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Amaryllis pictures

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Our Amaryllis has given us 8 flower heads (so far) and so I decided to test out my new camera and get a few snaps of them.

A few hours after the pictures were taken, one of the heads decided to fall off. This was strange as we hadn’t touched the plant and were both the other side of the room – lets hope the other heads last a bit longer. I’ve just had a quick look at how to care for the plants and found this site. It seems to suggest that we should put the bulb in the fridge after it has finished growing this year. I’m not too sure about this advice and may seek another source.

More Chilli (+squirrel) news

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After a problematic start I think we are now on our way with our chilli plant. As shown in the picture on the left, we now have a few flowers and we are hoping they will turn into chillis soon. I was advised not to shake the plant to fertilise it, so I’ve given the flowers a tickle with a feather… not that I think it makes much difference but what the hey.

Also showing promising signs is the Amaryllis that Jessica’s Granddad gave us for Christmas. He challenged all his grandchildren to see who could get the most flowers on their plant. I think we have a good chance with the three heads we are soon to see flower.

Finally, after a whole year of spending on my Sony card I have finally got enough points for a camcorder. On Saturday morning we were awoken by the sound of something hitting the bars outside our window. On investigation we found a squirrel had located our bird feeder and was intent on liberating its contents. I used my newly acquired video camera to capture the footage below. Apologies for the voice-over – I had just woken up and I have a bit of a cold.

Video: Squirrel outside our window

Chilli Crisis!

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The developing chilli that I showed a day ago has dropped off the plant 🙁 Fortunately there are at least 4 others starting so I am hopeful that we will get some fruit. After a long rehash of 3rd year Biology we have decided the best way to fertilise the flowers will be to shake the plant a bit.

Chilli?!

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We have been nurturing a pair of chilli plants since around August when Steve generously gave them to us. Today we think we finally spotted evidence of a chilli!

We’ll continue to monitor the progress and hope it grows into a decent fruit that we can use in a Thai curry or similar 🙂 If it ripens before Christmas then Dad is going to be upset as he will have to eat it… such is his confidence that our chilli will fail or take a long time to mature.