Warning: This is not a feel-good blog post. Not unless you've had the same experience I have and you're in the "misery loves company" camp. If so, read on. If not, my apologies.
For a couple of weeks now, I've been trying to complete an order with Wayside Gardens, and today I came to the conclusion that they would rather not have me as a customer. I don't think I've ever purchased anything from them before, mainly due to their high prices on most things I'm interested in, but they were having a sale, so I thought I'd go ahead. And the Very Special Thing that led me to make this attempt was Paris polyphylla.
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Posted by Kylee Reblogged by Old Roses to catalogs on 2007-11-29, 01:06:17
Now heres a New Years resolution we can actually stick to. The Plant Doctors at The American Phytopathological Society, (plant disease people), have thoughtfully outlined the steps to having...
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on Nov 27, 2007, 8:01PM
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I met fellow blogger, Sharon at Chutney Garden, and she took me on a tour of Christopher Talma's garden, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad. Lush and lovely. Fragrant Hedychium Striking heleconia and anthurium lily
I started the day at my office in Waterbury and by 9 headed out for a day of traveling. The temperature was in the thirties when I started and now, at almost 7:30 PM, it's still in that range. The entire day it felt like snow or freezing rain, that damp cold that kind of goes through you no matter what you're wearing. Every time I got out of the truck I was thinking I should have had my polar fleece vest to go with my light coat. . . .
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Posted by George Africa Reblogged by Old Roses to birds on 2007-11-29, 01:03:55
Hoyas are wonderful plants, when they bloom, which in most cases is not often, Shooting Star is an exception, it has blooms on it most of the year. Most hoyas are very fragrant, Shooting Star is not but is a fun houseplant to have around.
Wordless Wednesday photos of Amanita flavoconia. Since we still have one guest staying with us, I'll take a break from posting the series of Anemones blogs and do a simple photo spread instead.
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Posted by Ki Reblogged by Old Roses to fungi on 2007-11-29, 01:02:44
This is a follow up to my previous post in which I bemoaned my eternal state of clutter. Like many of you, I get way, way, way too many catalogs and industry mags, the vast majority of which I didn’t request and will never use. While I do intentionally subscribe to a number of magazines, I try to keep my subscriptions to a manageable number and discontinue them when I find that I am not reading them regularly. . . .
I came back from my recent vacation in Hawaii (more on that later!) to learn that the December issue of House & Garden, which was a shining light in my huge stack of mail, would be the last. This is truly sad news to those of us who have enjoyed the magazine for so many years, looking to its pages for great design coverage, along with home and garden ideas. I will miss the monthly letters from editor Dominique Browning, and hope she lands at the top of another publication soon (we all know there are a few that could really use her!). I still have the issue, unopened, sitting on my desk. I know I'll feel sad when I turn to the last page, and like most of us, I tend to avoid things that do this. I can only imagine how the staff at this quality publication felt when they learned of their fate. I wish them all the best. House & Garden will be missed.
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on Nov 27, 2007, 8:57PM
Posted by Kristi Reblogged by Old Roses to magazines on 2007-11-29, 01:00:47
I know Fall lingers on, and we haven't even reached the Winter Solstice, but it's time to start thinking about Spring! Registration for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Winter and Spring classes begins this Saturday, December 1. In addition to...
Last night I hosted the kickoff meeting for the Gardening Committee of Sustainable Flatbush. Clockwise from lower left in the photo are Mela, Anne, Lashonda, and Bruni.
At the end of the evening, I asked if someone was willing to co-chair, and...
This month's Sustainable Flatbush general meeting will be next Monday, December 3, from 7 to 9pm.
At the meeting, Gardening Committee co-chair Bruni will report on last night's kickoff meeting and our plans for a public community event sometime in...
Last spring, I had some sprouting onion starts not yet in the ground. I tucked them in among the small tomatoes and forgot about them as the tomatoes took over. During the tomato row clean up this fall, I displaces some of the onion bulbs and just thought I'd try again another year.
Now I see onions sprouting throughout the garden (I forgot some of the places I stashed them)! I'll see how they do over the winter rather than my too late planting in the spring. They don't seem mind the frosty nights at all.
Frühling in Cornwall ist ein besonderes Erlebnis. Allerdings- wann wäre Cornwall das nicht? Wer englische Gärten liebt, fährt nach Kent und Sussex, wer cornische Gärten mag, fährt hierher!. . .
I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts parsley still thriving in the backyard. Ordinarily, I would treat it the same way I do all my herbs: Snip, rinse and air dry overnight in a single layer on a paper towel, then store it in a plastic bag in the freezer. . . .
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Posted by Jessica Damiano Reblogged by Old Roses to herbs on 2007-11-29, 00:54:54
Today is moving day to the new house. The photo was taken from the upstairs bedroom window on Monday. The wild garden is below.I have been packing my things ready to go tomorrow to the new house.
The phone line and internet will be moving, but there will a week with no blog. . .
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to blogs
Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2007-11-29, 00:54:34
Perhaps it is a bit extreme to say “Paths make the garden,” but ever since I was a child paths have been an emotionally significant element to my enjoyment of a garden. I didn’t...
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on Nov 27, 2007, 3:57PM
Posted by Kathy Purdy Reblogged by Old Roses to design on 2007-11-29, 00:54:12
Moonlight sonata (both blogs) (image: lazycloud.com) I wish you could've seen my porch, last night~ the moonlight was on the roses. Those el cheapo disposable cameras I keep getting would in no way be able to take a photo of a rosebush in the moonlight, but you can picture it, right?. . .
Meet Mr. or Mrs. Dove. Not sure which is which. They recently decided to live under my deck.
When I wrote about our new deck [here], which feels more like a wonderful tree house, I mentioned that it became an instant hangout area for everyone in our family. What I wasn't counting on is how every possible creature from miles around also seems to like it here now as well. . . .
One of my classic wintertime activities is to attempt progress on my seemingly perpetual goal of de-cluttering; in particular, I am talking about tackling the various catalogs, magazines, and industry related detritus that seems to accumulate when I turn my back. . . .
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to magazines
Posted by Darcy Reblogged by Old Roses to magazines on 2007-11-29, 00:52:04
Standing in the eye of autumn’s bluster is an elemental pleasure. Secure in the knowledge that warm shelter is but a few steps away, I can freely breathe the wildness of a coming storm without worrying over finding a place to hunker down and wait out the weather. . . .
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to weather
Posted by a gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-11-29, 00:51:43
Pansy flowers "are one of the joys of cool season gardening," observes Marie Iannotti. They are often the first plant for sale at nurseries in spring and close out the...
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on Nov 27, 2007, 1:42AM
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Thanks to Skippy's Vegetable Garden I have found THE final word on rutabagas from none other than the King of the Prairie himself, Garrison Keilor. Read it and weep.
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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to rutabaga on 2007-11-29, 00:50:44
You won't stand free from seasonal changes, even when you are growing stuff indoors under plant lights (as I said before). My lemon balm growth has slowed down to a fourth of the summer pace. On the other hand its leaves are much darker.
via Our Little Corner Of Paradise. on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
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Frühling in Cornwall ist ein besonderes Erlebnis. Allerdings- wann wäre Cornwall das nicht? Wer englische Gärten liebt, fährt nach Kent und Sussex, wer cornische Gärten mag, fährt hierher!. . . 
