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Via Gardening Question of the Day (from the Old Farmer's Almanac))
Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-01-29, 20:00:00
I suspect insects of some sort destroyed my lawn last summer. How can I tell what kind of bug did it? (
answer).
From The Old Farmer's Almanac.
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Via An Iowa Garden)
Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-01-29, 17:56:00
If I had a bigger garden, I'd plant more weigelas; I'd have rows and mounds and groves of them, blooming in white, red, and pink... everywhere you'd turn in May, the cardinal shrubs would be cascading with flowers... if I had a bigger garden.
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Via Idaho Gardener)
Posted by admin to Journal entries on 2008-01-29, 17:38:56
Don’t get me wrong. I have absolutely nothing against a dark and stormy: day, night…….. or the cocktail which originated in Bermuda . And since I have ESP and know you have a need to know: 2 oz. Gosling’s Black Seal rum + 3 oz. ginger beer + a wedgie of lime over ice in a highball glass.
I love stormy days. I love the snow. But I needed a little shot in the arm - gardener’s arm, that is. Next thing I know I have promised my trusty and loyal Springer sidekick a little teeny road trip. Just a mile or two down the road. (A dog will go anywhere with you and shopping for plants is no exception. The husband, well, he wouldn’t have JUMPED at the chance like the dog did. The dog was thrilled to be included. Excellent response on his part.) Yeah, baby, it’s good to get out.
And there I was. Standing in the greenhouse. Marveling at growing things. Listening to music and the laughter of the garden gals at Edwards. Garnette and Anju were at their desks wading through boxes and boxes of seeds and lists of plants for your 2008 growing pleasure. Kathleen, Wendy, Carolla and Gail walked around with me. There were a couple of Provence and Grosso lavenders in bloom and I couldn’t stop myself. I am a tactile person. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, drag your hand over that gray foliage. Yes! I say YES!!!! Smell those hyacinths. Admire the narcissus from a distance. Love those darling pansies and their happy faces.
We told tall tales and shared plans for our gardens and kept each other company on a dark afternoon lovin every minute of it.
I beseech you fellow gardener, get thee to a greenhouse.
Post from: Idaho Gardener
it was a dark and stormy day
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Via Gardening Tips 'n' Ideas)
Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-01-29, 15:39:54
There is no doubt that water is an important element in the garden. Combine that with a little artistic structure, movement and an aesthetic background and you have some of the world's most amazing garden water fountains.
And, while you may not find Italy's
Trevy Fountain, Geneva's
Jet d'Eau or Spain's
Vejer de la Frontera in this list you may just find one that could have come from your neighbour's backyard. That is, of course, if they had a big enough backyard.
Paseo de Santa Lucia, Monterrey, Mexico.
Source : ardelfin
Austria
Source : Wikipedia
Parque das Nações, Lisbon, Portugal
Source : pedrosimoes7
Crown Fountain at Millenium Park
Source : revjim5000
Homage to Picasso
Source : laurenatclemson
Villa Guini, Italy
Source : Janet
Avenue of a Thousand Fountains, Rome
Source : Ingorrr
Washington, D.C.
Source : Kevin Rosseel
Dupont Circle Fountain
Source : Kevin Rosseel
Kauffman Gardens, Kansas City
Source : flyfshrmn98
St. Petersburg, Russia
Source : C. Jessen
East Ruston Old Vicarage, Norfolk Garden
Source : Tour Norfolk
Fountain Steps
Source : Clarita
Muppet Vision Fountain
Source : StartedbyaMouse.com
Earth Mother Fountain, Rome
Source : Covey-Hartry.com
Man's Best Friend
Source : doctor_bob
Contemporary Water Fountain
Source : Tinguely Brunnen
Italian Garden, Hastings Park
Source : Squeaky Marmot
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Via Home and Family: Gardening Articles from EzineArticles.com)
Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-01-29, 14:44:29
The poisonous Milkweed is the primary food source for the Monarch Butterfly pupa, or caterpillar (which is classified as a specialist herbivore). Milkweeds are the only source of nourishment up until they are released from their cocoon (chrysalis) and transformed (or undergo metamorphosis) into a butterfly. After transformation the adults drink water and extract nectar from many kinds of flowers.
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Via Snappy's Gardens Blog)
Posted by admin to bug, hellebore niger, macro on 2008-01-29, 13:26:00
Another flowering Hellebore, and a world within a world. The close up of the centre reveals finer details of the Hellebore.
Golden oval shapes, floating pollen grains like satelites orbiting the centre, A pink central spire arising from the golden centre, and neatly folded green tubes. A bug sits at the base of the the pink Cathedral feasting on the sugary nectar.
I did not even see him as I had to kneel down, lean sideways, and look up balancing on the raised slabs, through the camera electronic view finder. Life through a lens reveals small mysterys and beauty.
The more we look at the natural beauty of apparently simple things (like flowers) the more we realise how complex they are.
The delicate petals bely how tough these plants are as its been freezing,soaking wet, and freezing cold winds. The white sails remain aloft, unphased by the inclement weather of December and January.
One more long day to go tomorrow at work, before a garden day on Thursday..Hurray!
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Via Home and Family: Gardening Articles from EzineArticles.com)
Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-01-29, 13:10:58
Do you know how easy it is to attract Monarch Butterflies to your flower garden? It's easy ... flower nectar and milkweed plants!
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Via Home and Family: Gardening Articles from EzineArticles.com)
Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-01-29, 13:06:35
Observing Nature in our own back yard can be a wonderful thing. Few things are as relaxing as watching animals from the comfort of a garden bench, a patio, or from a window in our home. To increase the level of birds and butterflies (and ultimately wildlife in general), try strategically planting a few of the following trees and shrubs in your backyard habitat.
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Via Girl Gone Gardening)
Posted by admin to American Pie, farm, photos, roses, trees, walk on 2008-01-29, 12:50:00
I think it is an Oliver Corn Picker, but I'm not a farmer so I don't know about farm equipment. I found it off trail in the woods round here on my morning walk. Its been here a little while as trees and brier roses have grown up around it.
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Via Girl Gone Gardening)
Posted by admin to bike, links on 2008-01-29, 12:32:00
http://www.taltree.org/about.lasso
I was looking at a bike trail map for this county, trying to figure out some new places to go and I discovered that within the Union Bike loop, there is an arboretum on the map. I never knew it existed. Looking on line, I found the website and it looks like a place right up my alley! It would be great if I could bike all the way there, but I may have to work up
Another flowering Hellebore, and a world within a world. The close up of the centre reveals finer details of the Hellebore.
