We are going to play a game called Name that Plant. I am not sure what type of plant this is in the above picture. So, I need some help from my readers. Here is the history behind the mysterious plant. . . .
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on Aug 16, 2007, 10:52PM
Posted by Green Talk Reblogged by Old Roses to plants on 2007-08-18, 06:31:38
This is a free gardening ebook because I received a question from a newsletter reader saying she had just purchased a rather large section of land/house and wanted to know how to landscape it. She didn't know anything about gardening and needed to learn it all so she could follow her dreams..
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on Aug 17, 2007, 10:36AM
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Watering the Garden. OK - I've been reading some stuff over at GardenRant about how hard it is to grow Hibiscus or Swamp Mallow.
Hmmm. Seems to me the key is in the name itself...
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on Aug 17, 2007, 9:23AM
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Warning! Porn alert! These are pictures from catalogs! Do not expect this at home! This is the first white version I will have of this native plant (erythronium). . . .
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Posted by EAL Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2007-08-18, 06:29:32
When researching plant problems, sometimes words just aren't enough; a picture would be worth 1000 words. About's Gardening Guide, Marie Iannotti, will facilitate your research with this photo gallery showing...
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on Aug 17, 2007, 3:55AM
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I miss the woods I grew up, for the most part, across the street from a creek and a nice little, narrow wood. Just big enough for vines to be growing from, just enough to get that feeling that you're in the woods.
And if you were willing to traverse the fields a bit, you'd find even more quaint, charming little wooded areas~ plenty of that land was unsold, at the time, so wanderin' free was quite do-able. . . .
My husband snapped this picture of me this evening right after I picked this red cabbage. It is a nice looking cabbage. I think I'll make some cole slaw tomorrow.
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Posted by Kathi Reblogged by Old Roses to cabbage on 2007-08-18, 06:27:59
I spent my day today in the kitchen making salsa to can.
I got tired of the manual food strainer I used last year so I used my holiday bonus last year to buy this attachment for my Kitchen Aid Mixer. This will be my first time using it. . . .
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Posted by Kathi Reblogged by Old Roses to recipes, tomatoes on 2007-08-18, 06:27:29
It’s spider season in the garden. You will see me puttering around the garden with my hoodie up or a hat on carrying a bamboo pole. As much as I adore spiders webs, the thought of their owners getting in my hair just freaks me out.
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on Aug 17, 2007, 12:05PM
Posted by sandy Reblogged by Old Roses to beneficials on 2007-08-18, 06:26:39
Fortunately, another weekend has arrived. And with it comes more time in the garden and hours to wittle away enjoying my favourite hobby.
But as the sun sets on another productive Saturday my mind begins to caress the stay-in-with-a-video notion. The muscles are sore, but not nearly as sore if I hadn't warmed up with some stretching exercises first, and I feel a sense of achievement as I scan the yard. . .
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on Aug 17, 2007, 8:47PM
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Every week my Inbox fills with gardening-related, and some non-related, questions. Readers are often looking for some tips and hints to solve some of their garden problems or troubleshoot issues with their plants. . . .
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on Aug 16, 2007, 8:13PM
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It's not hard to start changing our gardening practices and becoming a little more organic in our thinking. Actually, it can be as simple as turning a few storage tubs into a fully-functioning worm farm. . . .
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on Aug 16, 2007, 7:29PM
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I was hanging out in the garden last night. It was soooooo beautiful that I didn’t want to go in. (Besides, I had dishes to do.) I was picking up sticks from the storms, doing some deadheading when I happened to look at a big clump of ornamental grasses. And what to my wondering eyes should appear? Weeds! Lots of big, tall, weeds — with big, fat seedheads. . .
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on Aug 17, 2007, 11:04AM
Posted by Connie Nelson Reblogged by Old Roses to weeds on 2007-08-18, 06:24:24
The "Theme Gardens" at the Cleveland Botanical Garden are those built for the most recent Flower Show. This year's theme was "Rhythm & Hues," with each garden designer taking a very different approach. There were structures where water cascaded off of the roof and onto drums below and whimsical fountains where water poured out of the mouths of musical instruments.
Almost every garden has at least one Sedum in it and for good reason. Sedum look good all season. They are virtually pest resistant and require minimal maintenance....
