The Perpetual Healing Garden - SweetSue's Joyful Return

[Heirloom]

but in order to have full power of it a sea shell and eagles feather are needed

Huh, good to know. Thanks.

Before leaving Cali I collected a bunch of white sage (the traditional smudge stick sage) that was available in my valley. I've used it a couple times, once as a peace offering at a house in Alturas, CA (consequently the plumbing backup almost immediately *burped* and the house had no more issues) and again in East TN when my parents moved. I smudged their new house because the previous owners husband had committed suicide there (an undisclosed event that should have been disclosed).

 

[kelticBlue]

Sage is good for cleansing and sending bad spirits away (sorry bloodline wouldn't let me not post about this haha) but in order to have full power of it a sea shell and eagles feather are needed love the journal sue! Happy growing

Thank you, That is excellent. Last time we used it was at my dads house near the beach (lots of sea shellls) and he was retired air force so ( lots of eagle pictures and statues but no feathers)
My wife-y thinks it needs saged again and I do too.

Edit: just asked the wife and we did indeed have the feather and shell! She knows all kinds of stuff that smart girly.

I'm a bit on the mad side Bob, with eight different strains, 5 auto, 3 photo. I'm still working out soils. I know Dark Devil Auto's going in LOS and Carnival's going into kit soil. Everybody else is still undecided.

I think from now on I'm sticking with no more than two to three varieties. This grow is the jump start. From now on it becomes more refined.

I have wanted to say but I didn't want to you to take it critically. Cause I dont know what I am doing with anything in life let alone gardening. But if I was looking in I might suggest many back to back DD and Carnival runs, I know, Like you Already have planned.

The other is the medical high CBd, I dunno? Pick two of the most promising from the current grow? And get to know them like you know the Carn-y and D-Devil.

Then in 6 - 8 months a short little leprechaun dude and his wife will be on your doorstep to sample. see ya then.

 

[SweetSue]

Thank you, That is excellent. Last time we used it was at my dads house near the beach (lots of sea shellls) and he was retired air force so ( lots of eagle pictures and statues but no feathers)
My wife-y thinks it needs saged again and I do too.




I have wanted to say but I didn't want to you to take it critically. Cause I dont know what I am doing with anything in life let alone gardening. But if I was looking in I might suggest many back to back DD and Carnival runs, I know, Like you Already have planned.

The other is the medical high CBd, I dunno? Pick two of the most promising from the current grow? And get to know them like you know the Carn-y and D-Devil.

Then in 6 - 8 months a short little leprechaun dude and his wife will be on your doorstep to sample. see ya then.

And you'd be joyfully welcomed. Yeah, I've been thinking the same thing. I got so used to balancing so many different strains with my last grow, but obviously I'm partial to the Carnival and the DDA. This grow was in hopes of hitting a winner or two for the daughter. Once I've found a match for her I'll run that or those.

 

[kelticBlue]

Once I've found a match for her I'll run that or those. .

Like button does not do that justice, love love love.

 

[Radogast]

Hi sue I just saw your aloe drench could I make it with fresh aloe, you know straight from the plant?

Thankyou very interesting and suprisingly new! I rarely find new technique's etc ,I'm excited to try it, hahaha you know your getting old when your excited to water your plant with a new drench hahaha, all the best sue

Hey DoctorGreen - - You are staying YOUNG when you get excited about a new watering technique. Keep excersizing the brain!

Hi Sue,

"It's not going to organize and clean itself,
so I guess it's up to me.
Let's see what kind of magic I can conjur."

The time is now.

I would 12/12 something real soon followed with another in two or three weeks.

Even if it is only a few grams, it is better than walking the streets. It is cold out there. You rushed your last grow to start your vacation. So, you already know what to expect.

Put a tent up and get going.

Best.

Sue,

Wonderful to see you reshaping your living space to meet your needs and the needs of these around you. Live for the living. The spirits really don't need much space to stay in contact.

Canyon,

Sue has 5 autos started, so that somewhat covers the get something in 12/12 real soon.

 

[Radogast]

On my way to the virtual coffee and bud shop I snuck past my closet, drawn by a faint voice.

Welcome our latest arrival, Dark Devil Auto.

Whew!!! This one is a must. So is the Carnival I'm waiting on. The Auto Tut seed needs extra time since it got jostled out of place when planting, but I may start something overnight just in case. Or I could just wait it out and only grow one plant in the closet if that one doesn't show.

