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One of my sisters lives in Algonquin, Illinois, near Chicago. In constrast to our never-ending drought, she reports: Crazy rain – we are now at 27.5 inches since mid July. We drove through several areas of flooding over the road on our way home from work last night. It took 90 minutes as opposed to the usual 25 to get home. The river in our town is flooding as well. Good thing we don't live near it. . . .
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Posted by Yvonne Cunnington Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-08-25, 06:34:22
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 Click on the radar map to view bigger
4:30 a.m.: Wake to thunder and lightning and then finally some rain falling around 5 a.m. I take a cup of tea and sit outside on the front porch bench while it comes down. It feels like balm for the soul. When it's over, the rain gauge shows 3/10ths of an inch. More in the forecast for later this morning, around 11 a.m. We'll see. . . .
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Posted by Yvonne Cunnington Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-08-25, 06:34:01
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Sometimes we're lucky enough to have a 2-for-1 in landscape design. Herbs are for more than just cooking. An artistic eye can find a myriad of uses for herbs in...
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on Aug 24, 2007, 4:55AM
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I just bought a WWII-era booklet called Plots Against Hitler on eBay. It's about allotments, of course. Just trying to find out whether it's legal copyright-wise to scan it in and put it on this blog ...
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on Aug 24, 2007, 11:45AM
Posted by Jane Perrone Reblogged by Old Roses to books on 2007-08-25, 06:33:33
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 With fall around the corner, I noticed the leaves are starting to turn. So I started wondering...
Like leaves on a maple tree, we come into this life, are here for a few days, and then are gone. Nobody remembers us, and nobody misses us, except maybe the gardener that rakes a few leaves into the compost pile. . . .
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on Aug 22, 2007, 1:50PM
Posted by marion@ptialaska.net (Marion Owen) Reblogged by Old Roses to foliage on 2007-08-25, 06:33:21
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 Yesterday on the Channel 4 segment about groundcover alternatives, I mentioned you can find good moss sources online. Here are the links I recommend:
~ Moss Acres
~ Spring Hill Nurseries
Pictured here is my shady front path that I'm cultivated moss in and around. There was a wonderful lawn of moss I saw on the Brookland Garden Tour a couple years ago, but I cannot find an image of it in my photo records. It was a backyard near the Franciscan Monastery and was impressive for its size, uniformity, and grooming. As anyone has tried to cultivate a nice patch of moss from scratch knows, it takes a lot of painstaking weeding if you want it to be perfect. I'm not personally into the tweezers and magnifying lens level of maintenance, but if you have the time and inclination, who am I to judge? I'm sure it is very Zen-like. For my lazy gardener maintenance regime, I just weed-whack the area every month or so down to below one inch. That usually takes care of any errant turfgrass and other weeds that are trying to start up in the moss.
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Posted by WashingtonGardener Reblogged by Old Roses to moss on 2007-08-25, 06:33:02
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The Fuchsias are having another go at struttng their stuff and this one is front and center.
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Posted by J.P. Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2007-08-25, 06:32:26
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Some days it doesn't pay to get out of bed in the morning.
Me? I woke up just fine and am having a good day, but this poor little hummingbird in the gardens of the Mast Farm Inn is having a rough go of it. Apparently, the bird impaled a flying something with it's beak and now has the dead corpse stuck on it. I watched in amusement as it tried its best to git rid of the evidence. . . .
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on Aug 23, 2007, 4:58PM
Posted by Marie Freeman Reblogged by Old Roses to birds on 2007-08-25, 06:32:05
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Posted by Colleen Vanderlinden (nospam@example.com) Reblogged by Old Roses to books on 2007-08-25, 06:31:10
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They’ve got darn near everything at the fair: butterheads, crop art, giant slides and all-you-can-eat on a stick. This year, they’re gonna have the Greengirls, too.
The garden blogging trio is going to be at the Star Tribune booth (at the base of the ramp to the Grandstand) from 4 to 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 27. . . .
