing you a book on your gardenia problem and then realized I should ask a very important question: Is the plant inside or outside?
Karen,
I have a large border full of rhodos and other broad leaf evergreens! I'm hoping the deer leave them alone this year.
I'm betting the lack of sun is the iris's biggest problem. Don't hesitate to transplant them anytime. They are one tough plant. I always joked that you could throw them out in the road for two days and they'd still do fine. If you want to be safe, just transplant half of them at a time.
The camelia sight sounds perfect. Winter sun on broadleaf evergreens can do a lot of damage so your shade is a good thing. From what you said, I'm leaning towards the plants just not being mature enough to bloom. They are definitely worth waiting for.
I add a little at a time to my yard too. It's a good way to go. Also, my plant tastes change over time so it's good when I have room for a new plant. I have to admit my garden looked terrible last year because of my new job. I'm hoping we have a milder summer so I'll feeling like being outside when I get home from being outside all day.
Love, Jean
My Mom did well in surgery and is now home sleeping, so I have time to 'talk'.
Shirley,
I started writing you a book on your gardenia problem and then realized I should ask a very important question: Is the plant inside or outside?
Karen,
I have a large border full of rhodos and other broad leaf evergreens! I'm hoping the deer leave them alone this year.
I'm betting the lack of sun is the iris's biggest problem. Don't hesitate to transplant them anytime. They are one tough plant. I always joked that you could throw them out in the road for two days and they'd still do fine. If you want to be safe, just transplant half of them at a time.
The camelia sight sounds perfect. Winter sun on broadleaf evergreens can do a lot of damage so your shade is a good thing. From what you said, I'm leaning towards the plants just not being mature enough to bloom. They are definitely worth waiting for.
I add a little at a time to my yard too. It's a good way to go. Also, my plant tastes change over time so it's good when I have room for a new plant. I have to admit my garden looked terrible last year because of my new job. I'm hoping we have a milder summer so I'll feeling like being outside when I get home from being outside all day.
Love, Jean
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Thanks again, Jean -
I do think it is the lack of sun with respect to the Irises - I will move them. They are sooooo gorgeous when in bloom; it breaks my heart to let another season pass w/o flowers. I even planted some that were different colors a few years ago but none of them have bloomed yet. I know what you mean about the toughness of them - those bulbs or whatever they are can take some abuse. Maybe I will sneak out there and move a few of them tomorrow; right before the time for blossoms - it might mess it up but I can't loose since they aren't going to show where they are now anyway.
What are your other broad leaf evergreens?
Love,
Karen
I do think it is the lack of sun with respect to the Irises - I will move them. They are sooooo gorgeous when in bloom; it breaks my heart to let another season pass w/o flowers. I even planted some that were different colors a few years ago but none of them have bloomed yet. I know what you mean about the toughness of them - those bulbs or whatever they are can take some abuse. Maybe I will sneak out there and move a few of them tomorrow; right before the time for blossoms - it might mess it up but I can't loose since they aren't going to show where they are now anyway.
What are your other broad leaf evergreens?
Love,
Karen
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Jean, I'm sorry - it's an outside plant. I don't remember the name/variety of it (possibly Miami Supreme ?) but it's definitely an outside gardenia. It was quite large when it was given to us. Bill's brother bought it for him at Lowes or Home Depot (can't remember which) and it was in a big pot and at lest 3 feet hight already, full and healthy looking. Very soon after planting it started losing it's leaves and hasn't stopped. It's not bare yet but getting darn close.
How are things going, Jean?
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Love, Shirley
How are things going, Jean?
If you feel the "book" is too big, you can send to starfire9988@yahoo.com
Love, Shirley
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber"
-- Winston Churchill
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