Maddie

New gardener wanting to document my progress. 19 virgo

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Baby Louie enjoying his new stuff

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Pupdate: he’s has two rounds of dewormer and a first round of vaccines last weekend and has been a complete lil menace to society since lol. He’s actually been doing very well as of lately. Unfortunately still no sign of anyone looking for him so he just might stay with me permanently😛. I mostly have videos of him but tumbler will only let me post 1 at a time which is ugh but whateverr. He’s very playful and energetic and definitely in the shark phase with how much he chomps on everything lol. His second round of vaccines is in a few weeks and I honestly can’t wait until I can take him everywhere.

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Hey everyone, earlier today while out running errands a man came up to me and offered this puppy for free. he said he found it at a park while working out and would take it home himself but he has a pit bull and didn’t want to risk anything so I took the poor puppy home. He’s a little boy and I’m having a hard time figuring out what he breed. Anyone have any ideas on what he could be??

He had a bath with some dawn to kill off the few fleas he had and some homemade chicken broth mixed with kibble for dinner. His two new aunties came and surprised him with some blankets and toys. I think I’m going to name him Cerberus.

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“Sometimes you have to lose your mind before you come to your senses.”

— Socrates

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Lil peak at the cucumber plants I already have growing outside. I started the indoor ones because I was a bit nervous about the white growth forming on the leaves but now I have so many I don’t know what to do with them.

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I greatly underestimated the power if an indoor seed starter. I have 4 cucumber plants growing inside and like 3 growing outside because I didn’t think they were all going to survive this long or thrive this much given my little to no experience gardening. Looks like I’m gonna be overrun with cucumbers in a few months lol

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5/7/2026 Update: The seedlings do look a tiny bit better, maybe not as crooked as they were the other day ever since i trimmed the dome and added another grow light. Hopefully everything will be okay. I haven’t seen any growth from the okra though but i still have high hopes for it.

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Progress update 5/5/2026: Came home from class today to insane growth. I think the seedlings being this leggy means the light needs to be closer right? I think that’s what it means but i’m not sure how i would get the light closer unless i cut the lid in half to make it shorter. I just might do that to be honest. Still really happy with the growth though.

update 2: i did cut the domes in half to be shorter, hopefully that will help.

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progress update 5/4/2026: 2 indoor seed starting trays with okra, cucumber, peas, zinnias, and red sunflowers planted 5/1/2026.

Notes/Thoughts: I’m honestly really surprised this much growth has happened so quickly. I’m not sure if this is the normal growing rate for these seedlings, it probably is, it just feels so fast for me as a beginner. I’m really excited about it though.