http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/11/14/confessions-of-a-plant-slut-%e2%80%93-part-1-yes-i-know-i-have-a-problem/ The IMA blog is a space to discuss everything related to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:44:42 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/11/14/confessions-of-a-plant-slut-%e2%80%93-part-1-yes-i-know-i-have-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-20263 irvin Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:07:44 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1901#comment-20263 Dana, I'm finding the same things about the oil fern. Seems pretty tough. Lucky for it. antiquarian - thanks for visiting, glad you like the site, don't forget to stop by often Dana, I’m finding the same things about the oil fern. Seems pretty tough. Lucky for it.
antiquarian – thanks for visiting, glad you like the site, don’t forget to stop by often

]]> http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/11/14/confessions-of-a-plant-slut-%e2%80%93-part-1-yes-i-know-i-have-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-20232 antiquarian books Thu, 11 Dec 2008 06:14:12 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1901#comment-20232 Great site. Thanks... :) Great site. Thanks…

]]> http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/11/14/confessions-of-a-plant-slut-%e2%80%93-part-1-yes-i-know-i-have-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-19834 dboyd Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:16:17 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1901#comment-19834 The oil fern seems to be really easy to grow. I have had one for about 6 months, it is very healthy. It is on a sunporch in Massachusetts that gets fairly cold at night but is warm in the daytime. Supposedly it can stand 30°F, which is below freezing. It has entire leaves, no ferny splitting of the leaves, and usually such ferns are tolerant of dryness. I water it when the soil feels dryish. I would not let it dry out completely, but it does not seem to be a high humidity fern. The amazing thing is the color of the fronds, they are an oily metallic blue. I am trying to find out why, but have no information yet. Dana The oil fern seems to be really easy to grow. I have had one for about 6 months, it is very healthy. It is on a sunporch in Massachusetts that gets fairly cold at night but is warm in the daytime. Supposedly it can stand 30°F, which is below freezing.
It has entire leaves, no ferny splitting of the leaves, and usually such ferns are tolerant of dryness. I water it when the soil feels dryish. I would not let it dry out completely, but it does not seem to be a high humidity fern.
The amazing thing is the color of the fronds, they are an oily metallic blue. I am trying to find out why, but have no information yet.
Dana

]]> http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/11/14/confessions-of-a-plant-slut-%e2%80%93-part-1-yes-i-know-i-have-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-17953 irvin Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:36:05 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1901#comment-17953 Chuck. My my my. I understand so much of what you are saying. I fear I am already doing many of those very things you speak of. I do have permission from one neighbor to take over their yard. Perhaps I'm on my way to even greater sluttiness. Chuck. My my my. I understand so much of what you are saying. I fear I am already doing many of those very things you speak of. I do have permission from one neighbor to take over their yard. Perhaps I’m on my way to even greater sluttiness.

]]> http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/11/14/confessions-of-a-plant-slut-%e2%80%93-part-1-yes-i-know-i-have-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-17904 chuck Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:32:57 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1901#comment-17904 Your slutty behavior is too self limiting by the size of your abode. You need to move to a place with a bigger yard or buy your neighbor's lot and tear down the house. You need to overextend yourself to the point where you don't dare leave town during the growing season for fear of falling behind; where you savor your days off to catch up on your home gardening; where you resent the time spent with friends and loved ones because it is intruding on your gardening time; where the fall is unnerving because the days are too short to allow adequate after-work time in the garden; where you plant fifty trees that will reach appropriate size when you are seventy; where you wonder how you are going to stay in your home (and garden) when your physical stamina wanes... Your slutty behavior is too self limiting by the size of your abode. You need to move to a place with a bigger yard or buy your neighbor’s lot and tear down the house. You need to overextend yourself to the point where you don’t dare leave town during the growing season for fear of falling behind; where you savor your days off to catch up on your home gardening; where you resent the time spent with friends and loved ones because it is intruding on your gardening time; where the fall is unnerving because the days are too short to allow adequate after-work time in the garden; where you plant fifty trees that will reach appropriate size when you are seventy; where you wonder how you are going to stay in your home (and garden) when your physical stamina wanes…

]]> http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/11/14/confessions-of-a-plant-slut-%e2%80%93-part-1-yes-i-know-i-have-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-15107 irvin Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:04:54 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1901#comment-15107 May be I'm looking at it all wrong? May be I’m looking at it all wrong?

]]> http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/11/14/confessions-of-a-plant-slut-%e2%80%93-part-1-yes-i-know-i-have-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-14889 Robin Sun, 16 Nov 2008 09:56:26 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1901#comment-14889 problem? I don't really get that bit about a problem?... problem? I don’t really get that bit about a problem?…

]]> http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/2008/11/14/confessions-of-a-plant-slut-%e2%80%93-part-1-yes-i-know-i-have-a-problem/comment-page-1/#comment-14414 irvin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:56:27 +0000 http://www.imamuseum.org/blog/?p=1901#comment-14414 Uh-huh! Uh-huh!

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