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on Aug 16, 2007, 9:33PM
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Isn't spitter an awful name for a statue that has water pumped through it? Frankly, I am not a spitter fan, although there are some fine pieces of statuary out there that I do love. One thing spitters do in our time of water crises is cut down on evaporation and therefore use less water. The folks who are supposed to know such things say that in 6 more years, we will not have enough potable water to sustain our evergrowing population, so we must change our habits. One of the ways to conserve water is to build a rain garden. Check out the link up top for my latest article on how to build a rain garden and do your part to conserve our shrinking water supply.
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Posted by Jan Goldfield Reblogged by Old Roses to ponds on 2007-08-18, 06:22:16
I put together a garden journal at the beginning of the season that's a three-ring binder with dividers, lined paper, and plastic sleeves:
Earlier in the season, I kept a diary of daily garden activities, including tasks, projects and planting dates. But once the project portion of the season was over and I was primarily watering, weeding and deadheading, I stopped making daily entries. Too time-consuming, repetitive, and not helpful for future years. The journal also has plant lists by garden area, a "To Get" list, a plant wish list for the future and a list of future projects. . .
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Posted by Beth Reblogged by Old Roses to books on 2007-08-18, 06:21:07
I finally put the Lumper potatoes out of their misery yesterday. The haulm never looked strong and all the leaf had keeled over in the last week.
There was no sign of blight but I couldn't really think that this straggly foliage which was slowly decaying was going to add anything to the harvest. . . .
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Posted by John Curtin Reblogged by Old Roses to potatoes on 2007-08-18, 06:19:16
A magnolia has flowered for the third time in a year, possibly due to climate change and the unpredictable weather.
John Anderson, 47, head gardener at Exbury Gardens in Hampshire, said the pink New Zealand-bred Apollo hybrid normally only blossomed once a year, in spring.
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on Aug 17, 2007, 2:22AM
Posted by Sandy G Reblogged by Old Roses to trees on 2007-08-18, 06:18:30
So random "It's a Wonderful Life" made me want a moonlight garden. Did I tell you that, yet? With white hollyhocks, and moonflowers, and artemesia, yada yada. I haven't been able to grow a moonflower since moving to Ohio, but a hard-headed hope dies slowly. I haven't given up on it!. . .
"Moisture sensitive tree species like dogwoods, Japanese maples, flowering cherries, and birches may need extra water in times of drought," advises Steve Nix. That may explain the flowering cherry I...
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on Aug 16, 2007, 3:38AM
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Tucked down low on my Gold Medal plant, behind just enough leaves that I didn’t notice it at first, sat the monster. This thing was the tomato equivalent of a baseball bat zucchini: one day it was just a little blossom, and the next thing I knew, it had morphed into a fruit that required me to stretch my hand just to hold it. . . .
We went to my Father-in-Law's house this evening and I walked out to his garden and like my garden turned green, green with envy. His tomatoes look beautiful he had so many super sweet 100s that alot of them were on the ground. The purple heirlooms I gave him had plenty of ripe tomatoes on them and he let me pick all I wanted. I did! We came home and had parmesan crusted grilled cheese with purple and green heirloom tomatoes. I again saved seeds from these SS 100s and the purple heirlooms.
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Posted by louisj80 Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2007-08-18, 06:16:01
I have successfully saved some seeds from my first and DELICIOUS Aunt Ruby's German Green tomato. My garden is still green but, I think the cucumber beetles ravaged my cucumber vines.
My Father-in-Law has gotten some purple tomatoes from the seedlings I gave him so I am going to go and take a look at those tonight. Other than that nothing much new in the garden. I need to harvest my basil and make pesto which I may do tonight.
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Posted by louisj80 Reblogged by Old Roses to seeds on 2007-08-18, 06:15:51
I had two top favourite gardens from tours this summer and this is one of them. It's simple, elegant, understated, and entirely unlike my garden. For starters, the back yard is quite large with very tall pine (and a few other) trees. Colour is mininal: some hosta blossoms in white and pale purple, a sprinkling of pale pink hydrangeas, and green. Green. Green. As I looked over my photos I realized that I did not do the garden justice in my photo taking, but we shall make do. Let's go. . . .
via MucknMire on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Hey!!! That's not my harvest....
