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Last Online	09/08/2008 10:48:49
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My Plants

mitch's Plants (182)

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#	Botanical Name	Common Name(s)
1	Abutilon megapotamicum 'Jenny'	Flowering Maple Abutilon	Comment (1)	Forum	20000

2	Abutilon spp.	Flowering Maple Chinese Bellflower, Chinese Lantern, Indian Mallow, Parlor Maple,Chinese Maple	Comment (3)	Forum	60030

3	Acanthus	ACANTHUS	Comment (2)	Forum	10000

4	Achillea filipendulina	Yarrow Fernleaf Yarrow	Comment (1)	Forum	60000

5	Aeonium arboreum	Tree Aeonium Tree Aeonium	Comment (1)	Forum	60000

6	Agapanthus orientalis	Lily-of-the-Nile	Comment (1)	Forum	201000

7	Allium cepa ssp. Aggregatum Group	Shallot Multiplier Onion, Ever-ready Onion, Potato Onion	Comment (1)	Forum	40000

8	Allium schoenoprasum	Chives Wild Chive, Cive, Schnittlauch	Comment (1)	Forum	60010

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9	Alocasia spp.	Taro	Comment (0)	Forum	20000

10	Aloe vera	Aloe vera Medicinal Aloe, Barbados Aloe	Comment (3)	Forum	181112

My Wish List

mitch's Wish List (26)

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#	Botanical Name	Common Name(s)
1	Alcea rosea	Hollyhock Hollyhock	Comment (2)	Forum	71101

	^{Available at}
2	Asclepias cordifolia	HEARTLEAF MILKWEED	Comment (0)	Forum	01000

3	Asclepias fascicularis	MEXICAN WHORLED MILKWEED, Narrowleaf Milkweed	Comment (0)	Forum	01000

4	Averrhoa carambola	Star Fruit Carambola	Comment (1)	Forum	22000

5	Buddleja davidii	Butterfly Bush Orange Eye Butterfly Bush	Comment (0)	Forum	132000

6	Centaurium beyrichii	QUININEWEED	Comment (1)	Forum	01000

7	Citrus reticulata blanco 'Gold Nugget'	Gold Nugget Tangerine Gold Nugget Mandarin	Comment (0)	Forum	31100

8	Coleus	COLEUS	Comment (0)	Forum	32101

9	Erigeron glaucus 'Wayne Roderick'	Wayne Roderick Daisy Wayne Roderick Beach Aster, W. R. Erigeron, Wayne Roderick Fleabane, Dwarf Seaside Daisy	Comment (0)	Forum	22000

10	Euphorbia characias 'Tasmanian Tiger'	Variegated Spurge Euphorbia	Comment (0)	Forum	22000

My Recommendations

mitch's Recommendations (14)

These plants rock!

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#	Botanical Name	Common Name(s)
1	Asclepias spp	Milkweed Blood Flower, Swan Plant,Goose Plant,Swamp Milkweed, Butterfly Weed.	Comment (1)	Forum	60100

2	Capsicum annuum 'Habanero'		Comment (0)	Forum	00100

	^{Available at}
3	Capsicum annuum ssp. Grossum Group var. annuum 'Serrano'	Serrano pepper Serrano Chili Pepper	Comment (0)	Forum	40100

	^{Available at}
4	Ficus lyrata	FIDDLELEAF FIG	Comment (2)	Forum	30100

5	Malus x pumila 'Fuji'	Fuji Apple	Comment (1)	Forum	80110

6	Narcissus spp	Daffodils	Comment (1)	Forum	161200

7	Persea americana 'Haas'	Haas Avocado Avocado,Alligator Pear, Midshipman's Butter, Vegetable Butter, or Butter Pear	Comment (2)	Forum	131200

8	Prunus armeniaca 'Gold Kist'	Gold Kist Apricot	Comment (0)	Forum	20100

9	Prunus persica 'Babcock'	Babcock Peach Peach, White Babcock Peach	Comment (0)	Forum	40100

10	Rudbeckia spp.	Coneflower	Comment (0)	Forum	50100

Plant Cemetery

mitch's Plant Cemetery (14)

Share your grief - Add the plants that haven't made it and are only with us in spirit. The more plants our members add, the more we'll know what to avoid!

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#	Botanical Name	Common Name(s)
1	Asclepias curassavica	Blood Flower Milkweed	Comment (2)	Forum	111110

2	Asparagus officinalis	Edible Asparagus	Comment (0)	Forum	10010

3	Azalea spp	Azalea	Comment (1)	Forum	61010

4	Brassica oleracea ssp. Gemmifera Group	Brussels Sprouts	Comment (3)	Forum	10011

5	Cestrum nocturnum	Night Blooming Jasmine Night Jessamine	Comment (0)	Forum	61010

6	Echinacea purpurea	EASTERN PURPLE CONEFLOWER	Comment (0)	Forum	60021

7	Hibiscus spp	ROSEMALLOW	Comment (0)	Forum	70010

8	Passiflora alata 'Ruby Glow'	Ruby Glow Passion Vine	Comment (1)	Forum	50010

9	Plumeria spp	Plumeria Frangipani, Temple Tree	Comment (0)	Forum	120021

10	Ranunculus spp.	Ranunculus Buttercup, Persian Buttercup, Turban Ranunculus, Creeping Buttercup	Comment (0)	Forum	00010

Troubled Plants

mitch's Troubled Plants (3)

Add the plants you're having problems with. Once added you can connect to others who grow it, ask & answer questions, and hopefully keep it out of the plant cemetery!

