What are these and where are they coming from? This morning I discovered my parsley plant under attack from dozens of very colorful and cool-looking worms. This just happened, since two days ago I picked some and the plant was fine.
In all the years that I have been planting herbs, this is the first time I get an infestation such as this. When I come home from work tonight, I am going to try to save the plant. Picking worms off a plant is not my idea of a pleasant gardening evening but it has to be done!
"To analyze the charms of flowers is like dissecting music; it is one of those things which it is far better to enjoy, than to attempt fully to understand."
~ Henry TheordoreTuckerman
~ 'Spring green' tulip
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Posted by joey Reblogged by Old Roses to recipes, tulips on 2008-05-14, 06:12:58
Herbs are easy to raise, even if you've never gardened before and spring is the time to plant them. Even a tiny plot or container garden can provide you with plenty of herbs to use fresh, frozen or dried.
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From the cheapest lounge chairs to easy-to-make decorations, here are 16 ideas that will turn your backyard into a festive entertaining space for family and friends.
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In the rhododendron world there are several different categories of plants. Large leafed plants, small leafed plants, those who keep all of their leaves, some of their leaves and even loose their leaves in the winter. There are those that flower very early in spring and those that flower well into summer.
You could with some careful planning have a rhod...
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I get many questions about killing ants (especially fire ants) around the pond. They are worried about poisoning the fish if some ant killer gets in the water. Diatomaceous earth is an effective and natural ant control. Even if some gets in the pond there should be no problem. Diatomaceous earth is available at most garden centers. Follow the label's instructions for use. . . .
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Posted by Jan Goldfield Reblogged by Old Roses to ponds on 2008-05-14, 06:09:12
This volunteer tomato bush that sprouted on its own in pure builder's sand received no fertilizer and only rainwater so far has produced 51 smaller than normal roma (?) tomatoes. It is definitely a hardy variety (unknown) that didn't need any t.l.c. My pampered bushes that I planted can't even compare to this. I'm definitely keeping seeds for this variety that I named "Brawny Roma."
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Posted by Susan Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2008-05-14, 06:08:45
I photographed this part of my sister's garden on Sunday when we celebrated Mother's Day. It is one of my favorite parts of her garden. This spot is drenched in shade for most of the day, but for now the sun is shining in to highlight this peaceful place where you can sit for a spell with her cat(s).
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Posted by Susan Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardens on 2008-05-14, 06:08:34
Have you fed your soil food web lately? What? You didn't know you had a soil food web? If you have any plants in soil, you have a soil food web. This complex network of beneficial soil creatures from earthworms, centipedes and millipedes, down to tiny bacteria, fungi and protozoa, all need to be fed some form of organic matter every year. If you have not fed yours lately or ever, your soil food web is a sorry group of creatures. When they are fed each year, they will perform absolute miracles for your lawn, your trees and shrubs, and all your gardens. . . .
It's been three weeks since I first got out in the vegetable garden. Since then, it's been very cool and damp, so the greens and peas are not very big, yet. One thing I've done, though, is to put up rabbit fencing, as seen below.
I am not thrilled about how this looks or how it works, but after having rabbits decimate the garden over the past two years, I knew I needed to take some serious action. If I could only convince Spouse to do the fencing the way I want* I would be much happier, but Spouse is convinced it would be "too hard" and that "it won't work." Harumph. . . .
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My Momoyama tree peony bloomed this afternoon. I wasn't expecting to see it bloomed already because just this morning I posted a blog about it showing just the bud. I went to get something from my car and this is what I found! THANK YOU BRIAN!!!
If there's one headline you will never see in the newspaper it would be, "MAN BLINDED BY SOLAR GARDEN LIGHTS". Why? Because they are so dim and pathetic at providing the result they're meant to achieve. But then maybe our expectations of these little garden wonders have been a tad too high? Maybe, we're comparing 'apples' and 'oranges' and become disappointed because our 'orange' doesn't seem to match the expected 'apple' - so to speak. . . .
Dill is classified as an annual but it is one of those annuals that will come back indefinitely if given the chance.
These seedlings are from some dill I planted here last year. My goal is to establish it here so as not to have to reseed it. By leaving at least some of [...]
