We noticed yesterday that one of our favorite fountain features was stolen and we are all sick about it. The copper Art Nouveau urn with a lotus motif was purchased for the original North Garden in 1908.
We are offering a $500 reward for information leading to its return so please keep your eyes peeled! - Click on the images for a larger view, etch its shape into your memory and help us scan for it in antiques shops, rummage sales, your neighbor’s garden, scrap yards, Ebay… so that it might come back to where it once belonged.
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on May 23, 2008, 12:26PM
Posted by Kris Reblogged by Old Roses to ponds on 2008-05-24, 07:00:36
I saw this strongly fragrant Miniature Shrub rose at the nursery when I was buying a 8 to 9 foot Norway Spruce. The tag said it was a Shrublet rose, which is something I hadn’t heard before. It was bigger than what I would normally call think of as a miniature rose and the final height was listed at 4.5 feet tall. . .
I ran a few trials last year on Viva Sunpatiens. They were planted out in the full hot sunshine with absolutely no protection of any kind - I’m mean let’s make it a test. . ..
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on Dec 31, 1969, 6:59PM
Posted by Doug Reblogged by Old Roses to impatiens on 2008-05-24, 06:59:11
Allium bulgaricum Nectaroscordum. After I took this photo and viewed it on the computer screen, I noticed the bells seem to have a wonderful glow which I was not aware of when taking the picture. . . .
Images are from garden tours last summer.
Lots of fun ideas for container planting in the garden:
Hypertufa planters (lots of free instructions online):
Pot on a pot:
Layered low profile pots:
Feeding trough made into a water pond:
Old wheelbarrow:
Weird pot with succulents:
Ye trusty old whiskey barrel:
Concrete planter:
Metal wall-mounted planter:
Bicycle made of. . .
Solomon?s Seal plants are North American natives -- I see them all the time out in the New England woods. Marie Iannotti notes that Solomon?s Seal plants pair well with...
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on May 23, 2008, 12:22AM
Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to natives on 2008-05-24, 06:57:34
Kerri has photos on her blog of a bird they call a Killdeer, which is a member of the Plover family. We are familiar with plovers in this country, and after our encounter with some at the coast last year, I would quite happily call them Killdeer, or 'Kill Anything'.
We were walking through the Eurobodalla Botanic Gardens in Spring time. That's right, Spring time, the time when parent birds are zealously guarding their offspring. As plovers nest in the grass, it is very easy to walk close to a nest without realising it. That is, until a seemingly docile bird .........
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Posted by Alice Reblogged by Old Roses to birds on 2008-05-24, 06:57:26
I just love my garden at this time of the year. Well, actually I love my garden at any time throughout the whole year but I must guess that May is indeed a very special month. And I bed all the other gardeners will agree upon this statement!
My pink lupines have started blooming, how pretty they are! And have a look at those two big buds of my peonies. . .
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Posted by Anita Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2008-05-24, 06:56:55
Flower catalogs tend to be, shall we say, generous in describing the size of flowers and the vigor and other attributes of the plants themselves... rather like some proud parents touting their seemingly fairly average offspring. However, when Ellen of Seneca Hills Perennials describes Primula sieboldii 'Seneca Star' as having large flowers (with white stars) and vigorous foliage, she's almost understating. This is either a primrose on steroids or a tetraploid. It's just big; the petal substance is very thick, and the foliage is very large and much darker green and heavy compared to my other sieboldii cultivars. I will say the foliage of this plant might even be a bit coarse, but that's a quibble. I suspect this plant is going to form a large clump very rapidly (it's already giving a nudge to the cute little Japanese maple its growing under). It should be fairly spectacular.
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Posted by IBOY Reblogged by Old Roses to primrose on 2008-05-24, 06:55:58
Most of our vegetables gardens have started producing at least some early crops, but many of us are still awaiting that vegetable gardening prize - the first ripe tomato. ...
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on May 22, 2008, 9:01PM
Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2008-05-24, 06:55:46
Where has the time gone? I can't believe that I haven't kept up with this blog since January. I need a way to get reminders so that I can keep this up-to-date. If anyone knows of a reminder service for blog writers, please let me know. . . .
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Posted by bamboochik Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening on 2008-05-24, 06:55:28
As May draws to a close, so has the blooming season for lilacs here, and what a glorious season it was. Each time I walked by our neighbors' large lilac, which borders our property, and caught a whiff of its scent, I was reminded of what my grandma told me years ago. She said that people used to plant lilacs near their doors so when people came to visit, they could enjoy the scent too, as they entered the house. . . .
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Posted by Kylee Reblogged by Old Roses to lilac on 2008-05-24, 06:51:12
"Know your enemy..." --Sun Tzu
As much as I hate it when people equate caring for the lawn and garden with warfare (especially when they equate it with chemical warfare...)...
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to lawn weeds
on May 23, 2008, 6:50AM
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Yesterday morning, a fellow member of our local COG chapter forwarded me an e-mail containing this recipe for an organic weed killer. It had been sent to him by some friends who had heard about it on a radio program (unknown). In their opinion, it “works like a charm.”. . .
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on May 23, 2008, 10:06AM
Posted by Amy Reblogged by Old Roses to organic, weeds on 2008-05-24, 06:50:31
Believe it or not some plants show their true colors when they are pot bound and the brilliant colored Bougainvillea is just one of those special plants. Bougainvillea will put on their best flower show when they are a little tight in the pots. . . .
