A few weeks ago I had the chance to escape cold and snowy Boston to spend a few days in warm, sunny, San Jose, California. One of the gardens we visited there was the Japanese Friendship Garden, in Kelley Park on the east side of town. It was such a pleasure to visit this beautiful spot with beautiful ponds, green grass, and blooming cherry trees.
The lower koi pond and the Japanese tea house near the entrance.
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Tomorrow is the Ides of March. All that means, really, is that it's the 15th of the month. In the ancient Roman calendar, the 15th of March, May, July and October were referred to as the ides, as were the 13th of the other months. Each ide indicated the halfway point of the lunar month in question, as idus means "divide" in Latin. . ..
Carol at Maydreamgardens the creator of Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day is pretty generous when it comes to what can be included so I'm sure that she won't mind if I post my painting of tulips until my real ones bloom.
Right now the only thing blooming in my indoor garden are the same plants I've already shown you back in December and January and I'm sure you don't want to see them again.
Maybe by the next GBBD we'll have real tulips ?!
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Posted by Carolyn gail Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2008-03-16, 23:57:10
Being able to look at last year's Spring photos is one thing that's great about blogging. Yesterday was a balmy 60 degrees and of course I got the fever and spent the entire afternoon in my garden. . . .
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Posted by Carolyn gail Reblogged by Old Roses to spring on 2008-03-16, 23:56:57
Attention all you winter-weary gardeners awaiting Spring and ready to jump out into the garden . HALT ! Listen up, couch potatoes or tied-to-the-computer internet surfers. You can't just go out and garden all day without being prepared or at the end of the day you'll be groaning and moaning about the aches and pains. . ..
The cornus stems (right) which I used to prop up the top heavy amaryllis have set leaf. Just shows how easy it is to propogate some plants. All I did was spring prune them and place them in the potting soil. In a few weeks they'd taken. . .
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Posted by John Curtin Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2008-03-16, 23:55:53
I am looking forward to this month's blooms day as many garden bloggers' gardens "awaken". The highlights of my garden now are the fuchsia bougainvilleas and the flowering agave, the latter is now about 25 feet. . . .
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Posted by Nicole Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2008-03-16, 23:55:12
The Hyacinths from my Secret Santa present are growing nicely now in the ceramic pot. The flower buds are starting to rise between the leaves. They look like five green boats floating on a murky sea of soil. I hope to have flowers and scents soon.Its funny how much later these have flowered compared to the Bulbs I forced and the bought ones that were also forced. Maybe six or eight weeks later these laid back Hyacinths are near flowering!
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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to hyacinth on 2008-03-16, 23:54:37
The Prime suspect in my chewed Catnip Sixhills Giant Plant, Black spot Cat.... She is black with a white bib, with a black spot in the centre of her chest. I said that this lady cat loved roses, but cant grow them with a name like Black spot! She has the air of being caught...What Catnip?I was just sniffing the plants delicous Aroma...the tips just dropped off...Purrrfect plant...
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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to catnip, cats on 2008-03-16, 23:54:26
There is a definite feeling of relief in the Davis garden...the possibility of frost is pretty much gone and everything is beginning to come to life . Many things are blooming and on our second go-round of Bloom Days I'm already seeing interesting things...like that the first blooms on the Banksia rose are in the exact same area as last year! I guess that area is a bit closer to the house but... really...I'm curious why that spot is so eager. . . .
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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2008-03-16, 23:54:15
I'll have to read this over again in the daylight. Its my letter from the Garden Coordinator. Sounds like there have been some changes in policies... Garden assignments April 12 around Noon.... dues due March 28.... waiting list....
On a whim, I brought my fork out to see how frozen the garden was. But, NO ICE! The soil is beautiful and very workable. I'm amazed. Maybe all of our snow cover kept the ground from freezing hard this year. Last year, it was frozen solid in mid March and I couldn't do anything until early April. Well, now I'm starting to think about pea seeds.... Hhmmm. Just a row or two. Planting peas by St Patrick's Day would be great.
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Posted by carletongardener Reblogged by Old Roses to soil on 2008-03-16, 23:53:24
I took my macro lens out to check on the garlic top sets I planted last fall. They are growing and there are lots of them, but they sure are tiny. Looks like they will take a couple years to make a bulb.
After having a fig tree mysteriously jump into my shopping cart the other day, I figured I should walk around some other stores to see if it would happen again. Who knows if the fig tree incident was an isolated case or if this will be happening everywhere I go. So yesterday during my lunch break at the old 9-5, I went to Bed, Bath and Beyond. . . .
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Posted by Anthony Reblogged by Old Roses to tools on 2008-03-16, 23:52:52
Cynthia sent an e-mail a couple weeks ago to share the vegetable varieties growing indoors for her garden and then asked what initially seemed like a pretty simple question:
“What would you say are your favorite half dozen vegetables?” Hmmm, that’s easy enough isn’t it? Well actually it’s a rather difficult question because there are so many interesting vegetable varieties that I really enjoy growing in my raised bed garden. And just like on some of the popular T-Mobile cellular commercials, it’s not always a cinch to decide who is in or out of your favorite circle!. . . .
This is just too good not to share. Andy was just looking at my gardening stuff - excited that we are going to start plants indoors this weekend and he just came running to me with a peat pot in his hand and asked me if I knew what it was made of. . . .
via Girl Gone Gardening on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
I climbed Ocean View Trail in these
I think I may have broken both my hips but I'll keep you posted
