A reader emailed Steve Nix with a drainage problem: "I have a small patio with a very large, very old pin oak tree. When it rains hard (almost every day...
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on Nov 22, 2007, 1:34AM
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Hey all, as I mentioned a little bit ago on the radio, you can buy huge amaryllis bulbs in time to bloom for Christmas and be a do-gooder at the same time. The proceeds from the sale of the bulbs benefit the Idaho Horticulture Society. Call my gal pal Jan Haneke at 941-1754 to get some of these glorious jumbo bulbs. $15 for the single petaled variety, $20 for the frilly ones.
And check out www.colorblends.com for bulb kits. Minimum order is $50 but shipping is reasonable. On a $60 order, the shipping was just $10.
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on Nov 21, 2007, 10:20AM
Posted by Mary Ann Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-11-23, 01:42:33
Have to get up e-a-r-l-y, way too early for me in the dark of dawn. To the radio station, that would be 94.9, the River, to talk about what’s new and fun for gardeners as we approach the holidays. They want to talk about bulbs and trees. I hope they fire up Tom Petty as I am driving in. Or Gnarls Barkley. . . .
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on Nov 21, 2007, 12:44AM
Posted by Mary Ann Reblogged by Old Roses to amaryllis on 2007-11-23, 01:42:23
NOTE TO EVERYBODY! PLEASE READ ON…Above, that’s my front yard.MY E-MAIL IS DOWN AGAIN. That’s a leaf on my October Glory red maple.So I thought I’d post a few pictures of my trees, all taken yesterday. Something pretty to look at while we wait for e-mail to return.Isn’t this one of my Red Sunset red [...]
So here is the exciting garden blogger event I mentioned on Sunday. Matron and her US friend visited Petunia's Garden! Oh, how fun it was to meet them, talk gardening, kick around the soil, and see that glint in another's eye when surveying decomposing leaf mulch. . . .
Erin, on the About Gardening Forum asked about tips for growing tomatoes indoors. Many of us start our tomato plants indoors, but Erin wants to try growing them...
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on Nov 21, 2007, 8:01PM
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Inspiriert durch einige Gartenfreunde, unter anderem auch von Astrantia von http://www.majorahn.de/ bin ich in den Wald gegangen, um Naturmaterial zu sammeln, im Anschluss habe ich meinen eigenen Garten geplündert. In diesem Jahr hat mich die Dekoratinswut überfallen, das ist ganz neu für mich!
Inspired by the works of some friends and from Astrantia from http://www.majorahn.de/ I plundered my own garden and the wood, to make me a lot of decorations with seasonal materials.
Last year was the first time we grew this plant, and it grew to an impressive, majestic 10 feet tall. This year, my small effort at starting seeds failed, and it was late in the season before I found a seedling to buy. It wound up in the shadow of something more established, and never got more than 2 feet tall. Still, I'm enjoying its red red foliage, before the frost kills it off. . . .
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Posted by LisaBee Reblogged by Old Roses to plants on 2007-11-23, 01:39:25
As if the farmers were not suffering enough with the effects of a three year drought, they are now faced with a plague of burrowing field mice which attack root crops. Storks help a little in the control of the vermin but so far the mice are free of serious predators. The ferrel cats which are numerous seem to prefer hanging around the refuse sites and feed on leftovers from the dinning table.
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Posted by Colin & Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to pests on 2007-11-23, 01:38:50
My mom arrived late Sunday night from Charleston and first thing Monday morning, it SNOWED!This is the slow shutter picture.She opened the window in her bedroom to shout loud enough for her sons in South Carolina to hear, “Hallelujah! Peanut butter!” (That’s a southern thing, or maybe just a mom thing, not sure about that. . .
For the last several years, this little snowdrop has bloomed in November; it is in a patch of Galanthus elwesii bulbs, but at first I thought it must be one of the fall-blooming species of galanthus that somehow got mixed in with elwesii (which blooms January-February, depending on the winter). After some research, I found that it was a naturally occurring late-fall blooming variety of elwesii. The first time it bloomed, it looked very fragile and kind of sick. Last year it looked a little better, but it hadn't reappeared this year, so I assumed it was either a goner, or it had made up its mind to bloom in early spring like all of the other snowdrops. . . .
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Posted by IBOY Reblogged by Old Roses to snowdrop on 2007-11-23, 01:35:28
If you are her for Wordless Wednesday scroll down to the next post.
Here it is Wednesday again. I had a lot of choices for this week’s letter but decided to go with genus Rudbeckia, one of the several genera referred to commonly as Coneflowers. These are great plants for the garden as they are tough, free flowering and mostly reliable perennials. . . .
