i'm new to the northwest turtle island (willapa hills of southwest washington) and wondering of any people/places to locate fresh non-GM organic seeds, hopefully local strains as this is a pretty unique environment... a LOT of rain but winters that are mild for this far north. confident in most of the supplies from 'seeds of change' but they've become pretty pricey.
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I've been lost in space the past few weeks. Busy getting back in the "school" mode and just trying to survive the oppressive, bug-riddled end of summer. During this time of depression, my poor garden has been in "survival mode". I've pulled three wheelbarrows of weeds this past week. It looks like rain then next few days and bringing some relief from the heat. Does anyone have St. Augustine grass? Look underneath the wheelbarrow. It's not from it...I moved it there five minutes before I shot the photo. I just bought grub treatment. I don't have a clue if that's the problem, but the rest of the lawn looks healthy, so I thought that was a good place to start. Next week will be a happier post with flowers.
It is very appropriate that Layanee and Shirl chose this time of the year to ask people to showcase their ornamental grasses... it's the time of the year when most of them start to come into their glory in our gardens, with fall colors and showy inflorescences. They also offer great fall and winter movement--check out this post of ornamental grass videos by Craig at Ellis Hollow to get a taste of that virtue.. . .
I have an Army of lizards in my garden working 24 – 7 keeping the garden free of bugs. Over the years that I been gardening in Florida, I have come to the conclusion that my best friends in the garden are the hundreds of lizards I have thru out. . . .
I'm joining a number of fellow bloggers in the celebration of ornamental grasses. When Shirl started this topic, my initial feeling was that I just don't have enough of them. I love grasses-- the way they catch the light and move in the breeze-- but I tend to feel that they look best in big, natural looking drifts, and I just don't have that much room. I do however have this:
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Ten years ago I planted this crabapple (Malus 'Guinivere') in a bed bordered by the side of the garage, the front porch and the walkway that takes you from the driveway to the porch. I took this picture shortly after I planted it. (I scanned in the picture so it is not the best quality.). . .
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It's raining! It's not quite 7 AM and the rain is delightful. Have you ever noticed that we get the most rain in the spring and the fall? This seasonal rain is nature's way of nurturing the plants and trees so they can manage to make it through a long and sometimes difficult winter. Use this as a CLUE for your gardening. . . .
A flock of these lil' birds visited yesterday --- not interested in our sunflower seeds, but eating the bugs from the leaves' undersides. (does everyone have this? aphid colonies on every leaf?). . .
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Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2007
This was another freebie tomato so I have no comments as to why I bought this. Just ended up here by dumb luck.
To kind of add a little salt to this, these seeds were freebies with some seeds I bought off eBay to grow. The seeds all . . .
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Yes, a victor has already been declared in the Tiniest Tomato Competition over at May Dreams Gardens. But if this little slugger of a 'Small Fry' cherry tomato had ripened up just a little bit sooner, it surely could have held its own!
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The main entrance (which isn't used) features planters that I've put out just about every year with something different planted in them each time. This year they have classic spikes, 'Madness Midnight' petunias and 'New Carpet of Snow' alyssum. My delight with the performance of the petunias was expressed in the post O Ye of Little Faith. I'm really pleased with how these containers turned out; the plants make a strong long-distance impact and also look beautiful close up. . . .
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I can't say that I'm quite as big a fan of weeding as Lori Geistlinger claims to be in her post Confessions of a Compulsive Weeder at Dave's Garden. But weeding does have its benefits, even beyond the obvious result of an attractive and healthy garden. In fact, I've learned some valuable lessons about life while ridding my gardens of these unwelcome guests. In weeding, as in life. . .
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You will find my garden lacking in ornamental grasses.
I know of many good reasons to plant ornamental grasses, including for the winter interest they provide and for the movement they add to the garden as they sway out there in the wind. . . .
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I took this shot sometime this summer, but didn’t do anything with it because I am not sure what kind of feather it is. I think maybe turkey, but I found it close to where a pair of hawks were nesting this year, so it might be from one of them.
Pam from Naturewoman did a feather post today, and Mary from Mary’s View is planning to do one, so I thought I post mine, too. Anyone know what it is?
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Mrs Tiggy Winkle, the famous Hedgehog from Beatrix Potters book.
Beatrix was born in 1866 in South Kensington London. She kept many animals and started studying them and drawing them. She visited places of great natural beauty in Scotland and the Lake District. She enjoyed painting landscape pictures. . . .
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The Sedum in Hils garden was just opening its flower buds on Friday night. The colours are like candy, with pink and white mingling together.
Its Sunday early morning now.I have to get ready for work again tomorrow.
There is an Autumn Flower show next week in Harrogate. I will be going there with my camera in situ. The last flower show of the year. Will be looking for spring bulbs for Fran.
Hope all your Sundays are peaceful and full of Gardening :)
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.... the beautiful Eurobodalla Regional Botanic Gardens, which are situated on a 42 hectare forest site five kilometres south of Batemans Bay on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia.
The gardens grow and display plants which occur naturally in the region. The site abounds with a wide variety of flora and fauna including many of the 2000 species of plants, trees and shrubs of the region. There are kangaroos, wallabies, bandicoots, possums, echidnas, snakes, lizards, frogs and many birds. Features include display gardens, walking tracks, picnic and barbecue areas, a Visitors Centre and café. . . .
Recently after some heavy rains I went out into my garden to collect nasturtium seeds. As I was lifting up some of the foliage, to look for fallen seeds on the ground, I noticed a few slugs. My first reaction was "Cool! A new bug to photograph" but then it dawned on my that having these garden pests in the garden wasn't such a good thing. . . .
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Yesterday I had the pleasure of attending the 3rd wedding for my long-time and dear friend Walaya Arayawongkul. Believe it or not, she has married the same guy (Michael Kretzmer) in all three weddings. Thanks to the quirky nature of US immigration law, her wedding in her native Thailand was not valid in the US, the JP. . .
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I have a few ceramic and metal pieces scattered throughout the garden beds, on the fence or in this case on the wall of my enclosed back porch. I think my garden decor is tasteful and there’s only a few items scattered throughout the garden so it’s certainly not overwhelming. If anything is overwhelming in my garden it’s the roses. . .
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Cannas will always make me think of my dad. When I was growing up, we had a circular flower bed to the south of our house where Dad would plant red cannas. Mom was the flower gardener, whereas Dad mostly took care of the vegetables, but he always did the cannas. . . .
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Just when you thought your plants and flowers were done doing what they did all summer, they're rewarding you with yet another treasure: SEEDS! Most of them are all tuckered out from pouring forth their jeweled colors and elaborate frills, but they have mustered just enough energy to keep things going for next year. . . .
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I planted sweet potato slips back at the beginning of May. I got the slips from my good gardening buddy Bill. Before I planted them, I spread a few wheelbarrow-fulls of trash wood mulch from the dump. . . .
Mushroom compost... one cubic yard, to be exact. Not exactly pleasant smelling... some anaerobic breakdown going on. I picked it up from West Volusia Shed Co., for $18. They give it away (or almost give it away) in Apopka, but in my old truck it would likely cost more than $18 in gas to drive to Apopka, not to mention wasting an afternoon driving there & back, when I could be gardening!
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