Comments on: Green Thumb Sunday: As preppy as leaves get http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/ It's amazing what I'll do for a good tomato. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 07:58:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: inadvertentgardener http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-12512 inadvertentgardener Sun, 28 Jan 2007 22:23:10 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-12512 Cheryl, that does sound like a terrific photographic adventure -- how cool! I love being able to look back at photos like that and really see how plants have evolved over time. Cheryl, that does sound like a terrific photographic adventure — how cool! I love being able to look back at photos like that and really see how plants have evolved over time.

]]> By: Cheryl http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-12499 Cheryl Sun, 28 Jan 2007 20:35:57 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-12499 I can't even count the number of pictures of my own plants I've taken. I don't know how to use fancy cameras, these are just Wal Mart disposables. One project that was a soul-stirring adventure was standing in exactly the same spot for each seasonal photo of my favorite huge, old maple tree in my rural upstate NY yard. I can’t even count the number of pictures of my own plants I’ve taken. I don’t know how to use fancy cameras, these are just Wal Mart disposables. One project that was a soul-stirring adventure was standing in exactly the same spot for each seasonal photo of my favorite huge, old maple tree in my rural upstate NY yard.

]]> By: inadvertentgardener http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-12477 inadvertentgardener Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:28:41 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-12477 Gottagarden, you're absolutely right -- it wasn't until I was about two-thirds of the way through my quick jaunt through the U.S. Botanic Gardens that it occurred to me that I ought to be photographing the plant labels, too. Of course, there was also the other piece of it -- in a number of spots, there would be several plants...and several plant labels...together, and I would have no idea which was associated with which! But that's OK. Next time...I'll do better with the labeling. Enjoy those classes! Gottagarden, you’re absolutely right — it wasn’t until I was about two-thirds of the way through my quick jaunt through the U.S. Botanic Gardens that it occurred to me that I ought to be photographing the plant labels, too. Of course, there was also the other piece of it — in a number of spots, there would be several plants…and several plant labels…together, and I would have no idea which was associated with which! But that’s OK. Next time…I’ll do better with the labeling.

Enjoy those classes!

]]> By: gottagarden http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-12245 gottagarden Fri, 26 Jan 2007 13:45:34 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-12245 Enjoy your blog very much! Followed your link over to Green Thumb Sunday...thanks! You probably know this, but just in case, if you immediately take a picture of the label after a picture of the plant...it helps so much later...if, of course, the plant is labeled, lol...I started doing this a couple years ago and it has saved me many a time. (We won't talk about the blurry label pictures because my viewfinder, or whatever it's called, is so small I can't tell!) I love the US Botanical Gardens! The garden group I volunteer with took a tour last Aug of Bartholdi Park with the director! One day I will get the pictures together and put them in an album...one day! I've signed up for two classes in February...quite a haul for me (traffic)...I'll cross my fingers I get there on time...lol! Enjoy your blog very much! Followed your link over to Green Thumb Sunday…thanks!

You probably know this, but just in case, if you immediately take a picture of the label after a picture of the plant…it helps so much later…if, of course, the plant is labeled, lol…I started doing this a couple years ago and it has saved me many a time. (We won’t talk about the blurry label pictures because my viewfinder, or whatever it’s called, is so small I can’t tell!)

I love the US Botanical Gardens! The garden group I volunteer with took a tour last Aug of Bartholdi Park with the director! One day I will get the pictures together and put them in an album…one day! I’ve signed up for two classes in February…quite a haul for me (traffic)…I’ll cross my fingers I get there on time…lol!

]]> By: inadvertentgardener http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-11872 inadvertentgardener Tue, 23 Jan 2007 04:26:25 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-11872 Roy, thanks for visiting! Roy, thanks for visiting!

]]> By: roy http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-11820 roy Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:49:38 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-11820 That is one of the nicest varigated leaves I've seen , nice shot That is one of the nicest varigated leaves I’ve seen , nice shot

]]> By: inadvertentgardener http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-11779 inadvertentgardener Mon, 22 Jan 2007 04:37:00 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-11779 Tricia, thanks -- I liked it, too. Very unusual. Carol, I used to pore over the Preppy Handbook. I even had a couple of Izod shirts and headbands! Tricia, thanks — I liked it, too. Very unusual.

Carol, I used to pore over the Preppy Handbook. I even had a couple of Izod shirts and headbands!

]]> By: Carol http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-11774 Carol Mon, 22 Jan 2007 02:41:40 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-11774 Yes, I remember preppy! 'Twas quite the fashion when I was in college (if that doesn't date me too much.) Yes, I remember preppy! ‘Twas quite the fashion when I was in college (if that doesn’t date me too much.)

]]> By: Tricia http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-11765 Tricia Sun, 21 Jan 2007 23:44:11 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-11765 That's a beautiful leaf! Fantastic photo as well. It's too bad that you aren't sure what it was. Either way it's very nice,and yeah Iguess it is a preppy plant. LOL That’s a beautiful leaf! Fantastic photo as well. It’s too bad that you aren’t sure what it was. Either way it’s very nice,and yeah Iguess it is a preppy plant. LOL

]]> By: inadvertentgardener http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-11752 inadvertentgardener Sun, 21 Jan 2007 19:46:27 +0000 http://inadvertentgardener.wordpress.com/2007/01/21/green-thumb-sunday-as-preppy-as-leaves-get/#comment-11752 Hi Deb -- it was in the U.S. Botanic Garden's indoor jungle, so I suspect it's ordinarily an outdoor plant. Again, I did a terrible job actually recording the names of the plants I was shooting, so I have no idea what it is, but I loved the markings and the color. Hi Deb — it was in the U.S. Botanic Garden’s indoor jungle, so I suspect it’s ordinarily an outdoor plant. Again, I did a terrible job actually recording the names of the plants I was shooting, so I have no idea what it is, but I loved the markings and the color.

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