Gardening Question of the Day for Wednesday, March 26, 2008
(Via Gardening Question of the Day (from the Old Farmer's Almanac))
Does Vermont have a long enough growing season for red peppers? The green bell type are no problem. How about okra? (answer).![]()
Does Vermont have a long enough growing season for red peppers? The green bell type are no problem. How about okra? (answer).
From The Old Farmer's Almanac.
“What’s New?”…
(Via gardenauthor)
1.) The highly acclaimed film, "Metamorphosis of a Monarch Butterfly" is currently playing in this sidebar, to your right.
2.) The short film, "Oh Deer!" is playing over at the 'Corliss Clips' blog.
3.) Now showing at 'Waltzes with Words' is "New England Sunsets"
4.) Held over, by popular demand, "Shutterbug's Slide Show." And don't miss that very short, but sweet, holiday treat "The Easter Bunny Show." These are both playing at 'Shutterbug on Knights Pond.'
So, pop the corn, pour the root beer, sit back and enjoy "movie night!"
1.) The highly acclaimed film, "Metamorphosis of a Monarch Butterfly" is currently playing in this sidebar, to your right.
2.) The short film, "Oh Deer!" is playing over at the 'Corliss Clips' blog.
3.) Now showing at 'Waltzes with Words' is "New England Sunsets"
4.) Held over, by popular demand, "Shutterbug's Slide Show." And don't miss that very short, but sweet, holiday treat "The Easter Bunny Show." These are both playing at 'Shutterbug on Knights Pond.'
So, pop the corn, pour the root beer, sit back and enjoy "movie night!"
Compost Bins For a Better Environment & How Composting Can Help You
(Via Home and Family: Gardening Articles from EzineArticles.com)
Compost is a great garden fertilizer, containing several nutrients for your garden. Not only is it a necessary addition to the soil in your yard or garden, it's also the perfect way to get rid of your food scraps, yard clippings, leaves, manure, pine needles, dryer lint, and even cardboard and papers you need to get rid of.
Compost is a great garden fertilizer, containing several nutrients for your garden. Not only is it a necessary addition to the soil in your yard or garden, it's also the perfect way to get rid of your food scraps, yard clippings, leaves, manure, pine needles, dryer lint, and even cardboard and papers you need to get rid of.
Galanthus ‘Bitton’ (And English As A Foreign Language)
(Via An Iowa Garden)
Galanthus 'Bitton' is a very small snowdrop; a nivalis clone (nivalis being the small 'English' or 'European' snowdrop species). Bitton is known for being a husky version of nivalis and for having a thick, straight flower stem (a rather relative thing, since nivalis is such a tiny, frail-looking little thing... we're talking about a sturdy version of a four inch tall flower). I assume this clone is named after either the Parish of Bitton, or Bitton Village which lies in that parish; they are in the county of Gloucester, in S.W. Great Britain; a lovely spot indeed, which many years ago I traversed traveling to Bath, on my way to Cornwall to go hiking. I eventually found that Gloucester is pronounced gloss-ter, much to the amusement in the meantime of the locals (though they had no ready answer when I asked why they kept wasting time and ink putting syllables in their words if they weren't going to ever pronounce them). I only later thought I should also have asked if Gloucester is Glosster and Worcester is Wooster why isn't Winchester pronounced Winster? They probably wouldn't have had an answer to that either.
Galanthus 'Bitton' is a very small snowdrop; a nivalis clone (nivalis being the small 'English' or 'European' snowdrop species). Bitton is known for being a husky version of nivalis and for having a thick, straight flower stem (a rather relative thing, since nivalis is such a tiny, frail-looking little thing... we're talking about a sturdy version of a four inch tall flower). I assume this clone is named after either the Parish of Bitton, or Bitton Village which lies in that parish; they are in the county of Gloucester, in S.W. Great Britain; a lovely spot indeed, which many years ago I traversed traveling to Bath, on my way to Cornwall to go hiking. I eventually found that Gloucester is pronounced gloss-ter, much to the amusement in the meantime of the locals (though they had no ready answer when I asked why they kept wasting time and ink putting syllables in their words if they weren't going to ever pronounce them). I only later thought I should also have asked if Gloucester is Glosster and Worcester is Wooster why isn't Winchester pronounced Winster? They probably wouldn't have had an answer to that either.
