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Via Idaho Gardener)
Posted by admin to Journal entries on 2007-12-06, 20:05:08
Hey all.
When I was looking something up today, I came across this faboo website of Preferred Idaho vendors. Vendors of all kinds of great stuff: vegetables, eggs, herbs, dairy products, xeric plants, bakery items, trout, meats, wine, vodka (eureka!!!), berries, big fruits, jams, syrups, pancake batters, lentils, peas, barbecued food, honey, mustards and on and on and on. So, I am thinking about trying very hard to eat locally. More locally. Chocolate doesn’t grow on trees, not here anyway, and that can be a major obstacle. Coffee is an issue. Tea is an issue. I buy my exotic herbs, salt and pepper from the co-op.
Anyway, look the list over, check it twice, and think about buying locally for Christmas this year. Give a loaf of locally baked bread and a bottle of wine. Someone will love you for it.
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Via Gardening Question of the Day (from the Old Farmer's Almanac))
Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2007-12-06, 20:00:00
Have you heard of planting seeds in eggshells to start transplants? (
answer).
From The Old Farmer's Almanac.
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Via Girl Gone Gardening)
Posted by admin to California, Sasha, Winter, fruit, garden, shrubs, snow, trees on 2007-12-06, 19:43:00
24*, feels like 18*, 69% humidity, S 5 mph wind, cloudy, snow advisory
This morning when I let the dog out to eat snow or whatever it is she likes to do so much with snow, I took a brisk stroll around the garden to see how things look. My garden this winter has slightly more winter interest this year then the year before thanks to my rhodie, the new conifer, and a few bare of leaves baby shrubs.
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Via Gardening Tips 'n' Ideas)
Posted by admin to Gardening Books & Gifts on 2007-12-06, 14:10:27
Written and self-published by Peter G. Blair (who is Peter Blair...certainly not a gardener, that's for certain) this satirical jaunt starts with combining gardening with golf - and then takes a number of different tangents from there.
I haven't read this book, but am certainly keen to after reading some excerpts and testimonials. It's my kind of book. Completely politically incorrect and stepping over a few too many borders just to get a laugh seems to be the order of the day.
In fact, if you're thinking this might be a helpful gardening book...think again. It's own press release states,
"Do not buy this book for anyone who is uptight, stern, serious, or otherwise dull and argumentative. We simply do not want complaints. A better "obligatory" gift for them might be a smelly hermit crab with a peace sign painted on it's shell."
and;
The main concept of the book is for one to use their golf clubs to maintain their yard, making the yard look nice, while at the same time improving their golf game. It goes down hill from there.
So, if you have a healthy sense of humour and can handle images of golfers teeing up against a large marrow then this book may be that Christmas present you thought of buying for yourself - but keep it well out of the way of the MIL who won first-prize for her rose blooms. She won't appreciate it.
Still interested? You can buy it here...
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Via Home and Family: Gardening Articles from EzineArticles.com)
Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2007-12-06, 14:00:00
An apocryphal story and a history lesson explain the origin of the Christmas Flower, the Poinsettia.
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Via Home and Family: Gardening Articles from EzineArticles.com)
Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2007-12-06, 12:59:03
Container vegetable gardening is a fun and rewarding hobby for people of all ages. You can grow delicious vegetables indoors or outdoors, and you'll know your vegetables will be safe to eat.
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Via gardenauthor)
Posted by admin to fresh-cut Christmas trees on 2007-12-06, 11:25:00
Here they are, ready to unload... "all hands on deck!"
"Back it right up... just a few feet more!"
Suspended from the lathe house, where broadleaved evergreens are displayed throughout the growing season, these freshly-cut Christmas trees are easily viewed. Because they're hanging, choosing just the right tree is an almost hands-free experience.
Each has its charm, from the lightly sheared cut balsam to the exceptional quality of the premium cut balsams or Fraser firs.
Wandering through this pendulous "forest," savoring the pungency of balsam on the chilly breeze, one is immediately put in that holiday mood.
Look to local garden centers for the care and convenience at Christmas, that they provide the rest of the year. Make shopping for trees, greens, wreaths, ornaments and gifts a thoroughly enjoyable experience and eliminate some of the stops on your busy schedule.
A special thanks to the staff of Corliss Bros. Nursery & Garden Center (Ipswich, MA) for the fine photos, ©2007
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Via OregonLive.com: Dig in with Kym)
Posted by admin to Comments on 2007-12-06, 10:24:04
Doug fir -- the real thing, and the most popular Christmas tree. I'm not going to lie. I dislike fake Christmas trees. In fact, I'm vocal about my disdain of any fake plant. I know people with allergies have a...
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Via Plant Care)
Posted by admin to Plant Diseases, Plants - General, Troubleshooting on 2007-12-06, 08:29:03
Plant scale are one of those house plant insects that come equipped with piercing/sucking mouth parts.
Scale on plants secrete a waxy covering over their bodies resembling a plate of armor. (...)
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Via An Iowa Garden)
Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2007-12-06, 08:05:00
The squirrels here are a raffish bunch, seemingly with no real occupation or great aspirations. Here they are having a nibble, having worked up an appetite from their morning round of teasing the cat.