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on May 23, 2008, 12:26PM
Posted by Plant Pro Reblogged by Old Roses to plants on 2008-05-24, 06:48:58
On Wednesday I travelled north (just shy of the Canadian border) for a father/daughter field trip arranged by Erin to visit Gretchen, a magical, woodland sprite who is in full tilt harvest mode at Alm Hill Gardens just now. Lilacs and Peonies, organically grown; these were the kinds of floral magic she had on the menu this week. Flowers you can bury your nose in without worrying for the health of your unborn children. . . .
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on May 23, 2008, 4:06AM
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Some people love roller coasters. My kids love the coasters, but for me I get enough thrills introducing new plants. Introducing new plants can be fun and exciting, but it’s also scary as hell. Sure it’s really fun to be the first person to see a new plant with great garden potential. And it’s especially exciting the first time you see that new plant in someone’s garden or landscape. But introducing a new plant is also very scary. First off everyone is a plant critic. As horticulturists we are trained to find fault with every plant. And to be sure every plant has its weak points. No plant is going to do well in every state in the union, in every soil type and withstand all the abuse that gardeners dish out. So I introduce plants and brace myself for the criticism. No matter how good the plant it always comes. . ..
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Posted by Tim Wood Reblogged by Old Roses to roses on 2008-05-24, 06:48:06
Finally, able to access this! Here is the online link to this week's The List: Top Home & Garden Events on page 23 of yesterday's print edition in the Washington Examiner. You can find the Examiner in the many red street-boxes around town. I saved a screen capture of the listing as a JPG and posted it here -- which you can click on to read at 100%. . ..
These two have become the best of friends: chasing each other all over the garden and sitting together on the kitchen windowsill daydreaming and eating birdseed together. Do squirrels of different colours mate? I must look that up. I'm rather intrigued that they're such good friends.
I couldn't get a great shot but found this rather funny. It was quite cold and windy and the brown squirrel. . .
Memorial Day always seems like the official start to summer here in Florida as the temps reach into the low 90's and the humidity creeps up on us. Summer is not my favorite time of year to do a lot of yard work (did I mention the humidity), so I made one last trip around the yard this morning clipping here, there and everywhere. I had a couple of last items on my spring "to-do" list that I needed to wrap up, and a few more bags of mulch to spread (pine bark only - no cypress). I'm tired, hot and sweaty but my garden looks so nicccceeee.
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Posted by Susan Reblogged by Old Roses to summer on 2008-05-24, 06:45:47
Potatoes for this summer season are being container grown given the continuing water shortages. Anya a salad potato which has been derived by crossing Pink fir apple and Desiree is my chosen variety. It is a waxy potato with a mild and pleasant nutty taste the plants supposedly give a reasonably high yield of elongated tubers.
I chitted my Anya tubers before planting to give them a head start.
The photograph shows the sprouts having appeared on the tubers. As the shoots grow I will top up the container with composted materials to earth up the young plants. Once the plants have bloomed I will wait for the flowers to fall before harvesting the crop. Although this variety is resistant to many common diseases it is easily damaged and is a little prone to greening.
Bufo americanus, American Toad, by Henry McLin.
The NYC Health Department issued an alert today about an illegal aphrodisiac derived in part from toad venom. A man died last week after ingesting it:
The Health Department today warned New York City...
Thanks to Nicole at from Farm to Philly ... the One Local Summer 2008 will be hosted there this year. Check it out now ... sign up deadline is this Sunday, May 25.
I found that the challenge really helped to keep me in the game last year. And I learned so much about other people's ideas for how to get a good local meal on the table without a big fuss.
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Posted by Leslie Reblogged by Old Roses to environment on 2008-05-24, 06:44:47
I changed the look of my blog and added adsense and my total hits per day has plummeted. What the heck is that all about? It seems to be that my blog is not showing up on any google searches any more. I use to be the second site when you google "homemade composter" but now I'm not there at all.
What the heck did I do to cause this? Anybody?
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to blogs
Posted by Gina Reblogged by Old Roses to blogs on 2008-05-24, 06:42:04
From my inbox: "Here are some pictures of my out house shed. I hope you like it .I had a lot of fun building it. I know not many out houses had a front porch but i thought it added a nice touch."
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Posted by ~~ Melissa Reblogged by Old Roses to shed on 2008-05-24, 06:41:29
Many people associate a routine with boredom or lack of spontaneity. I don't think that's true at all. Routines are comfortable. Each morning I walk my daughter out to the end of the driveway to wait for the bus. We talk, listen to the birds, and wait together. After she leaves, I walk around to see what's going on in my flower and herb beds. This morning I found the lilacs were closer to blooming, one of my columbine had a bloom, and my new transplants from this week all looked perky.. . .
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Posted by Brenda Hyde Reblogged by Old Roses to Gardening on 2008-05-24, 06:41:04
Whoever did the rain dance, thank you! It poured today all over South Florida and it was NICE! Thunder, lightning and cool breezes....ah, so nice!
Curt and Stephanie have some cool photos of their garden up on their Flickr. Curt has inherited
the Whitlock/Kincade green thumb in our family and turned a bit of his yard into a veggie garden. I am completely envious of his onions right now!! I hope mine turn out
that good! And take a look at the cute pups, Biff the golden doodle and Gizmo the Boston Terrier. . ..
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on May 23, 2008, 11:25PM
Posted by Reblogged by Old Roses to weather on 2008-05-24, 06:39:38
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