Under The Weather
(Via Snappy's Gardens Blog)
After the four thirteen hour days I was too tired to venture out to the allotment today.I have some sand to add to the first rectangular bed to try to aid the awful drainage problem.
There are the two smaller beds to dig over, and the first bed to properly dig.The snow has melted and the day has been overcast.
I got up late and did some spring cleaning of the house.I will take more photos tomorrow of the garden and the allotment.Plants grow better when you dont look at them for a few days.
My fav coloured flower at the moment is the Muscari. I have another ten or fifteen plants growing the grape like buds slowly.The one in the blue pot has been in flower for weeks now.I love the Blue colour with the Yellow hint on the buds end.
I have four days off to recover from work, and to get some more gardening done!
After the four thirteen hour days I was too tired to venture out to the allotment today.I have some sand to add to the first rectangular bed to try to aid the awful drainage problem.
There are the two smaller beds to dig over, and the first bed to properly dig.The snow has melted and the day has been overcast.
I got up late and did some spring cleaning of the house.I will take more photos tomorrow of the garden and the allotment.Plants grow better when you dont look at them for a few days.
My fav coloured flower at the moment is the Muscari. I have another ten or fifteen plants growing the grape like buds slowly.The one in the blue pot has been in flower for weeks now.I love the Blue colour with the Yellow hint on the buds end.
I have four days off to recover from work, and to get some more gardening done!
Daisies - The Pure, The Simple, The Beauty
(Via Home and Family: Gardening Articles from EzineArticles.com)
Ask a any four year old to draw you a flower and he or she will you a daisy. Daisies look like what a flower should look like. Nothing fancy. Simple yet elegant. Strong but vulnerable.
Ask a any four year old to draw you a flower and he or she will you a daisy. Daisies look like what a flower should look like. Nothing fancy. Simple yet elegant. Strong but vulnerable.
Garage Storing Frees Up Space
(Via Home and Family: Gardening Articles from EzineArticles.com)
Your garage may have been built to house your cars, but it might also be the best storage space you have in your home. Garage storage is utilized by many a family as a way to keep the clutter out of the house. With a few shelving additions, your garage can be the perfect space for all of that "what are we going to do with this thing" stuff.
Your garage may have been built to house your cars, but it might also be the best storage space you have in your home. Garage storage is utilized by many a family as a way to keep the clutter out of the house. With a few shelving additions, your garage can be the perfect space for all of that "what are we going to do with this thing" stuff.
Hunting for Garden Collectibles & Antiques for Cottage Style Homes
(Via Home and Family: Gardening Articles from EzineArticles.com)
"Thar's Gold in Them Thar Garden Sheds": Decorating with garden collectibles and antiques is very popular today as more and more people are after a cottage style look where "shabby" is in and mass produced and manufactured is out! If you want to have fun this Spring, bring outside accessories in side and inside collectibles and accessories outside.
"Thar's Gold in Them Thar Garden Sheds": Decorating with garden collectibles and antiques is very popular today as more and more people are after a cottage style look where "shabby" is in and mass produced and manufactured is out! If you want to have fun this Spring, bring outside accessories in side and inside collectibles and accessories outside.
What’s your story?
(Via The Blogging Nurseryman - The Art of Running a Small Garden Center or Nursery)
I was asked today, does this blog help my business? I don’t know. It has morphed far beyond what I might have originally envisioned. We have a web page that we like to think of as our virtual store front. This is where you go to sign up for our e-news, learn about plants, or [...]
I was asked today, does this blog help my business? I don’t know. It has morphed far beyond what I might have originally envisioned. We have a web page that we like to think of as our virtual store front. This is where you go to sign up for our e-news, learn about plants, or [...]