#	Botanical Name	Common Name(s)
1	Cynodon dactylon	Bermudagrass	Comment (0)	Forum	30001

2	Pyrus communis 'Flordahome'	Flordahome Pear	Comment (1)	Forum	10001

3	Stephanotis floribunda	Bridal Wreath Madagascar Jasmine	Comment (0)	Forum	61001

My Profile

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City:	Point Loma
State:	CA
Country:	USA
Zip Code:	92106
Gender:	Male
Website:	www.theMulch.com
Birthday:	02/19/1964
Occupation:	The Mad Man who thought this this place up
Company/Organization:	The Mulch
Location:	San Diego, CA
Gardening Ability:	3 - Garden a lot, with some success
Find Your Zones:
USDA Hardiness Zones - Sunset Climate Zones
Sunset Climate Zone:	Zone 24
USDA Plant Hardines Zone:	Zone 10b
Cat or Dog person:	Both Cat and Dog
Favorite Quote:	this week - "you can't always get what you want, but if you try real hard, you get what you need" - Rolling Stones
My 5 favorite plants are:	Gold Kist Apricot Fuji Apple Persea americana 'Hass' Romneya coulteri
Interests:	Gardening, Baseball, Fishing, Golf, Camping
Biographical Information:	I'm an avid gardener that really got into gardening because I remember how good the fresh apricot's were which grew in my yard as a child and the unbelievable cherry's my grandma grew in Utah. I'm by no means and expert, but I thought it would be great to make a place for people to communicate and share information about gardening but in a regional way. That's how we got to this website. We've been working on it for years and it's really fun to see it start to happen. I was born in Salt Lake City Utah but I moved to coastal Southern California my whole life. I have a smallish yard with a layer of clay soil running throughout my whole backyard. I swear if I had a spinning wheel and a kiln I could throw a million clay pots!
What do you like most about gardening?:	I really like growing fresh fruit, especially low chill berries. It's also really fun to find new and different varieties and think about where the heck I'm going to fit all the great plants of the world in my little yard.
What do you dislike most about gardening?:	I'm not big on weeds, bad bugs and giant trees in my neighbors yard that suck all the water from my yard.
What individual has influenced your gardening interest the most? How?:	My Mother
What is your favorite place or activity in the garden?:	Watering by hand. Staring blankly at empty spots in my garden and imagining what I could put there. Watching my kids pick, eat and enjoy fresh fruit from our garden.
What is your favorite time in the garden?:	Whenever I'm in it!
What is your favorite public or private garden in the world? Why?:	I haven't been to to many, but there was one in Rio de Janiero that was super cool.
What is your favorite color in the garden?:	Purple and orange and white together, or a bright yellow on dark green.
If you could grow only one plant, what would it be?:	An ever bearing apricot tree, or if I could move my grandmas cherry tree from Southern Utah to my home on the coast in Southern California.
What plant have you tried to grow that has given you the most trouble? Or, what plant would you like to grow and can't, and why?:	I can't seem to grow purple Echinacea. Finally this last summer I got a couple of blooms out of one. I must have killed 10 of these damn things.
What is your favorite gardening outfit or costume?:	Shorts, t-shirt and barefoot.
Do you have a gardening philosophy you would like to share with other gardeners? What is it?:	Grow plants that do something - give fruit, attract birds or butterflies, smell nice, look great etc.
Who is your own favorite gardening personality on TV, radio or in print? Why?:	Pat Welsh. Her book "A Month by Month Guide" is like a bible to me.
What is the one question about gardening you would really like people to ask you?:	What's ripe in your garden?
And what's the answer?:	Come on in and see - don't be shy, help yourself!
What is your Garden Test Score?:	21-27 Excellent
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My Guestbook

Name	Entry
sphinx24 Send Email	Created On: 04/26/2008 20:10:18 Hi Mitch. i came across your web site looking up info on plant care it looks good so far and i plane on spending more time on it so thanks sphinx24
dvdGardeningPro Send Email	Created On: 04/23/2008 13:55:12 Hi Mitch, Thanks for getting me onto your site. I will become familiar with it. Kathy
Mickeystx Send Email	Created On: 05/23/2007 11:40:42 Hi Mitch, Nice site. Monica Parker invited me. I was trying to add my plants and I can't seem to add them. Any hints?
julie Send Email	Created On: 10/25/2006 14:12:05 Hi Mitch! I signed your guestbook.

My Articles

Date	Title	Hits
Tuesday, 02 September 2008	Thanks for stopping by our booth - Lucky Winner Announced!	69
Saturday, 09 August 2008	Food as Art (well, art is in the eye of the beholder)	126
Friday, 08 August 2008	Special Offers for Members of the Mulch!	1153
Saturday, 26 July 2008	Another Step Toward Recovery	173
Wednesday, 05 December 2007	Butterfly Project for the Whole Family!	624
Friday, 24 August 2007	Ugly Plants, Cool Birds	749
Sunday, 05 August 2007	I got greedy again	602
Friday, 06 July 2007	Summer Means Berries!	647
Friday, 06 July 2007	Taking local home gardening research online at www.theMulch.com	531
Thursday, 05 July 2007	Fourth of July in Coronado!	602
Wednesday, 27 June 2007	Keep Track of Your Plants With Your Private Plant Notes	345
Tuesday, 16 January 2007	Cold Snap Does Me In!	522
Thursday, 09 November 2006	Fall is for Planting!	529

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Date	Subject	Category	Hits
08/18/2008 16:14:50	please add Asclepias physocarpa	Missing Plant Names From the Plant Encyclodepia	138
08/07/2008 11:24:28	Re:Problem with editing gallery	Suggestions	1509
07/24/2008 15:48:54	Re:Coastal Apple Trees	Fruits, Nuts & Vegetable Gardening	170