I had 2 very healthy moonvines growing since mid February, and about 10 days ago I decided I wanted to harden it off a little, since it was sooooo warm and sunny outside. Every day I'd put the pot under a tree in semi shade for a few hours.

May be it was still too much sun or wind for little seedlings, but one didn't make it and another one is in tough shape: paper thin, barely any color left in the leaves, not sure if it will make it.

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 Welcome to my corner of the ocean, or the island.

This blog is my effort to record a year of different flowers, both wild and garden beauties, blooming on Block Island, which is 12 mi off the coast of RI..........so, I decided to call it "What's blooming in the Atlantic Ocean"

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