Walking through the garden the other day, I accidently noticed that my Lavender had gone to seed!
I have to say that, besides the Cleome, this Lavender was by far the easiest to identify and to collect seeds from. I find identifying seed heads plants very stressful. I'm getting better at it but it is not that easy for me to determine what is trash and what is seed. I also never know if it's time to collect the seeds or not. I am frequently bent over staring at a dead flower trying to spot something that will scream "I'M A SEED - COLLECT ME". With these, it was simple. . . .
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Posted by Gina Reblogged by Old Roses to lavender, seeds on 2007-11-23, 01:34:32
So, I bought a new winter jacket last Friday. Today it is going up to seventy degrees. I actually am wearing a t-shirt and am still warm. And of course, it is supposed to change midday tomorrow back to cold and blustery. *sigh* People are going to catch colds due to this. . . .
One of the things I love about the natural gardening company Wiggly Wigglers, aside from their superb podcast (ok, I have been interviewed on it, but it's great even without me ...), is that they're always trying something new and not afraid to harness the power of the web. I love their locally-grown Wiggly bouquets, too. Now head honcho Heather Gorringe has come up with another cool idea - putting together its sales catalogue using social media - that means you and me, folks! Over to Heather's blog to explain more: We want YOU to get involved, write articles, send...
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on Nov 21, 2007, 4:04PM
Posted by Jane Perrone Reblogged by Old Roses to catalogs on 2007-11-23, 01:33:45
We got snow today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And it was the pretty kind that sticks to trees, unfortunately it was dark when I arrived home so I was not able to take pictures, but I enjoyed watching it snow from my desk at work. . . .
This is the first large anemone to bloom in our garden. The flowers started to open in early August. The stems are dark purple and has whitish fuzz especially near the flower and buds, thus the name tomentosa. It is one of the hardier varieties of anemones and the abundant stamens give it an unusual look and interest.
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Posted by Ki Reblogged by Old Roses to anemone on 2007-11-23, 01:32:51
I would like to share a story I heard on NPR this week, about the Gardeners' Foundation in the bay area of San Francisco. The foundation awards underprivileged, college-bound kids with financial aid, never questioning the applicant about his/her citizenship status. What is amazing about this foundation is the man who started it all, Catalino Tapia. Mr. Tapia came to this country over forty years ago as an undocumented immigrant and made his living as a gardener, working and beautifying other people’s gardens. . . .
At last week's Sustainable Flatbush Town Hall Meeting, six committees were established to focus on different areas:
R3 (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle)
Livable Streets
Energy...
East New York Farms, one of Brooklyn's handful of urban farms, is seeking an Urban Agriculture Coordinator. The position will start part-time February 1, 2008 (for training) and become full-time with...
I believe I’ve lost the winter and summer squashes to the frost. The parts of the tomatoes that froze are now black. Fortunately that is just a small portion of the plants (I’ve read that close to the soil can be 5 degrees colder than 5 feet above ground - this is proving true today). It’s supposed to get colder tonight and tomorrow, before it warms up again on Friday. Since we’re leaving this afternoon, and won’t be back until Monday, I fear this is the last time I’ll see my beloved tomatoes! Ah, but what is the end of one season is the beginning of the next...
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on Nov 21, 2007, 3:21PM
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I didn’t buy any new tulip bulbs to plant in the garden this year. Most of the tulips that I’ve planted in previous years have continued to come up again and again each spring but I think some of the tulips might be dying out or perhaps the squirrels have got to them and transplanted them elsewhere.
I must remember to buy more next year!
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on Nov 21, 2007, 6:53PM
Posted by Tricia Reblogged by Old Roses to tulips on 2007-11-23, 01:29:21
A Dahlia from Harlow Carr.I am hopefully now on final stretch to get the house and the keys so I can take some before photos of the new garden. This is so bright the colour. It was sat in a pot waiting to be planted somewhere. . . .
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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to dahlias on 2007-11-23, 01:28:56
Today was a rare glorious 60+ degree autumn day. No chill wind. No gloomy fog. Just a perfect dawn of jacket-free weather. I ditched my pile of paperwork and the big email backlog to spend the afternoon planting bulbs, moving azaleas, potting up begonias for indoor window sills, and general mucking up the garden. I only came in when I did as it got too dark to see the ground. You know you are garden-crazy when you start to consider investing in a miner's helmet light!. . .
via Our Little Acre on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
~ Thanksgiving bouquet
