Hey all you garden bloggers on a long awaited Labor Day holiday . I'm taking one too so I'll extend the Garden Bloggers' Muse Day until Tuesday, September 4. Thanks to all who are participating.
Since I found a listing for cotton seeds in the Pine Tree Garden catalog a couple of years ago, I have been trying to grow it in my garden. Last year, I started it too early indoors, and the plant was spindly and weak when I put it out. This year, I planted later and got the plants in the ground about the right time. They didn’t do much until we had the first hot spell of the summer, and then shot up about 8 inches in a few days. Well, it is September 2, and I am just getting blossoms, so don’t know if I will see any cotton bolls this year either. . .
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Posted by Sandy Reblogged by Old Roses to cotton on 2007-09-03, 00:51:43
My boyfriend and I took a trip to Enger Tower this past week for some pictures. The tower has a great view of the city, and some impressive shade gardens as well.
Here’s the view of the lift bridge from the top of the tower.
And a little bee on a Purple Coneflower.
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Yesterday I decided to visit the Staten Island Botanical Garden. For those that don’t know Staten Island is one of the five boroughs that make up New York City. Here is more info on Staten Island: Click here. . .
Who can tell me why you would need a sledgehammer to get a rose bush out of the ground? (And maybe someone can tell me why we even have a sledgehammer!) . . .
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Posted by EAL Reblogged by Old Roses to roses on 2007-09-03, 00:49:49
Tropical Storm Felix has just been named an official hurricane. I'm a little bit more nervous about this one than I was about Hurricane Dean. I'm a hurricane neophyte, but even though Dean seemed larger and had faster winds, Felix is headed more in our direction. . . .
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on Sep 1, 2007, 8:43PM
Posted by La Gringa Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-09-03, 00:49:07
Hey, folks! I'm having problems here with my internet connection. It goes in and out. Even when it is working, it is so excruciatingly slow that I want to tear my hair out. . . .
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on Sep 1, 2007, 7:54PM
Posted by La Gringa Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2007-09-03, 00:48:47
What makes one garden statue look like it belongs there and another look completely out of place? According to professional garden designers, most of us tend to purchase garden...
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There was the almost a bowl of cherry tomatoes and then there was this motley crew of six string beans- count em, a bunch of chives, and some assorted tomatoes in varying degrees of greenness apart from one. That one reddish tomato ripened in a day or so and was eaten sliced, no fuss. . . .
Migration is underway and our yard in filled with hummingbirds. I counted 6 at one time yesterday and could hear more chirping and chasing each other that I couldn't see. You can't look outside without seeing at least one hummingbird:)
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Posted by Lisa Reblogged by Old Roses to birds on 2007-09-03, 00:47:19
My daughter had Friday off, so she and I went to see the Oldfields-Lilly house and gardens. She had been once before with a group of girls from church. I hadn't even known it was there until she told me about it. This property has recently become a national historic landmark. The property was once owned by the Lilly family of Eli-Lilly Pharmaceuticals. They donated the land to the Art Association of Indianapolis which used the property to build the Indianapolis museum of Art. . . .
Sweetly Scented Honeysuckle from the Scented garden at Harlow Carr. I loved the sunlight splashing through the leaves and illuminating the flowers.And the wasp to the right of the white and yellow flowers. Its the first of September, where does the time go?I have been given a few details of houses with gardens. Honeysuckle will be one of my first plants to be bought.I love the scent...
Now that September has arrived, I finally have an excuse to post a blog link to my photo gallery of fall foliage pictures! Through proper tree selection, you can turn...
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on Sep 1, 2007, 3:49AM
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Hi everyone,
This may seem like a quaint idea to some, but I am quite curious - has anyone ever planted on the moon or picked herbs.vegetables, or fruit on the appropriate moon phase? If you have followed this system, what sort of results did you achieve?
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on Sep 1, 2007, 6:50PM
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The World is so empty if one thinks only of the mountains, rivers, and cities; but to know someone who thinks and feels with us, and who, though distant is close to us in spirit, this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Posted by ladyluz Reblogged by Old Roses to whimsy on 2007-09-03, 00:43:24
September arrived on a cool breeze. Another sign of approaching autumn. While weeding last week, I saw the tiny white flowers of some type of cress - one of my earliest spring weeds - and thought how spring and fall are sometimes mirror images. . . .
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Posted by Entangled Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2007-09-03, 00:43:12
This is the last batch of photos from my recent visit to Longwood Gardens, where I spent my time in the annual section of the Idea Garden. Here's a map of the Idea Garden so you can see what it contains. The annual section (in the upper lefthand corner) is rich with inspiration and ideas, yet it is just a small fraction of the Idea Garden. And the Idea Garden is just a small portion of Longwood.
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Posted by Beth Reblogged by Old Roses to botanical_garden on 2007-09-03, 00:42:26
Borage. The very name has me shaking with fear. My garden in London is overrun with the stuff, and it's all my fault. I planted it about fifteen years ago, because I thought the flowers were pretty - but before I knew how invasive it was. It self seeds like crazy. And it has long thick taproots which, in an established plant can go down for two feet or more, making digging it out extremely hard work. . . .
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Posted by Sue Swift Reblogged by Old Roses to borage on 2007-09-03, 00:41:08
Long time, no post. I spent the whole of August at home in London, doing up the house and garden ready for the next tenants. The house had to be cleaned and decorated throughout, and the garden was full of weeds, so it was pretty hard work. I'd intended to post daily while I was there, but found myself unexpectedly cut off from the internet - I managed to check messages once, early on, when I was at a friend's house, but that was it. . .
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Posted by Sue Swift Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardens on 2007-09-03, 00:40:33
Every year I plant about 15 large containers that act as a barrier for a steep drop-off. I usually go down to a couple of nurseries (both retail and wholesale) and get a collection of different annuals. I always get some stalwarts like Petunias, Marigolds and that type of thing and then I try a few new things. This year among the new plants I bought, with the hope they would do well were this new Nemesia and even though I didn’t know it from the scientific name of Erysimum, some Wallflower. Both turned out very well with the added bonus of being fragrant. . . .
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