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This is the Harison’s Yellow that Eric and I drove up north of Cincinnati to pick up last spring. Check out the thorns. I learned the hard way that this one takes a delicate touch when pruning.
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I got a pot of alstroemeria back in 2006, and they've been blooming happily every year in a big fiberglass urn, from November through April. This year I decided that I needed to repot them (and I needed that urn). I've never seen the tubers before -- they're fleshy and come in crowns, like dahlias. They seemed evenly distributed throughout the pot, and didn't seem to be oriented in any particular direction, so I just tossed them back into some nursery pots full of potting mix. If they don't come back next year, I'll just buy some new tubers.
Many mothers recieved beautiful live plants for Mother's Day this weekend - see tips for how to plant and grow the most popular gifts such as hydrangea, and azalea trees.
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What is wrong with me? I love to garden but this year I am just not doing it. I pushed myself to get out today for a little while. I don't know if it is just that I have so much else going on or if it is the weather.
But I did have a good gardening day today.
I planted. . .
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It is a good thing my brain is still fairly young and flexible. These past few days have sent me for several loops. The torrential rains and various unseen gremlins conspired to try and make me blue.
First, it rained and stormed on Friday, but by 4pm was clearing. I packed and set off for Behnkes and the opening reception of the Flower Show scheduled from 6-9pm. Got there and found -- nothing. Lots of customers and full sunshine, but nowhere to set up our booth and no one on staff who could answer my questions. . . .
The front beds are at one of their peak times right about now because the azaleas are in bloom. This is the week or so when I wish time could just stand still and the profusion of colorful blossoms could last forever.
AZALEAS & PHLOX (MOUNTAIN PINKS) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
AZALEAS & FORGET-ME-NOTS
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Posted by Beth Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2008-05-14, 05:58:22
I have been completely neglectful of my blog, but not my gardens, which is why I have been neglectful of my blog. We have finally gotten the hillside garden tilled up and nearly ready for planting. It was a lot of work, mostly for my husband, who had the chore of tilling. Tilling is hard enough, but do it on a hillside and it triples the amount of work. I had started by using a shovel and loosening all of the weeds and growth and pulling and pitching them all aside. . . .
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Well, I am relieved that I didn’t become a butterfly killer. Thanks to my friends in blog land, I am now the proud papa of about 24 caterpillars. . . .
The gardening section here at About.com is certainly growing lately! Besides myself and Herb Gardens Guide Amy Jeanroy, About has also recently added Vanessa Richins as the Tree and Shrub...
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My Geranium is blooming again. I've had her for years and it amazes me how resilient she is. I've also assigned a gender to her and I'm not really sure why. It may be because she is red and the color does have some immediate associations for me. My first job in NYC was with the men's design team at Liz Claiborne and there was a red that was always preferred throughout all the divisions- Liz Claiborne red- used over and over, almost a branded red. The source was a leather glove that Liz actually owned. Its framed with chunks chopped off for color standards over the years. . ..
I know it has been A WHILE since I posted last, to say the least. I'm not going to make any promises (see lower on the page to see how well those stick), but I am going to attempt to get back into posting here at least once a week!
The garden has been going nuts here in Portland. Today is very rainy and moderate/cool, but it's supposed to be sunny and in the 90's by the end of the week. (cue grass growing inches per minute in front of my very eyes.) . . .
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Spring is a time for new beginnings... and a lot of work in the garden! I have been staining fence panels as they are needed for espalier and trellising, and also double-digging some new beds.
I'm down to maybe 5 minutes total for mowing both the front and the back yard. My John Deere-loving father will be very disappointed with this turn of events... but he'll be happy to know that the amount of grass you see in this picture will basically remain. It will just be a more environmentally friendly grass, eventually. . . .
Okay, well, the mania is mine. I love tulips and I've been planting them for a few years in my garden. Mostly the front yard, but I have a few out back, too.
In keeping with the purpose of this blog, being my garden journal, I am going to use this post to document the many varieties of tulip that bloom (or still bloom) in my garden. I plant new varieties every year, but they don't all return. So this is a record of what's blooming in Spring 2008. . . .
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via Playing in the Dirt: Gardening in Durham Region on 1969-12-31, 19:00:00