If seeds weren't so darned expensive...... I'll have to grow some of my donated collection next. I think seed expense is one of the worst stressors of growing, and we all know they don't need to be that expensive to collect. That's why so many of us are so committed to teaching others how to make your own seeds and cloning that phenotype. And thank you all so much for sharing that expertise. Makes my job of learning that much easier.

Breakfast calls.

When the Dark Devil sprouts it is a sign that SweetSue's grow is back on track.

Carnival is coming?


Are you still mystifying the cloning process? I find it best to mystify sprits and mist-ify clones.


Get a little bucket cloner for under $20 and whenever you top, or snap a branch, or are about to put a photoperiod into flower, dip your cutting in a rooting liquid, stick it in the bucket cloner and label it. Sometime in the next 2-10 weeks, plant them or throw them out.

Soil, peat, rockwoll, clone domes and heat mats are messy, take up space and fail a lot. A 1 gallon bucket with constantly spraying water is as useful as a crib in a nursery.

 

[Canyon]

Sue has one LED and two more coming plus about a hundred CFLs. She could put everything in one tent. Should be nice and bright.

Did anyone see 'Saving Grace'?

 

[SoloVoodoo]

Huh, good to know. Thanks.

Before leaving Cali I collected a bunch of white sage (the traditional smudge stick sage) that was available in my valley. I've used it a couple times, once as a peace offering at a house in Alturas, CA (consequently the plumbing backup almost immediately *burped* and the house had no more issues) and again in East TN when my parents moved. I smudged their new house because the previous owners husband had committed suicide there (an undisclosed event that should have been disclosed).

The effects of it become increased with the three items as you are connecting land, sea, and air all in one ceremony is why I say sea shell and feather are needed but it is still powerful to smudge with just sage

 

[Radogast]

The effects of it become increased with the three items as you are connecting land, sea, and air all in one ceremony is why I say sea shell and feather are needed but it is still powerful to smudge with just sage

I never thought of the land, sea, air elements as anything special. Growing up near San Francisco (Yerba Buena): Ocean, herbs, and wind were just a part of life

 

[Dr Bob]

I'm a bit on the mad side Bob, with eight different strains, 5 auto, 3 photo. I'm still working out soils. I know Dark Devil Auto's going in LOS and Carnival's going into kit soil. Everybody else is still undecided.

I think from now on I'm sticking with no more than two to three varieties. This grow is the jump start. From now on it becomes more refined.

That sounds just about perfect to me Sue. I see no reason to change the varietal fun you are having. Right now I am running 8 plants and 7 different varieties. Is it efficient. Heck no! Is it fun? Heck yes!


Bob

 

[Canyon]

You know, you never know. I moved west in 78 and until today I did not know about the shells and feathers.

Er,.... Brings up a short story though.

Cedar City (not to be confused with Silver City) has an area north west of town called Three Peaks, dirt roads pinion pine and juniper. Several of us would roll a few and head out to run some dogs or just an unproductive day. So three of us go for a ride. After a while nature called. Three of us with junk in the breeze, and about a hundred feet away across a small meadow is a mature bald eagle on an old fence post watching us.

We finish up and watch the bird for a while. When it took flight one of the flight feathers dropped to the ground. Feathers are not hard to find there but this one was from the wing tip and fascinating. It was a perfect air foil. The guy who picked it up had a box made for it.

It is not that much of a story but a lasting memory. I Wish I had picked it up.

You know, you never know
canyon

 

[SweetSue]

Rad, you're truly inspirational, and motivational. I'll look into the cloner. Had to laugh though, I had a crib for a month and took it down. Couldn't be that separated from my children. I had a mattress on the floor, and when we married we upgraded to a waterbed, in a frame, but flat to the floor. There was a floor mat next to my side where the babies slept. Nursing mom, how easy does it get? Yeah, I didn't have a stroller either. If they weren't on my hip, they were strapped to me someway. LOL!

Canyon, Sue has three LED panels and should have three more coming, but know of only two, the Budmaster *gasp* and the Timber Vero240. Sue also has an incredible number of CFLs she would do well learning to manage better. I've never priced meters.....

Alright, time for some body sculpting and then back to space reorientation. I think today I'll shift everything and deal with the mess later. That way I can get the tents up and figure out what to do with ventilation. I have one huge filter and fan and two smaller spaces. The challenge is getting the air to cycle from tent #1 through to #2 for filtration so the one system serves both tents. To be honest, I haven't given it much thought yet. Let me get the tents up and it'll solve itself.

A quick lineup of the babies.

They always look like a flock of origami cranes at this stage.

Still no sign from the last two. Waiting's the hardest part.