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on Aug 24, 2007, 8:00AM
Posted by Connie Nelson Reblogged by Old Roses to shows on 2007-08-25, 06:31:01
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My attempt to draw more butterflies to the garden didn’t go as planned. I did get lots more butterflies, but not as many varieties as I expected. My garden was swamped with monarchs, sulphurs, white cabbage butterflies, and american coppers, and I did have several swallowtails, an american lady, and a red admiral early in the season. But not anything like I had last year, when I wasn’t trying to draw them. . .
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on Aug 23, 2007, 5:41PM
Posted by Sandy Reblogged by Old Roses to beneficials on 2007-08-25, 06:30:40
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Four crocus out of 20 is not really a good result, but maybe quality is better than quantity. Or perhaps I'm just impatient and more will come up.
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Posted by Alice Reblogged by Old Roses to crocus on 2007-08-25, 06:30:15
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 Welcome to a very rosy Show & Tell Friday hosted by Kelli at There's no place like Home!
My “Show & Tell” of this week is dedicated to the queen of all flowers: the rose! Heute dreht sich alles um die Königin der Blumen, die Rose!  May I proudly present you to my very new rose! It’s called Pastella and was bred by the German rose grower Tantau in 2004. I admired it at a garden fair a couple of weeks ago. I immediately felt in love with it and entered its name on my wish-list. And during a visit at a nearby nursery last week, I was more than overjoyed that it was offered for sale over there!. . .
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Posted by Anita Reblogged by Old Roses to roses on 2007-08-25, 06:29:47
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That is what it is like here, the heat finally made it in conjunction with the thunderstorms, and we are steaming. The grass is growing and I might make it out there early tomorrow to mow ( if it doesn't rain again) but there is no way I am going to melt away in this heat. What survives -survives. Trying to be one of the surviviors here....
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Posted by Ilona Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-08-25, 06:27:34
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 If you are going to save corn seed this year, make sure it has not been cross pollinated, or that it is not seed from a hybrid plant, because hybrid varieties may not produce fertile seed. You’ll want to do this seed saving exercise only with a non-hybrid variety of corn. . . .
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Posted by Hilary Reblogged by Old Roses to corn, seeds on 2007-08-25, 06:27:14
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 Six days ago I noticed my black Coleus had started to rot in a few places up the main stem. I cut off the pieces that were rotting and just dumped the scraps in the garden among other plants. Today before the big storms hit us I was in the garden trying to capture photos of a butterfly that was visiting and noticed that the Coleus cuttings still had not died. . . .
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Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to coleus on 2007-08-25, 06:26:51
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 Just two years ago I thought collecting seeds in my garden was the easiest thing in the world. I could wait until November and collect fully intact Purple Coneflower seed heads. The only obstacles I encountered where the occasional humans who dug out plants or pulled the cones from my plants. I could wait until the cone had tuned black and some of the stem started to blacken and die before I cut off the heads and saved them for trades or for sowing back into the garden. . . .
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Posted by MrBrownThumb Reblogged by Old Roses to echinacea, seeds on 2007-08-25, 06:26:27
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After three days of solid rain, this was a check-up morning.
There was good news and bad news.
TOMATO LOST
One of the five tiny green Small Fry cherry tomatoes
was struck from the stem and lying in the dirt:
I'll "harvest" it and see if it ripens indoors.
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TOMATOES FOUND
As if to counter that small but tender loss, the Mortgage Lifter plant
showed off its first two tomatoes of the season:
I had been about to give up on the Mortgage Lifter,
thinking it wasn't going to produce anything.
Patience (and lots of rain) pays off!
Related Posts:
Cherry Tomatoes on the Way
Newbies - Tomato Plants & Gerbera Daisy
"Your Salad is Served"
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Posted by Beth Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2007-08-25, 06:25:55
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  The first thing I saw Yesterday was the Butterflys, flying around the Buddleja on the curved border by the main entrance building. Tens of them flitting about, diving in the pollen, and sunbathing on the floor. Back to work for me so more Harlow Carr posts tonight.... Ps Added on Sunday: Kylee made me do a google search. This butterfly is a Small Tortoise shell.Its still pretty! The first photo has a Peacock Butterfly and a small Tortoise shell in it.
