Bill posted this question in the About Gardening Forum: "...my sister recently gave me a few tomato plants. The plants she has at her home always seem...
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Did you know that the average lawn mower produces 93 times more pollution than the average automobile? Don't believe me? Well I got this factoid from this NY Times article that talks about how the effort to make catalytic converters mandatory on lawn mowers is being met by resistance from lobbyists. . ..
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Posted by Anthony Reblogged by Old Roses to tools on 2008-05-30, 06:51:39
One thing I've always appreciated about people who like to garden is that half the fun is sharing what we have. We love to dig things up and give them away to friends. . ..
I am closing my pondlady store this weekend. Sales have been way down and it is no longer profitable to keep it open. Pondlady.com will undergo a complete renovation as return as a forum where you can ask questions and get answers. My articles will remain on the site as will all resource material. I may or may not continue this blog. I will make that decision soon. I am working as a full time writer now, so doing the blog is just more writing, but unpaid. I am not sure of my blog readership, so may well discontinue it or change the focus of it. If you have any thoughts about it, let me know.
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My vegetable garden is in full swing. Greens, beets, and lettuces are all growing strongly, and this past weekend I was finally able to plant out the tomato transplants and...
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on May 29, 2008, 6:29AM
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Dianthus deltoides ‘Double North’ (dy-AN-thus) (del-TOY-deez) Synonyms: Maiden Pink
This is the first time I have seen this Dr Keith Hammett (New Zealand) introduction. I thought it was beautiful. The grey-bluish foliage had formed a nice mound and the flowers were on short stems. I really love Dianthus but it has been finicky for me before. I keep trying it anyway. The garden I was working in yesterday had a whole walk way planted with the pink version of this plant and it made a wonderful edge. . ..
I can never work out why Tree Dahlias wait until almost winter to begin producing their dinner-plate sized flowers, when they run the risk of having the first heavy frost blacken them overnight.
Despite several light frosts already, they are continuing to flower this year, so we'll keeping hoping they hold on to their pretty mauve flowers for a few more weeks.
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Posted by Alice Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers on 2008-05-30, 06:43:42
These golden, crystal clear days in May are lady's slipper days in our garden. In a shady back ravine, Cypripedium Gisela is blooming, with its burgundy sepals and blushed pouch. This is a hybrid between our native parviflorum and the Asiatic macranthos. It is one of the easiest and most vigorous hybrid slippers for the garden; my original tiny baby plant is starting to grow into a nice clump.
Our iris bed is blooming and the flowers ar eso beautiful. I just wanted to share what they look like. Our mailperson keeps on snapping them off (I assume with her mailbag). I wonder if we will have to divide these soon because there are so many.
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Posted by louisj80 Reblogged by Old Roses to iris on 2008-05-30, 06:38:16
Plantopia All natural soaps, bath salts and stationary. Plantopia, Inc. is proud to contribute to the Trees Across America Campaign and is committed to planting one tree every time three bars of their soap are sold. I was lucky enough to come across the owner of Plantopia at a recent Earth Day event. I purchased several of her soaps and I have to tell you they are everything advertised and more. I particularly like the Morning Mint since it smells so refreshing, although my husband prefers Bar None with zero fragrance. Check out their products and, as long as you're buying, get three so another tree can be planted. Happy Gardening.
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Posted by Nancy Reblogged by Old Roses to trees on 2008-05-30, 06:38:04
Get your green thumb wet this summer with a water garden teeming with pretty fish and plants—this stunning, unexpected landscape feature is sure to make a splash. Water gardens come in all shapes and sizes, whether it’s a large in-ground pond feature or even a tabletop container water garden. But before you dive in, consider these things:
Kudos to the Canadian supermarket known as Superstore (Loblaw's), which has announced that they will now accept plastic pots, flats and even plant tags for recycling. They'll make them into new pots and flats for use and sale the following year. This closed-loop solution could divert approximately three million garden pots from Canada's landfills this year alone. Learn more here.
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on May 29, 2008, 1:18PM
First the cuteness (and still offering my kingdom/ empire of dirt for a telephoto lens):
Behind the scenes:
Gander spots woman with camera nearby:
Everyone is instructed to lower their heads below grass level:
Woman continues to snap photos. Geese decide to make a run for it:
Safely in the water, gosslings bunch up:
In perfect formation they paddle away:
Some of you will. . .
Anne Pope reports on last night's meeting regarding the community garden for Flatbush, now named the Flatbush Unity Garden:
A group of 20+ people met at P.S. 217 to share their ideas of what they’d like this community resource to become. In addition...
I had a couple of bare patches in the flower beds, so this morning before work I planted...
Four pots purple Pseuderanthemum laxiflorum (since there were multiple plants in each pot, I divided the pots into six plants). A new-to-me plant from a grower called "Florennials" -- claims to be perennial in Florida.
One pot "Victoria Blue" Salvia farinacea (divided into two plants)
Two pots of a pinkish Gaura, a tried-and-true perennial in my garden.
Last year I planted fava beans (broad beans) for the first time. I was served delicious grilled fava beans at the East Coast Grill and was determined to grow some myself! I planted them in my shady home garden. But they were totally eaten by black aphids before the beans formed. This year, I planted them at my community plot which has incredibly full sunlight. NO APHIDS YET!!! The plants are blooming and I'm keeping my fingers crossed....
I often find myself getting to a point in my gardening where I need some new challenges or inspiration. It usually comes after walking around some of the big-box nurseries where everything soon becomes blah! The same plants. The same features. Even gardening tools can become a little boring - and that's saying something. . . .
Its been a busy day hence the late posting time. I went to the allotment for two hours with Cat and her son who was my little helper. We weeded and planted some onion sets, and I dug over mr Saddiq's overgrown bed.Three down, three to go. These Lupins were in flower in the community garden at the allotment...
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Posted by snappy Reblogged by Old Roses to flowers, weather on 2008-05-30, 06:28:26
I know its getting to be June because the Crimson Alabama Honeysuckle is fit to burst. I brought some home and put them into this odd flea market vase I have where someone has hand painted roses onto the surface- it's eroded badly in parts which is what makes me think it was added later but that only adds to its appeal. Looking at the photos after, the words honeysuckle and rose connect and Fats Waller's sultry classic cranks up in my head. . .
Well I finally set my heirloom tomato seedlings out into the garden. It’s a bit later than usual, but with the weather being as cool as it has been this shouldn’t amount to much of a setback for them.
Marc over at the Garden Desk announced his starting tomato lineup way back in February, and Hanna of This Garden is Illegal just recently reported on the mysterious tomatoes making their way into her garden, so here’s my opportunity to share the tomato varieties that I will hopefully be harvesting this summer. . . .
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on May 29, 2008, 9:31PM
Posted by Kenny Point Reblogged by Old Roses to tomatoes on 2008-05-30, 06:25:50
I believe I've mentioned the "pond" in the TundraGarden before. It fully emerged from the snowbank today, although a bit the worse for wear. The arctophylla seems to be intact. . ..
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Posted by AnneBrygger Reblogged by Old Roses to ponds on 2008-05-30, 06:25:17
The rain was very heavy last night and I wondered if it might be an early start of tsuyu (rain season), despite it only just finishing down in Okinawa. It should be a good few weeks off which I hope will be long enough for the overdue onions and garlic. The latter had spawned some [...]
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on May 29, 2008, 5:00AM
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