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Posted by A wildlife gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to teasels on 2007-08-08, 06:54:21

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I had planned, honest, I had, to go to yoga this morning. But then I got swamped at the desk. I know I know it’s no excuse. But let me tell you what I have been up to.

First a shout out to my new blogging pal, Sweet Home and Garden in Chicago……I listed her on the blog roll to the right. Whip on over there. She has a nice blog roll that I took a minute to scroll through, too make sure I am up on the latest bloggers to enter the garden. . .

reBlogged to blogs on Aug 7, 2007, 11:24AM

Posted by Mary Ann Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2007-08-08, 06:53:45

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OK - got a birthday present to give soon? Or how about a thank-you gift? Or maybe even a gift just because you think it would be a great idea? Here's an interesting way to give a gift that works. . . .

reBlogged to gardening on Aug 7, 2007, 2:48PM

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Garden Podcasts for August 2007

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Salvia are a wonderful family of plants and while the breeders have been working overtime to bring us new colours, let me offer this somewhat jaded gardener's point of view. Many of the

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Finally, we're starting to get some tomatoes!

The cast of characters includes Be My Baby red cherry, yellow pear, Gregori's Altai (the biggest tomato), and Carmello (the two 2nd biggest tomatoes). In the freezer bag are the first of the Principe Borghese. These are for drying, so I'll freeze what I harvest until I have a reasonable number for drying. Last year I used the oven - this year I might just splurge on a dehydrator. We'll see . . . .

Last night for dinner I just sliced up the Gregori Altai and the two Carmellos and served them with Minnesota chicken and corn on the cob from the Farmer's Market. All local, all delicious.

reBlogged to tomatoes on Aug 7, 2007, 3:51PM

Posted by Talbin Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2007-08-08, 06:52:24

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I finished off sowing the seeds after breakfast. The idea was to return to it with some the best of the ailing seed potatoes in the afternoon. A short blast of rain and a thunderstorm later put an end to that. The downpours only lasted five and fifteen minutes, the first being a bit of a [...]

reBlogged to planting

Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to planting on 2007-08-08, 06:52:14

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Did you know it’s National Farmer’s Market Week? It’s true. If you haven’t been to your local farmer’s market yet this year, now is a perfect time to visit. It’s harvest time for a lot of local edibles, not the least of which (as Connie pointed out in the last post) is tomatoes. . . .

reBlogged to vegetables on Aug 7, 2007, 11:48AM

Posted by Robyn Dochterman Reblogged by Old Roses to vegetables on 2007-08-08, 06:51:58

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Our watermelon plant produced only one melon,
but what a fine melon it was.
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"Live in each season as it passes;
breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit."
- Henry David Thoreau

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Posted by Christa Reblogged by Old Roses to watermelon on 2007-08-08, 06:51:38

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There are some communities that have ordinances prohibiting the hanging of clothes out on a line to dry. I even know of one suburban woman who runs a line below the top of her fence (she must have very high fences) so that nobody will see her clothes line -- unless they look into her yard from their upstairs windows!

Honestly! If we're going to get all "private" about stuff, I should hardly think the clothes line is where we should start!. . .

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Posted by Kati Reblogged by Old Roses to environment on 2007-08-08, 06:51:28

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this probably won't be. I've been tagged by Bev from Bev's Colorado Garden some time ago to reveal 7 random things about myself. I finally found the time to do so. Consider yourself warned!

Here goes. . .

reBlogged to gardeners

Posted by Yolanda Elizabet Reblogged by Old Roses to gardeners on 2007-08-08, 06:50:45

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There's an irrefutable link between chili peppers and testosterone. It seems the hotter the chili becomes the greater the level of testosterone required to consume it.

It was never a rare occurrence during my school years to hear or witness the new boy being dared to bite into a jalapeno. Then the challengers would be marched into the Principal's office as the poor newbie was quickly dashed to the nurse's room, or hospital if it were really bad. . . .

reBlogged to peppers on Aug 6, 2007, 7:22PM

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It looks so sweet and innocent, doesn't it?

