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Bat House at the East 4th Street Community Garden in Kensington/Windsor Terrace A discussion thread about mosquito control on the Flatbush Family Network led to this question: I heard that bat houses are a possible long-term solution for...

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Posted by Xris (Flatbush Gardener) Reblogged by Old Roses to beneficials on 2008-03-25, 17:48:33

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The highs continue to be 10 degrees below normal. I am so ready for spring. Ugh - more flurries are predicted for today.

Watching my seedlings in the basement grow helps me realize it really is spring and know that this snow won't last forever - even if it feels like it will!


The Red Acres Cabbage has sprouted.


The brocolli and brussells sprouts seedlings are growing taller and stronger.


And the tomatoes are even sprouting up!

The seedlings know and feel that it is spring. I can't wait for that first taste of spring lettuce and rhubarb crisp. Yum Yum!

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Posted by Kathi Reblogged by Old Roses to seedlings on 2008-03-25, 17:48:06

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Monday, March 24, 2008

Another sunny day here in Vermont but another day when the sun was prominent but the rise in temperature was not. The snow banks are still so high that they don't seem to move. I fear for a repeat of last April's snow which in this area amounted to almost three feet of new snow in about three weeks. It went as quickly as it came but this year that kind of storm would draw out spring and create big problems for the state's deer herd. . . .

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Posted by George Africa Reblogged by Old Roses to lilies on 2008-03-25, 17:47:54

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A is for Apple Scented Geranium

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Two ways to find a landscape architect are through the Web and through the grapevine. I explore both methods in this article. Finding a landscape architect through the grapevine is...

reBlogged to design on Mar 25, 2008, 12:14AM

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What a beautiful sight to see on Easter.
They'd stopped in the corn field in the afternoon and took flight, heading straight north, just before sunset.
I don't think there's another bird more awesome to see in flight soaring over your head.
I haven't seen any for years, so this was quite a treat.

Shhhh, the garden fairy is sleeping under the vegetable leaves.

reBlogged to birds

Posted by Tina Reblogged by Old Roses to birds on 2008-03-25, 17:46:45

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We had beautiful sunshine this morning and even though our highs were only supposed to be in the lower 40's, it felt warm enough for me to have my morning coffee on the patio. I have so missed doing that. Being right beside the common area/playground, early morning is the only time I truly get peace and quiet in the yard. The birds were singing and there was quite a bit of courting going on. . . .

reBlogged to birds

Posted by Robin's Nesting Place Reblogged by Old Roses to birds on 2008-03-25, 17:46:37

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It was hard for me to chose which shot to share with you from the 8 gigs of photos I took on my Monday holiday. I spent my entire day hiking trails around the Grandfather and Linville area off the Blue Ridge Parkway. It is almost spring in the Southern Appalachians yet you couldn't tell from the ocassional snow showers and fiesty winds which prevailed during the day. The shot above was taken around 6:30 pm from just beyond the Scotchman on Hys 105 at the Tynecastle intersection. The snow was intense yet not nearly as daunting as the effects of the cold temperatures upon my fingers. I fumbled with a neutral density filter to subdue to masked sun through the clouds. I should have used a tripod but after a long day of shooting, was lazy.
Tomorrow I may venture the Appalachian Trail near Carver's Gap on Roan Mountain....depends how soon I wake up.
Hey. Did y'all see National Geographic has printed an online map: Discover Appalachia? It is interesting, yet I find that many of the sights and scenes I value as Appalachian icons aren't noted. Maybe this is for the best...

reBlogged to weather on Mar 24, 2008, 9:45PM

Posted by Marie Freeman Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2008-03-25, 17:46:12

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I don't have a fantastic view of a wild otter in my small backyard pond like Amy in New Hampshire but the River Otters on Grandfather Mountain aren't too far away from my Valle Crucis home to get a taste of the tamer mammals. There is a huge size difference between Amy's otter and the one shown here. I'm not an otter expert.
I reckon I otter google more info to see which is what...

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Posted by Marie Freeman Reblogged by Old Roses to wildlife on 2008-03-25, 17:45:59

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A trip to Cincinnati over the weekend and we had to visit the conservatory. One section was definitely ready for spring. I really liked the way the garden incorporated "buttercrunch" lettuce as a plant material. The lilies seemed to trumpet, "It's spring!"

