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on Sep 19, 2007, 8:06PM
Posted by Tricia Reblogged by Old Roses to pests on 2007-09-21, 19:00:59
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Yesterday’s fog cloud lifted just in time. (I suspect helpful fairies.) Long shadows, golden brights and dulcet tunes on guitar and mandolin were the stage set, backdrop and surround sound for a gorgeous evening Soiree in the Display Garden - the final one for this season (stay tuned for next year’s Soiree listings).
Italian wines and cheeses were a perfect complement for a positively Tuscan light (it’s what I imagine anyhow…) and an exhuberantly abundant fall garden.
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on Sep 20, 2007, 10:29AM
Posted by Kris Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardens on 2007-09-21, 19:00:21
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I thought fall would begin on September 21 this year, but I was wrong. I've corrected my sidebar count down meter. The equinox is at about 9:30 am on September 23. That means an extra 2 days of summer that I didn't know about. Three cheers!
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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to autumn on 2007-09-21, 18:59:44
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via Nature Trail on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
~ double impatiens cradle my earth angel~ ~"a good exercise for the heart is to bend down and help another up"
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Posted by Naturegirl Reblogged by Old Roses to impatiens on 2007-09-21, 18:59:37
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via About Gardening on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
As gardens start to fade in the fall, you become all the more aware of the importance of having structure in the garden. The term Garden Bones can be...
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on Sep 19, 2007, 9:10PM
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Posted by Amy Reblogged by Old Roses to gardeners on 2007-09-21, 18:58:26
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Posted by Susan Reblogged by Old Roses to compost on 2007-09-21, 18:57:09
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via Empress of Dirt: The Garden on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Let's say, hypothetically speaking, that you live on the edge of town in a very quiet neighborhood. You have stayed in this neighbhorhood because, well, it's very peaceful, even though it may not be the home of your dreams.
Let's say, hypothetically, that it's a late summer weekend, the weather is cool and beautiful and you have time to get some major gardening done. . ..
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on Sep 20, 2007, 9:48AM
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Gardening time has been limited this week (hate that--"retirement" has spoiled me), but I did manage to get my hands dirty and my arms scratched by roses for a while yesterday. While doing a walk-around I noticed several new and different little blooms in my "Grandmother's Cut Flower Garden" that was planted directly from seeds this spring. A torrential downpour a couple days later washed all of the tiny seeds together so they are kind of cramped while still blooming their little hearts out all summer. I ran in to get my camera and took some closeups of the tiny flower heads. There are so many different kinds that I have not had before and I'm enjoying discovering new ones every week. Here are some to share with my blogger friends. . .
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Posted by Bev Reblogged by Old Roses to seeds on 2007-09-21, 18:54:43
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In the fall, when the goldenrod and giant sunflowers seem almost to reach the blue bowl of the sky, it takes me back to childhood when the world was a bigger, wilder, and more mysterious place... but a place filled with the kindness of familiar faces and the promise of what seemed an endless, unwinding future.
As you grow older, the world becomes somewhat ghostly; crowded with memories and populated by family and friends passed. Yet, the cicadas still buzz lazily in the treetops, and the bees still hum busily in the warm afternoon sunshine, just as they did when I was a boy, and as they will for many years to come... if I close my eyes and listen, I am part of it all; and always will be.
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Posted by IBOY Reblogged by Old Roses to autumn on 2007-09-21, 18:51:22
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Now is the time to prepare the plants you wish to bring inside for the winter. It's best to get them indoors before the nighttime temperatures dip much below 55 degrees. Drastic changes in temperatures cause plants to yellow and drop their leaves, so one or two chilly nights can give your greenies several weeks of bad hair days. . . .
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on Sep 20, 2007, 10:19AM
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Posted by Beth Reblogged by Old Roses to sedum on 2007-09-21, 18:49:55
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: The Mint Killer has not lived up to her name this year. She’s been cultivating mint like nobody’s business, she’s cultivated purple AND green basil, and even the Easter Egg Peppers that Barbara from Acoustic Farms gave us when we stopped by the farm for sausage gravy and biscuits. . . .
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on Sep 20, 2007, 6:37AM
Posted by inadvertentgardener Reblogged by Old Roses to basil, recipes on 2007-09-21, 18:49:13
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Well, the golden waves of grain are now golden piles of corn being poured from the harvesters into the bins and off to the silos. Huge trucks with arched covers, telltale spills of grain on the road, and bare fields of chaff- not yet plowed, are September's story. The dried cornstalks of fields yet unharvested wait their turn, but soon all will be shorn clean until next year. The soybean fields will be next, but presently they are still greeny gold. . . .
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Posted by Ilona Reblogged by Old Roses to autumn on 2007-09-21, 18:48:29
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I first noticed the autumn beers were out on the shelves in the third week in August. A month on, summer is still to give way. It seems any ounce of creativity or drive I had has been wicked away by the unrelenting humidity (it’s back). Somewhat untimely, as the previous week I started a. . .
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via About.com Landscaping on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
Yeah, I know: you've just barely acknowledged the imminence of autumn, and here I am talking about Christmas trees, right? However -- and much to the disapproval of any self-respecting...
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on Sep 20, 2007, 3:20AM
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