Garden Voices

Paris at Last

2008-08-28T11:15:53Z

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Universal and Local Gardening Blogging

2008-08-28T11:14:36Z

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Methyl Jasmonate ~ Curing Plants and Human Cancer

2008-08-28T11:14:10Z

Thanks to Austin American-Statesman medical writer Mary Ann Roser for tipping us to this latest research out of Tel Aviv University. Scientists there have been publishing for over twenty years on, first, the promise, then the success of a plant compound called methyl jasmonate in killing human cancer cells. Both ”blood cancers and solid tumors” respond to this chemical; “early first-in-man studies have proven successful, and Prof. (Eliezer) Flescher is hopeful that an anti-cancer drug based on jasmonate could be on the shelf in America within four years. . .

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Chocolate Stripes Tomato: Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2008

2008-08-28T11:12:47Z

Part of Hanna’s Tomato Tastings 2008 Mmmmm… Chocolate. The mere mention of chocolate is enough to turn most women into La Femme Homer Simpson. So, when I found a tomato named Chocolate Stripes, how could I resist? And my, my, my, my, my did it come off the vine looking like a million bucks. Sure, Some have looked. . .

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Wordless Wednesday: Chick #2

2008-08-28T11:12:28Z

See other chicks from the Gardens of the Magnificent Mile

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Orange You Orange?

2008-08-28T11:12:20Z

Pelargonium 'Orange'

Of course, P. 'Orange' is orange scented....

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Growing Carrots in South Florida

2008-08-28T11:12:07Z

So, the carrot harveest was nothing to write home about.

These emerging angel trumpet (brugmansia) blooms are a big deal for my garden.

This bush, now 6 ft. tall, is from the first group of seeds I planted in my garden back in '06. Once I see the blooms, I'll be able to figure out what variety it is by looking at the empty seed packet I saved.

I don't know why it's taken 2 years for it to bloom, but lately, I've been getting impatient. I've researched possible reasons for it not blooming and had become convinced it was getting too much run-off nitrogen from grass fertilizer. In fact, I was going to rip out 6 feet of grass around its base this weekend. Here's a long thread I posted about the plant.

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Spring pond care

2008-08-28T11:11:52Z

Keep this until spring in your part of the world. This is part of the continuing series of my articles that number over 40 now. I will be adding to them as needed.

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Spring has arrived here in New Orleans, where I live, so it's time for spring pond care. I know you folks who live in northern climes are still feeling some nip in the air, so you will wait a bit before prepping your pond for spring. . . .

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Gardening Together

2008-08-28T11:11:33Z

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Spring In Summer

2008-08-28T11:11:20Z

Although we are certainly in the summer doldrums, one plant that is putting out new leaves like crazy and looking like it is spring, is Cyclamen purpurascens. In the good old days we called it Cyclamen europaeum, and it is indeed native to central and southern Europe. . . .

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You Might as Well...

2008-08-28T11:10:26Z

So you may want to get use to the fact that that my next few hundred posts are going to be about tomatoes. This morning while taking the pups out I spied quite a few and rather large red spots and oh my god the things I found!

This picture does absolutely no justice to the tomatoes. The size of them! I would say a few of them could easily weigh in at about 2-3 lbs!

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Egyptian Walking Onions

2008-08-28T11:10:10Z

Egyptian walking onions, also called tree onions, belong to the allium genus. They prefer growing in full sun, are extremely hardy and easy to grow. . . .

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Giving Your Garden Flair, with Drama Queen Plants

2008-08-28T11:09:52Z

It?s kind of a shame that just as your garden gets to its ultimate glory, it starts to go downhill. Even so, the end of summer is a good...

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Ten reasons why I wouldn't be without my scissors

2008-08-28T11:08:37Z

What tools are absolutely essential for gardening on a balcony? Well really, none. But I wouldn't want to be without my scissors.

Balcony gardening is light on tools and equipment. You need some containers, obviously, and a good watering can. But forget the spades, forks, rakes and hoes that you need in an ordinary garden. Not to mention lawnmowers, hedge clippers and all the rest. When you're balcony gardening, almost everything can be done with your hands. . . .

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Water Platters - Get Down!

2008-08-28T11:07:42Z

Victoria water platters are truly outlandish! Leaves wide enough for a child’s life raft, blooms big as volleyballs. It takes a uncommon photographer to take all this in and keep on looking.

Originally posted by Julie

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