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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to beneficials on 2007-08-25, 06:25:44
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Xeriscaping is landscaping with drought resistent plants; not nessecarily succulent plants.
I just popped into a ‘lens‘ about xeriscaping which is not only easy to read but also provides the reader with interesting practical insight.
Two other interesting lenses are one about ourselves and one about succulents.
Not a lens but a nice blog about our favorite subject from Arizona is Water When Dry.
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on Aug 24, 2007, 4:40AM
Posted by soekershof Reblogged by Old Roses to xeriscape on 2007-08-25, 06:25:35
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Since I wrote a story about our hummingbird visit the other day I figured that I’d better post some photos of the tiny visitor.
These aren’t the best photos as I was snapping them quickly through my “could be cleaner” kitchen window. I took about twenty photos in what I think was only about two or three minutes so it’s not surprise that they aren’t of the best quality.
Here goes:
Coming in for a landing:
Settling in for a quick drink:
I’m pretty sure my little friend is a Ruby Throated Hummingbird. Does anyone know if I’m right?
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on Aug 24, 2007, 3:32AM
Posted by Tricia Reblogged by Old Roses to birds on 2007-08-25, 06:25:21
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via Idaho Gardener on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
To sow again. Sow, not sew or so and so.
Rip out those straggly looking annuals that you are sick and tired of looking at, and make way for some fresh salad greens. Or carrots. Or anything that you can grow in a pot in 60 days or less. Arugula. Beet greens. Scallions. You might even go out and buy yourself a new jumbo pot (most are on sale now) to plant in. Yes, jumbo, at least 20 inches across and bigger is better, size DOES matter. Fill the pot to within a couple of inches of the top of the pot with a good quality potting soil or a mix of half potting soil and half compost, preferably from your compost pile but any good brand is worth its price. . . .
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on Aug 22, 2007, 9:00AM
Posted by Mary Ann Reblogged by Old Roses to harvest on 2007-08-25, 06:24:48
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Just had the great pleasure of staying with my forever gal pal Robin and her husband Mark at their farmette near Brush Prairie, Washington. Mark the Man, who has his very own man-cave and poker chip collection, is a kick butt bar-B-Q master of ribs. Robin laid it on thick herself with a pile of gorgeous red and yellow cherry tomatoes, perfect cucumbers that looked like they came from a grocery store (seeds from Territorial and soon as I get the name I will share it with you) but had all the flavor of home grown. Then, she dazzled us with three varieties of warm blueberries right off the bushes. Oh, and the blackberries! These blackberries were huge and from the vines that run amouk on their property. Not all of the vines yield good berries, but the tasty ones are worth the scouting and taste-testing effort. . .
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on Aug 21, 2007, 2:46PM
Posted by Mary Ann Reblogged by Old Roses to berries, recipes on 2007-08-25, 06:24:02
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 Yummy!
As surprising as this may seem, blueberries are grown in Honduras. I don't know for sure, but I think they are grown in the cooler mountainous areas and mostly for export. They grow the large rabbit eye blueberries that are grown in Texas.
Blueberries are rare here in La Ceiba. We've only seen them at the grocery once before. Another time a neighbor whose uncle grows them for export gave us a couple of gallon bags. Boy, was I happy! We shared some with our workers who had never seen blueberries before but really liked them, too. I hoarded the rest for months in the freezer. . . .
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on Dec 31, 1969, 6:59PM
Posted by La Gringa Reblogged by Old Roses to berries, recipes on 2007-08-25, 06:23:33
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 Irgendwie glaub ich, wir haben Herbst. Eigentlich will ich das nicht wahrhaben, aber die Bilder sagen es aus. Ich hoffe auf einen schönen, langen, sonnigen und warmen Herbst. Es hat zwar sehr viel geregnet in diesem Jahr, aber ich will nicht meckern - das Gute daran ist, dass der Garten grün ist. Niemals war die Wiese ohne Wässern so schön grün.