I've dallied long enough. Some good reading on this site, but it's time to get started. I need the tuneup. Fill your day with love, if only in loving thoughts. Makes that joyful living thing much easier to pull off. Spread the joy people.

 

[Canyon]

Sue,
Dang, I had no idea you had that much light.

What if you rent a two bedroom on a month to month. Not much to move and the music through the floor will end. I have no idea how well you get along with your brother-in-law. But, that's awfully close by considering everything that has happened.

Best

 

[SweetSue]

I haven't had dinner (it's 9:30, so maybe time?) and I didn't get Callanetics done - yet - but I did get two tents up.

Feeling pretty good about that. Two tents, alone, in less than an hour. The second one went together in 15 minutes. The first near killed me and had me sobbing like a frustrated child, yelling at the universe for my lack of helpful companionship when I remembered I have a guardian angel. You may laugh but he showed me how to do it in a flash. Made that second tent a breeze. I actually laughed at the absurdity of my forgetful nature. When you have a guardian angel as effective as mine you should use him often. The benefits of letting yourself believe. You caught that lesson, didn't you Susan?

There are tricks to putting one of these tents up that aren't in the instructions. It's absurd.

The curtain on the wall will be suspended from the ceiling in front and make it look like an impromptu storage area for a woman preparing to relocate. Sitting here looking at it and listening I think maybe call it a meditation shrine. Nobody will touch it. Not that I get much company. It's usually very quiet here, discounting the incessant traffic noise. I'm good with quiet. Regardless, it should be possible to make it stealthy.

I like the way it gets all the grow spaces side by side.

Now, how do I ventilate? How do I make one filter serve two tents? Who gets which light?

I think this is going to work!!!

Now I just need to clean up the mess. But first some fuel and liquid refreshment (water ). The mess can wait 'till tomorrow.

 

[doctor green]

That looks dope sue, a guardian angel that's awesome aswell I think I have a few aswell,

 

[Radogast]

I was going to suggest a 5' flat screen TV in front to block the view of the tents. Curtains is much more practical

Thank you for 'origami cranes' to describe young seedlings. I believe that analogy will be with me the rest of my life.

 

[Dr Bob]

Love the tents! Would love to see some pics of them and your thoughts. I have had a /hate relationship with my tents. One is a nice frame with bad tent, the other a good tent with a weak frame. It would be so nice to have one I actually like.

Lots of work! Wow.
Bob

 

[SweetSue]

You're welcome Rad. During slow times in the tattoo studio Dale used to fold origami cranes to pass the time. He was quite talented in origami. I have some wonderful books that need a good home with another enthusiast.

Love the tents! Would love to see some pics of them and your thoughts. I have had a /hate relationship with my tents. One is a nice frame with bad tent, the other a good tent with a weak frame. It would be so nice to have one I actually like.

Lots of work! Wow.
Bob

I'll take some pictures tomorrow. They're impressive little tents. Good zippers, thank goodness. They don't give you decent instructions on putting them together. I wish I could have taken pictures of how to do it right. That second one practically flew up! I fought so much with the first one it wore me out. And yet, here I am at 3 AM, still at it.

I'm gonna try for bed again.

Good night everyone.

 

[Heirloom]

I have the same tents. If Sue doesn't mind I'll weigh in. Keep in mind I'm the type who is critical about every stitch because I grew up around pattern makers and seamstress', and I'm just naturally critical too.

Decent for the money (especially in Sue's case, lol). I was surprised at the strength of the frame, in a good way. I did not expect the frame poles to have the spring loaded locking buttons. The fabric materials used seem good enough, the sewing is not bad for a Chinese factory job (I base that statement on past experience, not racial bias). I suspect the 'water proof' tray that's included is merely really really water resistant, as there are sewn seams I would bet standing water would leak from. As Sue said, the zippers are sturdy and there are two. The inner and outer draw string port closures are great, no light leaks there.

Like Sue said the first one is a learning experience, the second goes up quick. It REALLY helps to open the door zipper along the bottom all the way so you can pull the fabric around the frame, because that fabric does not stretch at all.

My only thing to be critical on is the flap that is supposed to block light from getting to, and through the zipper. Both of mine leak light. The flap on the inside should be, maybe, twice as long. So if you need it to be totally blacked out, it could take some work. Other than that I just have design changes that matter only to my specific set up.

Ultimately, if I needed more tents I would buy from Mars again.

 

[Heirloom]

Went ahead and grabbed the camera to illustrate.

Zipper light leaks

Locking frame parts

And since I was recently talking about my BD and FP, here they are. Last pic is BD on the left, FP on the right.