(Via Snappy's Gardens Blog)

Posted by admin to Garden birds on 2008-02-23, 22:31:00

Three Garden bird photos for a Sunday morning before work. The Robin is in all three.The last one shows a coal tit flying off at speed with the Robin flying in.
The robin hops along the fence to take some seeds from the feeder. He was photographed with his beak full of seed.
Hope to photograph my first Crocuses tomorrow. The flower buds looked like rockets last night under the glow of the security light. Yellow and black rolled flower buds.
Enjoy your weekends wherever you are :)

(Via Dig in with Kym - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com)

Posted by admin to Events on 2008-02-23, 22:11:03

Yes, it's late. But a girl's got to eat, right? Anyway, it's not like this is breaking news. I do have a cool idea to pass along, though. I saw it at the container display in the glass archway over...

(Via Gardening Question of the Day (from the Old Farmer's Almanac))

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-02-23, 20:00:00

I was given some staghorn ferns for my home, but they are not doing well. What's the problem? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to food, seeds, tomatoes on 2008-02-23, 16:33:00

Whats in my seed box for tomatoes this year??? Several new ones. Some seeds I've been given, some I've saved from my own plants year after year, and some came as 'sample packets' from other seed orders, while a couple I have bought myself. 1) Tomato- Supersteak F1 Hybrid (this was a free bee). it says the tomatoes are 2 lb.s each and once slice will cover a slice of bread! We shall see.... It

(Via Dig in with Kym - The Oregonian - OregonLive.com)

Posted by admin to Events on 2008-02-23, 16:03:56

Not garden related, but so Northwest: At the entrance to the Seattle Convention Center, there are free plastic bags to put your wet umbrella in to keep from dripping on the floor. So civilized. Not that we're needing it. The...

(Via Girl Gone Gardening)

Posted by admin to Flowers, cheapskate finds, ferns, houseplants, ivy, photos, roses, seeds on 2008-02-23, 15:39:00

31*, feels like 25*, 54% humidity, SW 6 mph wind, fair, FLOOD WARNING It seems like this time of year, despite the fact that I have MORE THEN ENOUGH seed to last a life time, I can not resist browsing the seed racks. I mean catalogues are bad enough, but at least you can't pick up the packets, shake em around to listen to the seeds, smell them, feel their pretty glossy pictures......It seems no

(Via Comments for Anne's Garden)

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-02-23, 14:22:20

I have had good luck with spritzing compost bins and garbage cans with ammonia or bleach. You have to reapply it after rain but it is a safe deterrent. An excellent and safe product available through Home Hardware is ‘Scarecrow’, an motion activated sprinkler. Works great!