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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-13, 08:33:37

Whether you have or your own garden and see the value in involving the children in its up-keep, or as a teacher in a school where horticultural activity is part of the curriculum, you may wish to give some thought to each of the main gardening tasks, to see how to obtain the most satisfying results from them. For where children are concerned, the quality of the results is judged not only by the physical state of the plants and features, but also by the fulfillment and inner development gained by the children. Health and safety ...

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Posted by admin to independent, nursery, retail on 2008-03-13, 08:33:03

I wanted to address Jodie’s concerns concerning my last post, Before you start that nursery… She asks, “… what does everyone else do with the dribs and drabs of stuff that doesn’t go? That odd garden stepping stone, or a chipped statue that’s been here gathering dust for 5 years–yes, 5–or more, years.” Why do we [...]

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Posted by admin to Insect, tulips on 2008-03-13, 08:19:00

As I was planting yesterday I saw this bug walk across the soil and up the tulip bulbs. He was green with a dark back.
He climbed to the top of the leaves, then back down and dissapeared into the soil..









Here he is in action climbing the Tulip bulb.I wander if he is whats been nibbling some of the leaves?
The wanders of nature!

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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-13, 08:16:09

With an emphasis on 'Go Green' becoming ever more popular, gardening organically is becoming of interest to many home gardeners. Using products which are nontoxic and all - natural is important to them. Yucca shidigera, added as an extract to gardening products, especially to liquid worm castings (worm tea), will be a big boost in the quest to find otrganic products to use.

(Via Country Gardener)

Posted by admin to Canada Blooms garden show on 2008-03-13, 08:04:00

This year Canada Blooms theme is 'Flower Power', with psychedelic '60s theme and lots of emphasis on what they call "the eco-savvy future of horticulture in Canada." I can't say the show turned me on much, but it was good to see flowers in bloom.

Andy Warhol theme with a wall of Campbell's soup cans

Paul Zammit's entry garden display

Visitors were encouraged to vote for the best front garden in a series created by a number of gardening and other "celebrities" (I'm not sure we actually have bono fide celebrities in Canada). My favorite was the one above designed by Paul Zammit, a wonderful plant enthusiast from Toronto's Plant World garden centre.

The cutest idea I saw was this fountain designed by Toronto landscape architect Christopher Clayton, whose small garden display was a masterwork of clever reuse of old garden and other stuff.

With so much writtern from an anti-lawn point of view in the gardening and other media these days, turf had its own public relations billboards, which extolled the environmental benefits of grass. Hey, plants are good, and guess what, grass is a plant.

I can't imagine my 10 acres without some lawn. No lawn and no mowing would amount to a quick reversion to the mess of burdock, thistles and buckthorn that we found here 10 years ago.


© Yvonne Cunnington, Country Gardener

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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-13, 07:44:08

Chili pepper seeds are viewed by many gardeners as an exotic commodity and something that are hard to track down and more importantly near on impossible to grow. The common misconception is that growing chili peppers is a specialist activity that only seasoned horticulturalists can do successfully. The truth actually shatters the myth above.

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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-13, 07:25:54

Growing blueberries is pretty straightforward, but there are a few things to know first. To start with, blueberries tend to favor growing in somewhat cooler climates. You can find varieties that can grow in climate zones three through seven. They are bushes, and with the proper care they should continue to grow for ten to twelve years. And they can grow to an impressive size in that time.

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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-13, 07:24:43

Weather conditions in many places make it difficult to put in a garden. Dry conditions, wet weather, too much sun, not enough sun, are all problems faces somewhere in the country. Very few placed have ideal conditions year round, so we have to look for an advantage to extend the growing season in our area. One approach that works to mitigate many of these problems are raised garden beds.

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

Posted by admin to musings on 2008-03-13, 07:00:00

I hate to admit it, but daylight saving time confuses me. I tend to believe that anything Benjamin Franklin thought up was good and worthy. I'm not so sure about this time change thing, though. Especially since Arizona and Hawaii...

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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-03-13, 06:45:10

You can propagate plants in multiple different ways, including leaf cuttings, seeds, etc. You can use leaf cuttings to propagate African violets and Gloxinia. Leaf cutting is when you cut the leaf where it joins the stem.