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Posted by earlysnowdrop Reblogged by Old Roses to botanical_garden on 2008-03-25, 17:45:37

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On Sunday, Kylee (who blogs at Our Little Acre) posted pictures of her Crown of Thorns plant, euphorbia milii. Kylee was talking about the Crown of Thorns in light of Easter weekend, and she shared some info about its culture as a houseplant as well. Hers blooms a lovely pink-red, but that wasn't what caught my eye.

reBlogged to houseplants

Posted by Blackswamp_Girl Reblogged by Old Roses to houseplants on 2008-03-25, 17:45:22

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Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words. To that end, I've compiled all the gardening how-to videos to date, into an easily accessed library. These are...

reBlogged to shows tools on Mar 24, 2008, 9:01PM

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Help, I have some sort of red worms growing in my foam rubber filter. Will they kill my fish....or me?. . .

reBlogged to ponds

Posted by Jan Goldfield Reblogged by Old Roses to ponds on 2008-03-25, 17:44:49

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The Las Vegas Review Journal (What's with the 2 names, shouldn't it be a review or a journal, but both? really?) posts cactus class listings. And I repost them. That's just the kind of blogger that I am.

UNLV Garden Lecture Series: Look what University of Nevada, Las Vegas and associates have lined up for you to make your dream come true... on the UNLV campus....

How about some cactus and succulents in your landscape? These lectures continue again on March 29-30 with some of the most notable experts on cactus and succulents at the same location. For more information, call Paula Garrett at UNLV at 895-1421.

reBlogged to cacti on Mar 24, 2008, 5:28PM

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Grant Ave.
Aeonium urbicum

Low-growing ground cover, spreads pretty quickly. Lots of yellow flowers. You could plant a field of them, and then you'd have a succulent green field. . . .

reBlogged to succulents on Mar 24, 2008, 3:31PM

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reBlogged to gardening

Posted by Rosengeranium Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening on 2008-03-25, 17:43:52

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Whenever we see pictures of hanging flower baskets you can almost always note that they are a combination of violas, pansies, petunias, heartsease or a myriad of other flowering annuals. The reason they're so popular is basically because they're easy to grow, flower abundantly and can simply be replaced once they've finished their performance.

Well, as promised in my recent post; How to make Hanging Flower Baskets I would introduce a few more alternatives for you to consider. While you won't end up with the classic suspended flowering ball, you will create some interest that is possibly a little more different to what everyone else is doing. . ..

reBlogged to containers flowers on Mar 24, 2008, 6:23PM

Posted by scrobins@westnet.com.au (Stuart) Reblogged by Old Roses to containers, flowers on 2008-03-25, 17:43:22

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~ Pansy in the snow

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Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year (1943)

Music Written By: Frank Loesser

Lyrics Written By: Frank Loesser

Spring will be a little late this year

A little late arriving, in my lonely world over here

For you have left me and where is our April love old

Yes you have left me and winter continues cold

As if to say that spring will be a little slow to start

A little slow reviving that music it made in my heart

Cause time heals all things,

so I needn't cling to this fear

It's merely that spring will be a little late this year

Yes time heals all things so I needn't cling to this fear

It's merely that spring will be a little late this year

reBlogged to spring

Posted by joey Reblogged by Old Roses to spring on 2008-03-25, 17:42:51

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" And the spring comes slowly up this way. "

~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge

~ Lone blue iris

reBlogged to iris recipes

Posted by joey Reblogged by Old Roses to iris, recipes on 2008-03-25, 17:42:48

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Rather than propping up the downfacing hellebore flowers I decide to shoot upward with the camera held close to the ground. I shot blind since I couldn't use the lcd monitor to frame the flower but I could center the flower fairly well. All of the hellebores were shot this way except for the first photo.

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reBlogged to weather on Mar 24, 2008, 11:53PM

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reBlogged to houseplants

Posted by Graham Rice Reblogged by Old Roses to houseplants on 2008-03-25, 17:41:16

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reBlogged to gardening

Posted by Amy Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening on 2008-03-25, 17:40:59

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reBlogged to invasives

Posted by Michele Reblogged by Old Roses to invasives on 2008-03-25, 17:40:44

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reBlogged to tools

Posted by Amy Reblogged by Old Roses to tools on 2008-03-25, 17:40:25

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I have been tagged by Blue Fox Garden to tell 10 weird or random facts or habits that you might not know about me. I thought long and hard about this one as I'm not really into giving out to much personal information. So I'm linking it to gardening, because after all, this is a gardening blog isn't it?. . .

reBlogged to gardening

Posted by Crafty Gardener Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening on 2008-03-25, 17:39:31

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Recently, I was alerted by the director of NJ’s Community Green, a terrific green organization, about this wonderful green building exhibit at my local museum. I just could not fathom a green building exhibit in my hometown. Sure enough The Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey was the host of the National Building Museum’s Green Building exhibit (“NBM”) from February 11 through May 4, 2008. At first, I thought why do I need to go to an exhibit to see green building products?. . .

reBlogged to environment on Mar 24, 2008, 8:45PM

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reBlogged to weather spring on Mar 23, 2008, 5:22PM

Posted by Talbin Reblogged by Old Roses to spring, weather on 2008-03-25, 05:55:41

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I've always wanted to know more about the doomsday seed vault and tonight I'll get my chance. 60 Minutes will be doing a story on it. Sunday night 6:00 CST. Watch with me so we can compare notes.

