Long blooming and fragrant, with an almost unparalleled range of colors, Sweet Peas (Lathyrus odoratus) seem at home in any garden. I like to plant them with my pole...
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on Dec 10, 2007, 8:37PM
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With the popularity of orchids found in about every garden center today, this question is becoming more common. Most likely this question is being asked of the Phalaenopsis Moth Orchid or Denbrobium. (...)
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Posted by Plant Pro Reblogged by Old Roses to orchids on 2007-12-12, 00:37:56
One of my favorite sights of winter is to look outside and see the sun sparkling on the snow. It appears to be a myriad tiny diamonds shining in the sunlight. This particular morning, December 6th, was just such a morning, so I grabbed my camera and headed outdoors.
The lightest of powdery snow could be seen glistening like a shower of jewels, blown gently by the wind and visable only against the background of the red shed. I tried to catch the sparkling snowflakes with the camera, but wasn't able to. Just a few specks are visable here against the large red shed and barn. . . .
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Posted by Kerri Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-12-12, 00:37:47
When we were in the north, all tender plants were brought inside at first frost. This was somewhere around October, depending on where we were living. They stayed there until the spring weather settled in April or May. . . .
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Posted by katy Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2007-12-12, 00:36:57
Wow! I'm seriously behind on garden blog reading. Who knew there was a war brewing???
I won't post any links to any blogs where this has been discussed or the link to the evil do-ers' blog out of respect for my fellow garden bloggers who don't wish to give them any more free press but please allow me a few sentences on the topic from my perspective. . . .
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Posted by Gina Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2007-12-12, 00:36:23
Tropical Fruit Club of Central Florida: "Gordon’s Grove, 1624 Hazen Road, DeLand, FL 32720 Telephone: (386) 734-0620 Products: Navel oranges, grapefruits, red navels, amber sweet, Orlando tangelos, white tangelos, Hamlin oranges Late-October through March."
This was the First day photos of the Wild Garden. Nature had been left to run amok with brambles, fireweed, grasses, and various weeds. The fence had been pulled down by numerous brambles clambering over, under, and in between fence posts. . .
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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardens on 2007-12-12, 00:35:46
Growing agapanthus must be the best test of a gardening green-thumb. For if you can't grow this plant - taking into consideration that others nearby can - then you may want to consider finding a new hobby.
Just before the start of spring I dug up all my agapanthus bulbs and moved them to another part of the garden where nothing else would grow. Being the start of summer, they're now flowering their heads off and looking very healthy. . . .
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on Dec 10, 2007, 4:27PM
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Update 2007.12.10: I gave them permission to use the photo - a view of Governor's Island from Red Hook - and they included it.
I got an email this evening notifying me that one of my Flickr photos has been short-listed for inclusion in a Schmap...
I have switched my RSS feeds to “summary.”
Annie and some others have been writing about having their posts “stolen” and used for content at fake forums. Evidently sites like this use a subscription to your RSS feed to publish your content and pretend that it’s their own. The object is to get [...]
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Posted by Bill Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2007-12-12, 00:28:20
Sometimes as you browse through the garden at night you come across special little happenings that send you scurrying for your camera. I didn't know until tonight that they were sharing acommodation. So we were pleasantly surprised to be greeted with this sight.
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Posted by roybe Reblogged by Old Roses to beneficials on 2007-12-12, 00:27:53
Today I was at a ceremonial tree planting and photo opportunity at a new, much-needed green space in downtown Silver Spring. The park is located at the corner of Burlington (Rt. 410) and Fenton.* Many of you in the area may recall that just a few years ago this site was an unattractive entry to our downtown district. It had a large, ugly billboard and condemned home. The lot was filled with trash and debris. At the urging of the East Silver Spring Citizens Association (ESSCA), the parks department has done a wonderful job in cleaning up, re-grading, and landscaping the property. . . .
I really hesitate to mention them, but it's getting very, very annoying to see how many gardeners' blogs I read on a daily basis being reposted shorts with an author who is obviously NOT the author of said blog. . . .
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Posted by Tina Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2007-12-12, 00:26:39
It's time to ditch those Poinsettias! When Christmas rolls around, Poinsettias of every color and hue are an ubiquitous choice for many people for their home and garden decor. That's okay if you have no other options, but Poinsettias are not the only plants that can be used indoors! There are a ...
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Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to houseplants on 2007-12-12, 00:26:22
The winter solstice means different things to different people. For me, feeling light-deprived in late autumn, the winter solstice is an important milepost, a bottoming out.
I'm always initially ambivalent...
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on Dec 10, 2007, 2:01AM
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This Hoya lacunosa has lots of blooms at the moment. Its normal habit is to hang down in the pot, but because its in a wall pot on the side of the house its happily creeping up on the wall (Ivy style.) This flower has a lovely fragrance. It's nice to see three blooms in a row.
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Posted by roybe Reblogged by Old Roses to hoya on 2007-12-12, 00:25:03
It all seems so obvious now, that planting tulip bulbs in groups is
waaay easier than one at a time. Well,
that much I would have guessed but for some reason I thought we're not supposedto do it that way. So my 50 tulips
in front of a sunny border have always sprung from 50 separate holes. But having learned
that Elizabeth sticks 50 of them in ONE HOLE and GETS AWAY WITH IT,
well damn, I can bunch 'em up a bit, right?. . .
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Posted by Susan Reblogged by Old Roses to tulips on 2007-12-12, 00:24:55
One of my new plants flowering in the Kitchen A Blue Hyacinth. It smells like a cross between lavender and candy sticks.I bought one pink hyacinth bulb, and the Blue bulb. I still have bulbs to bring from the flat that are sat in a dark cupboard... First post for twelve days.I have been busy moving, unpacking a few boxes, but mostly doing the Back garden. Everyone at work seem suprised that I can spend all my time in the Garden when its been wet, and cold... The winter project continues. So much to blog about. I have photographed my progress from day one untill now. There has been work too in between the renovation, plant shopping, and transforming the garden. I'm back online!
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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to bulbs on 2007-12-12, 00:22:15
I have a pot by my back door and I planted it up with tulips and daffodils in October the same time I planted out the rest of the bulbs into the garden. I noticed this morning that the ones in the pot have started to come up. Does this seems way too early?? I have checked the rest of the garden and they doesn't seem to be any sign of the other bulbs growing. Though I know the squirrel has managed to kyfe a few of them he can't have got them all. So.... has anyone else got bulbs coming up? Do i cover them over with more soil or do I leave them?
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