Hey all. This here is what I've got left over after the grow season this year. I'm up in Maine so have to bring my un-harvestable allies inside for the winter. These are all photos inside of my ghetto greenhouse (a shack connected to the house, used for storage that I renovated into a make-shift greenhouse). It'll be about 30 degrees (f) outside, and with the sun shining the greenhouse will be nearly 80 without any other energy used than the sun. I haven't even finished insulating and sealing yet!!! I plan on expanding this garden into a entheogenic/medicinal botanical business next spring through the harvest to make a little extra money. Don't know if it'll happen though, we'll see when the time comes though. Anyway, here are some of my more interesting babies...
 A few Desmanthus illinoensis. These were germinated in mid-summer. They're fucking slow growers, and I dunno if they'll survive. They'll bottom leaves are starting to discolor and wilt, and I'm not sure what's wrong 
 My Heimia salicifolia (Sinicuichi) bush. This was dormant all summer because I was watering it too much, now that I brought it inside you can see all the new branches sprouting from the base. :-)
 Here's a couple of lactuca virosa (opium lettuce) I germinated a couple months ago. They were growing slow, but since I brought them in and water them nearly every day, they're loving it.
 Here's a couple datura lafluer lilac. Since it's late in the season they began to flower at about 4 inches tall with only a couple leaves. I potted the two largest and keep pinching the flower pods off allowing them to branch. Eventually they'll be insane bushes with tons of flowers on each. The other pot is a few Tagetes lucida plants. They're growing fast. Surprisingly my plants seem to be doing better in the greenhouse now than they were outside in the summer, hmmm..
 Here's a few celea zacatechichi plants I recieved from a member here, as well as a lilac plant I've been growing for a couple years. The first year it didn't grow worth shit, maybe a few inches and just stayed dormant, but this year it sprouted up nice. It would have survived if I left it outdoors, but I figured I'd bring it in so I could take clones come next spring.
 An ashwaghanda plant, and a bunch of sage plants in a pot.
 Here's my mother salvias from this year. I had one bush that was 5 ft tall with about 100 tops and I harvested it because all of these ones were getting good-sized, plus I didn't really have the space for that monster this winter. These smaller one's are more managable.
 These are my psychotria viridis plants. Doing pretty nicely. If you look really close the pot on the far right has a tiny, tiny seedling, just sprouted this week, of Psychotria carthingenesis (spelling?).
 This is my mimosa scabrella. She grows faster than fuck despite the adverse conditions I've exposed her too. Definately not the tropics here, but she loves it :-) This one's only a few months old, and nearly a foot tall with plent of branches, and beginning nice nodal growth.
 A couple leonotis nepetifolia plants I saved out from my seedlings this year. I planted all my seeds to late, and they never got big enough, let alone flower. So I potted up the two largest and brought them inside. The nodes and tops are just beginning to show signs of flower buds (very tiny). I can't wait! I'll probably clone these sometime this winter to plant established next spring.
 This is my cacti/succulent shelve. I've got a couple pereskiopsis, a couple Kanna, a few san pedro, and a Trichocerues bridgessi.
 A lone acacia berlandieri I got to germinate. Growing about as nicely as I'd imagine it would for being a few months old. I hear the grow really slow for their first year then really take off.
Well, that's all for now folks. Hope you've enjoyed the tour. I'll post more pics through the winter when I start some new plants. I've got thousands of seeds I need to germinate for next year, wish me luck :-D And thanks to all you wonderful traders out there who've made this special garden possible! I am deeply indebted and graciously appreciative! Peace people!
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