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Container Culture: What is Sunlight, Anyway?

“Direct sunlight is sun shining right on the plant at least 6 hours a day, not through a window,” Renee Shepherd of Renee’s Garden graciously explained. This means if you put your hand over the plant and sunlight hits your hand, that’s direct sunlight. “Shade is literally shady, like under an umbrella, but partial or dappled shade depends on the plant,” she says. “Partial shade can mean morning sun and afternoon shade, or morning shade and afternoon sun, which means sunshine in the afternoon will be hotter.” As a good rule of thumb, dappled shade is when the sun gets filtered through a trellis or through leaves.
“When considering which crops to grow in shady areas,” Mother Earth News puts succinctly, “Think of them in terms of leaves and roots. Crops we grow for their leaves (kale, lettuce, spinach) and those we grow for their roots (beets, carrots, turnips) will do fairly well in partially shady conditions. The crops we grow for their fruits — such as eggplants, peppers and tomatoes — really do need at least six hours of full sun per day.”
A good quick way to see if your plants aren’t getting enough sun is if you see them bending toward a light source, if they’re growth is especially slow, or if the plants look “leggy,” meaning they look kind of spindly or elongated.

There’s lots of good information here, especially when it comes to heat vs. sunlight. Living in Los Angeles, plants that a person in Minnesota would grow in the open, I have to put in light shade just because the heat of summer can damage the plant. So, please pay attention to your climate zones. If you’re in the US, you can use the USDA’s Zone Map. Other countries have similar maps and your state’s extension office can help you with more detail.
Happy planting!

Container Culture: What is Sunlight, Anyway?

“Direct sunlight is sun shining right on the plant at least 6 hours a day, not through a window,” Renee Shepherd of Renee’s Garden graciously explained. This means if you put your hand over the plant and sunlight hits your hand, that’s direct sunlight. “Shade is literally shady, like under an umbrella, but partial or dappled shade depends on the plant,” she says. “Partial shade can mean morning sun and afternoon shade, or morning shade and afternoon sun, which means sunshine in the afternoon will be hotter.” As a good rule of thumb, dappled shade is when the sun gets filtered through a trellis or through leaves.

“When considering which crops to grow in shady areas,” Mother Earth News puts succinctly, “Think of them in terms of leaves and roots. Crops we grow for their leaves (kale, lettuce, spinach) and those we grow for their roots (beets, carrots, turnips) will do fairly well in partially shady conditions. The crops we grow for their fruits — such as eggplants, peppers and tomatoes — really do need at least six hours of full sun per day.”

A good quick way to see if your plants aren’t getting enough sun is if you see them bending toward a light source, if they’re growth is especially slow, or if the plants look “leggy,” meaning they look kind of spindly or elongated.

There’s lots of good information here, especially when it comes to heat vs. sunlight. Living in Los Angeles, plants that a person in Minnesota would grow in the open, I have to put in light shade just because the heat of summer can damage the plant. So, please pay attention to your climate zones. If you’re in the US, you can use the USDA’s Zone Map. Other countries have similar maps and your state’s extension office can help you with more detail.

Happy planting!

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Sleeping Baby Avengers.

I just… I can’t even…

And baby Clint is holding baby Natasha’s hair.
And baby Tony has a taped-on mustache.
And baby Coulson moved from his spot to sleep next to baby Steve and he has a Cap doll!
And baby Thor just cracks me up for some reason

and Little Loki covering his ears

BABYVENGERS I HAVE FOUND YOU AGAIN AT LAST

baby Thor is me.

look how peaceful bruce looks!
ugh they are such little chubbas!

OMG COULSOOOOOOOON

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Couldn’t resist.

NO YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND DON’T APOLOGIZE THIS IS THE BEST

pretty accurate seeing as how that’s how insane he was at the end of his run after losing rosE AND DONNA AND UGH

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As of March 23, 2012, Disney Legend Glen Keane has left the Walt Disney animation studios. Glen served as a mentor to several Disney artists and a hero to those aspiring to work for the company. This post is in honor of his outstanding work in animation, his ability to breathe life into that which was once without and his dedication to the Walt Disney company.

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energy of this earth

Words simply cannot describe how much I desire lightning shows in the summers night

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Ashikaga Flower Park - Japan

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