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Sunday, July 17, 2005 crammed Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

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So, I found something in the garage the other day that I decided to use for covering the female flower. It's marketed as a turkey stuffing bag. But, it's basically a very flexible cotton bag, almost like cheesecloth. I tied it off with a string and covered it with the basket in the background.

The basket has the handles cut off and taped up with padding so that they don't damage the vines that run through the holes from one end of the basket to another. I have been using it for the last couple of days to shade the flower from the hot sun. It's been around the mid 30s Celsius over the last couple of days. But, it's also felt closer to 40 because the rain is causing a lot of humidity. So, the basket is also keeping the flower dry.
 



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