I was so excited to report in my Morning Glory Comes to Call post that this flower, which jumped from my neighbor's hedge onto and around a wash-line pole in my yard, appeared to be a morning glory. But my happiness was short-lived. My blogging friend Connie of Notes from a Cottage Garden kindly warned me in a post comment that, based on the leaves, the plant looked like bindweed. . . .

reBlogged to vines

Posted by Beth Reblogged by Old Roses to vines on 2007-08-08, 06:49:57

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I prefer my food on the ground...not having to poke my head into this silly little bowl while trying to balance on the doorstep as well!. . .

reBlogged to pests

Posted by A wildlife gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to pests on 2007-08-08, 06:49:29

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So, on Sunday morning, over my locally-grown cantaloupe and locally-laid eggs, I took a gander through the 2007 Iowa State Fair supplement in the newspaper to see what my friends and I will have to look forward to when we attend on Saturday. . .

reBlogged to shows on Aug 7, 2007, 11:42AM

Posted by inadvertentgardener Reblogged by Old Roses to shows on 2007-08-08, 06:48:44

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Being an easy-going guy, I may have opinions about things in the garden, but seldom get emotional enough to have strong feelings about anything. The black cherry trees (Prunus serotina) may be an exception. We lost all the elm trees in our woods due to Dutch elm disease, leaving us with a limited selection of large canopy trees; a few nice oaks, a couple of ashes, and lots of black cherry trees... the cherries are 60-70 feet tall now. . . .

reBlogged to trees

Posted by IBOY Reblogged by Old Roses to trees on 2007-08-08, 06:48:17

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I am now back with some of my own plants below. Did not have much before, but things are beginning to bloom.


Above left my prize winning Cattleya Jenmanii Castro x Rosa, I repotted it and had stop flowering, but it ahs clearly come back with force. On the right is a Cattleya Gaskelliana Alberto x Hot Fire. Both are Venezuelan species. . . .

reBlogged to orchids on Aug 5, 2007, 11:05PM

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I planted my pumpkins 11 weeks ago and here is how they are doing. I am training them to grow up, and not out, and it is working great.

I have several pumpkins coming and I will eventually have dozens of them from a garden space that is only 2 feet wide x 5 feet long!

Not too bad!. . .

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Posted by Hilary Reblogged by Old Roses to pumpkins on 2007-08-08, 06:47:29

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OK, so I am linking back again to another blog/article/newspaper. I am JUST TRYING MY BEST TO KEEP YOU ON TOP OF EVERY LITTLE THING IN THE GARDENING WORLD. Somewhere on this site it says I am a clearinghouse for gardening information. So, here is a great article, via Ketzel Levine’s Blog on NPR’s website, then I cut over to the American Society of Landscape Architect’s blog and while reading I came across this: an article in a British newspaper and brought to you by ME! It’s all about the history of gardens and you can read it here. What I do to keep you all in the loop!

Uh oh. that is showing up in Italian. Ciao Bellis! Will try to fix it.

reBlogged to gardens on Aug 7, 2007, 4:42AM

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reBlogged to vegetables

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We had some nice steady rain Monday morning. Not near enough, but still, I can't say it was entirely welcome. The humidity outside is off the chart in my opinion. And the rain only seemed to make it more steamy. . . .

reBlogged to weather

Posted by millionbells Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-08-08, 06:46:06

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Yesterday morning I did another guest stint on Channel 9 News. They have out web site link up in the Info to Go and maybe add the whole clip of the segment to their Living Green page. The piece was on our current cover story of turflawn alternatives. I had six flats of examples of groundcovers that were generously provided by The Perennial Farm, a local wholesale grower that provides plants to area garden centers. Here is a photo of them laying in my yard prepped and ready to go on-air. Most of the donations come from the Treadwell collection meaning they can take light foot traffic and work well as edging, among stepping stones, and in areas of your yard where you are not playing croquet on a regular basis. . . .

reBlogged to magazines

Posted by WashingtonGardener Reblogged by Old Roses to magazines on 2007-08-08, 06:45:50

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Dragonflies are tough. I can't make this one exactly fit any of the pictures on BugGuide or Giff Beaton's site. I think it's one of the Libellula species but I'm not even sure of that. . . .

reBlogged to insects

Posted by Rurality Reblogged by Old Roses to insects on 2007-08-08, 06:45:22

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My rose bed is beautiful right now.

reBlogged to roses

Posted by Iowa Gardening Woman Reblogged by Old Roses to roses on 2007-08-08, 06:44:01

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reBlogged to hibiscus

Posted by Iowa Gardening Woman Reblogged by Old Roses to hibiscus on 2007-08-08, 06:43:54

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While writing an article on “Fall is for Planting” for our local paper I came across this quote from Don Hinkley. He says “The usual approach to horticulture, if written in equation form would, sadly, read something like this: {long colorless winters} x {lack of connection to natural world} + {visits to nurseries exclusively in spring} = gardens that stop entertaining much too early in the season.” . . .

reBlogged to nursery

Posted by Trey Pitsenberger Reblogged by Old Roses to nursery on 2007-08-08, 06:43:32

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When I was sent the Onya bag to review for the Old Bag Project, my one-blog mission to find the best alternative to the plastic bag, I was immediately impressed. For a start it comes in its own little storage pouch and is super-light; the mini-carabiner attached to the pouch makes it perfect for hanging off the handle of my handbag or the pushchair - hence you've always got this bag, er, Onya. I wasn't disappointed once I'd tried it out, either. It's the only bag I've tried that I actually remembered to carry about with me, and it has...

