Here’s a good ‘un fer ya. Ranchers in Wyoming are planting CO2. Yessirree Bob. Read on at the New West Daily News and while you are at it, good idea to subscribe to their free newsletter……good, irreverent writers over there.
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on Aug 9, 2007, 3:03PM
Posted by Mary Ann Reblogged by Old Roses to environment on 2007-08-11, 06:07:29
This is such a tiny plant - not even an inch across and it is about to give me a lovely red bloom. That is, of course, if the rain lets up over the weekend to give it a chance to open. Although if it opens just before a downpour, I'm sure it is doomed to destruction - will need to keep a close eye on it and try to get a photo.
The parent is terribly misshapen - long and etoliated but with lots of offsets around it. I am surprised to see this offset blooming already. I think I need to do something about the parent pot and get it back looking like a plant that is cared for - will probably have to cut off the original plant and reset in another pot, then let the babies all grow and clump up together.
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Posted by Jade Reblogged by Old Roses to cacti on 2007-08-11, 06:07:03
Here's the little begonia that could... that could germinate from a seed that landed in a crack between two bricks in my patio and then bloom.
I haven't had begonias planted anywhere near this spot for two years, so this seed probably lay dormant through two winters, at least, before germinating. . . .
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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to seedlings on 2007-08-11, 06:06:52
The other day I stumbled across a book in my library that I had forgotten about. It's the free-spirited GARDEN: Gorgeous Gardens That Flourish Naturally, by Susan McClure. Funny how books appeal to me differently from time to time, depending on where I am at the moment. This one jumped right out at me as I realized that this is pretty much how I garden. Susan describes a free-spirited garden as, ...a carefree blend of flowers, herbs, and vegetables that reproduce themselves, arise impromptu from seeds, or spread into bold masses and drifts. She goes on to say that, "free-spirited plants multiply without need for your help or money, they fit perfectly into modern lifestyles.". . .
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Posted by Bev Reblogged by Old Roses to books on 2007-08-11, 06:06:08
Gardening is man's feeble, and in the end futile, attempt to manage nature; to bring order to a wayward natural world that we really barely understand. It doesn't help when the garden sheperd also has an obsessive personality... take garden paths. The front entry path to our garden had been built with quite a bit of effort and time, and it was a perfectly fine path, but then the moles came. In making flower beds in the woods, I dug out the clay soil and replaced it with loose compost; wonderful for little plants, but I hadn't realized it was like building swimming pools for every mole in the neighborhood...
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Posted by IBOY Reblogged by Old Roses to pests on 2007-08-11, 06:05:44
I planted a spruce tree three years ago. It is approximately three and a half feet tall. This year, the front part of the tree began losing its needles and is starting to turn brown. Is there anything I can do to bring the tree back to health? (answer).
This morning, on Yahoo, one of the featured videos caught my eye. ABC News did a piece on a group of quirky young NYU students how have devised a way for your plants to CALL you on your PHONE when they need something. The technology has been dubbed Botanicalls. Not enough water and the plant calls. . .
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on Aug 10, 2007, 8:45AM
Posted by Hanna Reblogged by Old Roses to tools on 2007-08-11, 06:03:50
Just for my records, I'm posting the tomatoes I picked today. One Big Boy (the bigger one) and two New Girls. They tasted yummy. (Solanum lycopersicum)
So I have been waiting and feeling and waiting and feeling because I have read that with Aunt Ruby's German Greens that you can't go by sight you have to go by feel. I went to class at 8 this morning to take my last final exam of the summer session and when I got home I went into the garden and gave the first tomato that popped up for the season a squeeze and it had gone from super firm to nice and firm but tender to the touch, you know the way a tomato should feel. I am going to enjoy eating it but I am also going to enjoy saving the seeds for next year. I ahve also seen on several blogs and forums people trade seeds I will probably like to trade seeds too! I also was able to pick some more cucumbers (for pickles) and another Zehpyr Squash. Oh yeah and some type of monstrocity of a nibblett green bell pepper.
Here are some pics.
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Posted by louisj80 Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-08-11, 06:02:10
I picked up this "Black Prince" Echeveria back in November of '06 after I spotted it in a new shipment of succulents at a local Home Depot. Unfortunately this Echeveria started to become a little leggy which is understandable because of the low light conditions indoors over the winter. . . .
The other day, Monday I believe, Chris and I finally finished all the work in the garden that I’d been putting off for months. Ok well not all of it. I still have a few annuals to plant and some of the roses need pruning, but otherwise the garden is ship shape.
It feels good to have it all done. . .
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on Aug 9, 2007, 11:29PM
Posted by Tricia Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening on 2007-08-11, 06:01:31
They’re so colorful. I have heuchera’s growing in shady places in my garden, even below other plants that are in otherwise sunny areas. For example I’ve got coral heuchera growing underneath our ornate Japanese maple tree. The branches drop down almost to the ground so they shade the heuchera from the sun. (the green behind the leaves is astilbe - not weeds!). . .
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on Aug 9, 2007, 9:45PM
Posted by Tricia Reblogged by Old Roses to heuchera on 2007-08-11, 06:01:10
Dave's Garden has a fun quiz posted called "What Style of Gardener Are You?" The tone is most definitely tongue-in-cheek, but there's also a lot of truth to it. Are you the Vigorous, the Amicable, the Idealist or the Academic gardener? Tell me your style, and I'll tell you mine!
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Posted by Beth Reblogged by Old Roses to gardeners on 2007-08-11, 06:00:23
It was a glorious morning. Rain had come, the heat had broken, and the air was fresh. It was the kind of morning that makes you want to play hooky from life and spend all day in the garden. I merrily went about my tasks, weeding and deadheading in a leisurely rather than an I-can't-wait-to-get-back-into-the-air-conditioning way. I also quelled an attempted coup by the salvia in the side border, examined the four wee new cherry tomatoes, ruffled the herbs while sniffing appreciatively and -- as always -- took photos. . . .
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Posted by Beth Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening on 2007-08-11, 06:00:15
I know marigolds are common little flowers, but they I like them. You can count on a marigold to look good without too much fuss. When the rest of the garden dims, there they are glowing like little orange (or yellow, but I like orange) beacons. In the spring, I usually start six dozen plants to tuck in places needing something in the big garden, and to use in my border garden along the house. They even go in with the vegetables, to keep the bugs away. In need of a good filler plant, try marigolds!
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on Aug 10, 2007, 7:16AM
Posted by Sandy Reblogged by Old Roses to marigolds on 2007-08-11, 05:59:33
It looks like Hines nurseries are having further troubles. The second largest wholesale nursery in the country was just de-listed on the New York stock exchange according to Open Register.
Well over a year ago we discussed the problems at Hines. I said then, “We don’t have too much sympathy for Hines. We don’t buy from them as they are thick in the box stores. . . . .
I've been pretty busy, so have been ignoring the upper garden for about a week. Last night I decided to see what was going on up there before I turned on the sprinkler, and for the first time in my gardening life, I found . . . .
Baseball-bat zucchinis.
I've never let something go to this extent before. I remember looking late last week and seeing little tiny zucchinis, but I guess our 90 degree weather has encouraged them to grow, and grow, and grow.
When working in the yard, exposed tree roots can be a major source of annoyance. "Tree roots that grow on the ground's surface are difficult to mow or walk over...
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on Aug 9, 2007, 3:54AM
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It looks like Hines nurseries are having further troubles. The second largest wholesale nursery in the country was just de-listed on the New York stock exchange according to 