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Posted by Gina Reblogged by Old Roses to environment, seeds on 2008-03-25, 05:55:15

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Here's the grow rack I got for Christmas. I finally assembled it today. There's also a plastic cover that goes over it. This thing was really a pretty good bargain if it holds up. It's made of metal and plastic and even though there were no assembly instructions, it was pretty easy to figure out. Here's my question - how do I know when it's safe to put my seedlings outside in this thing? The plastic cover zips up so I'm assuming it gets pretty warm in there but how warm do you think it gets inside during the daytime? I'd really love to get my seedlings out of the basement so that I can start more stuff but if they died I'd just die.

Soaking Smoke Tree and Tamarisk which will be planted this afternoon. I think I'll just keep them in pots on the patio until I decide where they should go.

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Posted by Gina Reblogged by Old Roses to tools on 2008-03-25, 05:55:05

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Hope your Easter was fabulous. Ours was snowy. Snow on Easter is very depressing. It's looking to be a cold and rainy spring, without a day in the 70's. I need to get out and do some pruning, since I don't prune in the fall.
I saw this picture in an ad for a landscaping business. This ad is meant to display the quality of their work.

In design class, they called this meatball pruning.
No further explanation needed....

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Posted by Sissy Reblogged by Old Roses to landscape on 2008-03-25, 05:54:53

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Shade gardening often gets a bad rap because most heavy-flowering plants need lots of sun to produce those bodacious blooms gardeners love.

But, there are a lot of benefits to gardening in the shade. Not only are they cooler to work in, the plants don't dry out as quickly, the flowers last longer and the weeds don't grow as fast. Not to mention that a cool-shade garden is the perfect place to relax with a glass of iced tea when the dog days of summer arrive. And there are a surprising number of colorful plants to choose from to color up those areas that receive less than full sun. . . .

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Nominations for the 2008 Mouse & Trowel garden blogging awards are now open. I wouldn't want to influence anyone (much), but why not head over and contribute your tuppence? It would be good to see a few British garden bloggers featured in the various categories.

reBlogged to awards on Mar 24, 2008, 5:38PM

Posted by Jane Perrone Reblogged by Old Roses to awards on 2008-03-25, 05:54:10

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Time-lapse photography has always impressed me. I just imagined there was someone spending a lot of time behind a camera taking heaps of photos as a flower began to bloom or an egg started to crack open. It seemed logical to capture these incredible events, but who really has the patience for this stuff?

Well it seems that one guy, Ross Ching, not only has the patience for it but is also willing to explain how he does it. If you're wondering whether he has any credibility check out his latest work Eclectic 2.0. While the images are stunning it simply takes your breath away when you realise that this was all performed using his DSLR and not a video camera. . .

reBlogged to photos tools on Mar 23, 2008, 7:03PM

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reBlogged to vegetables herbs books

Posted by Carol Reblogged by Old Roses to books, herbs, vegetables on 2008-03-25, 05:53:24

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The temperatures are still dropping into the teens every night (last night’s low: 17.5F or -8C) and even when the high hits 40F (4C) the brisk wind makes it feel chillier. But at least a...

reBlogged to weather bulbs on Mar 24, 2008, 5:22PM

Posted by Kathy Purdy Reblogged by Old Roses to bulbs, weather on 2008-03-25, 05:51:02

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"What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered," scribed Ralph Waldo Emerson. I rather doubt, though, that Mr. Emerson would have had any inclination for...

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I often feel like I write too much about my tomato endeavors here, but I have been asked in a comment and in emails about the status of my extra-early tomato plants. If you agree that I write too many tomato posts, I apologize. Its just that there is a bit of satisfaction in trying to beat mother nature and coax something along to an early harvest. For me (and for those asking me to write this), that obsession lies with tomatoes! It is fun to get to eat a nice juicy organic garden fresh tomato a full month earlier than your neighbors. Its even more fun to have enough early tomatoes to share with you neighbors. . .

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Posted by Marc Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2008-03-25, 05:50:36

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How can I make my nearly pot-bound clivia bloom? It's about 12 years old and has never flowered. (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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Posted by The Old Farmer's Almanac Reblogged by Old Roses to houseplants on 2008-03-25, 05:50:07

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It’s time for the 2008 Mouse & Trowel awards! According to the Official M&T website,

The Mouse & Trowel Awards were created by freelance writer and garden blogger Colleen Vanderlinden to honor and reward excellence in online gardening. Awards for a variety of blog and website categories, as well as podcasting awards, are awarded