 Hagebutten der Rosa glauca, eine Wildrose mit blauem Laub
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Posted by Hillside Garden Reblogged by Old Roses to autumn on 2007-08-25, 06:23:09
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Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2007
Well, there is no denying why I bought these tomato seeds. We are at war with… no… in… no… around… Aw hell, I don’t know. Some kind of badness is going on in Iraq and it has a cousin and a few friends wrapped up in it. Not to mention. . .
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on Aug 23, 2007, 9:23PM
Posted by Hanna Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2007-08-25, 06:22:03
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 This is the only flower in my garden that seems "happy" right now. 'Autumn Joy' Sedum. Even its name has a happy word in it... joy.
How do I know it's "happy"? Can flowers be "happy"?
My sedum flowers aren't wilting, they are as big and full as they have ever been, and they are starting to attract bees. They are signaling the end of summer and the beginning of fall. Presumably they will go to seed at some point well after the first frost. They are a bright spot in my otherwise dismal flower garden. . . .
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Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to sedum on 2007-08-25, 06:21:40
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via Doug Greens Garden Blog on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
We have been gardening in our Chicago backyard for 40 years this Octber. Our yard is forever changing. We added a pond in our yard in 2004. Our. . .
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on Dec 31, 1969, 6:59PM
Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2007-08-25, 06:21:11
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Organic gardening on Canada's East Coast. A good reference for gardeners whether they are beginning or have been living by trowel and error for years. . . .
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on Dec 31, 1969, 6:59PM
Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to books on 2007-08-25, 06:20:40
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I'm not sure how I'd write that particular word combination, but I'm sure how I said it when I discovered yesterday that some critter had been eating off my lily buds. I've got it pegged down to a rabbit as the stems are quite cleanly cut off and there's no buds left lying around. . . .
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on Dec 31, 1969, 6:59PM
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We live by our garden stories, they nourish our souls and bring us warmth in the dead of winter. Hey, some of our best garden stories might even happen during the dead of winter. We're so darn busy trying to keep warm and telling stories is a good thing to do in front of a fireplace. . .
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on Dec 31, 1969, 6:59PM
Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening on 2007-08-25, 06:19:46
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This sloped garden behind the house sits above a retaining wall off a brick patio. The garden was started in 2001, after a large, diseased cherry tree. . .
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on Dec 31, 1969, 6:59PM
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My husband and I don't always see eye to eye when we garden, but it's something we both love. We have a crazy garden, a little bit of. . .
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on Dec 31, 1969, 6:59PM
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This was my first attempt at making catsup. I think Dan wished he had worked overtime tonight - after about the 12th time asking him to taste it after I had adjusted something he asked if he was going to be tasting catsup all night! Poor baby! I tried using less sugar, but he and Andy (who eat most of the catsup in this house) just weren't happy with it until I had doubled the amount of sugar I had originally started with. . . .
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Posted by Kathi Reblogged by Old Roses to recipes, tomatoes on 2007-08-25, 06:13:31
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via The Inadvertent Gardener on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
 If you ask a certain quadrant of my friends, they’ll tell you I hang onto things a little too long. Even when the decision has been made for me, I’ll stick by whatever I’m working on at the time, hold onto it until all signs point so clearly to stop that I can’t help but bail out. . . .
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on Aug 23, 2007, 12:42PM
Posted by inadvertentgardener Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2007-08-25, 06:13:29
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I hate seeing summer slip away, but I do love the colors of fall. Not just the leaves changing, but also the richness that comes into the perennial border....
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on Aug 23, 2007, 9:01PM
Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to autumn, flowers on 2007-08-25, 06:13:25
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It hasn't been the best year for tomatoes, has it? Spring was slow to heat up. Rain was feast or famine. The only thing most of us...
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on Aug 23, 2007, 12:03PM
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