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Posted by Jane Perrone Reblogged by Old Roses to tools on 2007-08-08, 06:42:28

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Probably the most frequently asked question I get asked when people find out about my interest in plants relates to the watering of houseplants. Specifically, people want to know what I call "the houseplant numbers"-meaning they want to know how many cups of water they should give their houseplants per week. Unfortunately houseplants don't operate on our schedules and they don't understand liquid measurements. . . .

reBlogged to watering houseplants

Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to houseplants, watering on 2007-08-08, 06:42:17

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I'm in spray paint hell.

I stripped the freecycle table and I actually kinda liked the way it looked afterward but noooooooooo, I had to go and paint it. So I got Copper spray paint from Ace, painted it, hated it. That's it below with the Copper color. I asked Mr. Wonderful and his reply was "i like it - it looks fresh and new" BAD! I don't want fresh and new, I want old and weathered. After another trip to Ace I returned with some grayish "hammered finish" spray paint. Painted it, hate it even more! I didn't include a picture here but just imagine medium boring gray. Mr Wonderful's dad said "it looks like you couldn't decide what color to paint it since I can see at least 3 different colors." What a mess. Now I dunno what to do.

reBlogged to whimsy

Posted by Gina Reblogged by Old Roses to whimsy on 2007-08-08, 06:41:53

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reBlogged to shows

Posted by Amy Reblogged by Old Roses to shows on 2007-08-08, 06:41:29

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Just because I’m weirdly curious about these types of things, do me a favor and take the M&T poll, below. If you’d like to expand on your answer, or if you find blogs via a method I hadn’t mentioned, I’d love to hear it! And, thank you in advance for participating

reBlogged to blogs on Aug 6, 2007, 9:02PM

Posted by colleen Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2007-08-08, 06:41:20

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I was just telling my husband how odd it seemed that last year there were so many trees infested with tent caterpillars and this year there are none when...you guessed it...I drove out of town to a garden nursery and saw gazillions of them. Yick. . . .

reBlogged to pests on Aug 6, 2007, 10:29PM

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Get the toaster going! Grab the mayo! The best eating of the season is here! It’s TLB time!

(In case you’re wondering, a TLB is a BLT with its priorities straight.). . . .

reBlogged to tomatoes on Aug 6, 2007, 12:28PM

Posted by Connie Nelson Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2007-08-08, 06:40:49

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Though my tomatoes are still mostly green, they are lovely looking fruits and they'll ripen soon. In the mean time, I'm sampling fresh local tomatoes. One problem with having my own garden is not being able to stock up on summer farmer's market produce because I have my own produce filling my counters. Until my tomatoes ripen, I figure I try some different heirloom varieties and see which ones I'd like to grow myself next year. Brandywine is my old favorite. What is your favorite tomato variety?

Solanum lycopersicum

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2007-08-08, 06:40:14

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garden aerial view

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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardens on 2007-08-08, 06:40:01

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Out with the old king’s anthem, in with a new—and floral-- national song.

Originally posted by Julie

reBlogged to flowers on Aug 6, 2007, 10:11PM

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I've been a little blue about the garden. All the rain, then heat and humidity, then some more rain and heat - well, you get the picture. This type of weather pattern can wreak havoc on a garden. So, I was looking at some pictures from earlier in the spring, when I was getting my seeds started to plant later in the ground. I realize that it is alot of hard work, but despite the sometimes disappointing results, it is well worth it. I started gardening not only to get fresh, organic fruits and vegetables to eat and enjoy with family and friends, but also because there is nothing healthier than getting a good sweat outside in the dirt. I really am gardening for health - my physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, and even financial health. Gardening does all that, and more. . . .

reBlogged to weather

Posted by Rose Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-08-08, 06:38:37

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reBlogged to design

Posted by Xris (Flatbush Gardener) Reblogged by Old Roses to design on 2007-08-08, 06:38:08

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Here's some corn, squash, and beans, the "three sisters" from my garden (though technically they might be three cousins because I grew them in separate raised beds instead of all together).

I feel fortunate to be harvesting all three of these vegetables from my garden this summer, given that around here even a hint of rain becomes the lead story on the evening news due to the general lack of rain. Imagine how excited the weathermen were this morning when we got about a half inch of rain, at least through the southern half of the county. . . .

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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest, weather on 2007-08-08, 06:34:17

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