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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-08-10, 21:24:30
Um. That first thing scares me.
And yum. Beans. I can’t wait - 13 days until I can start digging in my garden! Of course, I’ve never gardened before, but I look forward to trying.
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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-08-10, 17:59:32
Beans in cheese sauce - now that sounds good. I usually only have broccoli or cauliflower in cheese sauce.
I’m not sure what your mystery plant is but it looks familiar.
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Via Country Gardener)
Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-08-10, 16:27:00
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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-08-10, 15:01:37
<a href="http://flickr.com/photos/clairity/2564299663/" 
Automatic sprinkler systems are by far the best way to go when planning your garden's watering needs. But in most cases, unless you enjoy navigating a shovel around tree roots, planning your
garden irrigation once your yard is established is much like closing the proverbial gate after the horse has bolted.
Most automatic water systems need to be dug under the ground - which also has its benefits (ie. all the pipes remain out of sight) - but really only works on a blank, dirt canvas. Once you've added some garden beds, trees, pathways and landscaping the effort required to get pipes underground can become bigger than Ben Hur - and he was big, apparently!
Fortunately, Jason Fitzpatrick from
LifeHacker.com spent his weekend creating his own automatic sprinkler system that was all above ground. Not only, that it worked straight off his mains tap - which isn't the best solution for an eco-conscious gardener (try digging a bore or pumping water from your rain tanks) but it can give some temporary relief until you get another source started.
Fitzpatrick bought all the items needed from his local big-box for $100 and would have had the whole system operating within 15 minutes. Here's his costs;
- $30 (1) Gilmour 4-cycle electronic sprinkler timer
- $15 (2) 50ft hoses
- $10 (1) brass 2 way hose flow valve
- $15 (2) all metal impulse sprinklers
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- $100 Total Cost
I decided to cost similar items from Amazon.com to see if any savings could be made on his already very cheap shopping list. Here's Amazon's offerings;
I'm not sure what the shipping charges would be for Amazon's purchases but considering the price of fuel it might even be cheaper to have it delivered than take time out to source them from the local store. Plus, you could spend that time in the garden instead of queuing in aisles.
Jason's <a href="
post has all the details of how he put it together and the settings needed to make it automatically water your garden.
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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-08-10, 09:41:32
No, I don’t need my mouth washed out with soap, thank you.
Plurk, Twitter and Fark are just few of the myriad of new social networking devices available to all of us in the gi-hugic electronic world. I resisted them for months. Then, my totally hipster 28 year old niece, home from Austin for the weekend, informed me I must be plurking and twittering. I can’t disappoint her. Besides, Dee of Red Dirt Fame, Elizabeth of Gardening While Intoxicated, Carol of May Dreams, (and by far my favorite hoe collector), Kathy Purdy of Cold Climate, BumbleBee of Maryland, well…they all find a few minutes to stay in touch via Twitter and Plurk. Who am I to swim against the tide?
No, I don’t run in every few minutes to check my Twitter and Plurk pages. I sign on when I am already sitting at the computer, trying to be witty and sharp. I go to my friends for humor and any excuse to keep from working. I call it twurking. Husband hasn’t got on yet: “Hon, can’t help you right this second, I am busy twurking!”.
Now I ask you, is this any more absurd than watching re-runs of the Superbowl or Top Gun for the 18th time?
Post from: Idaho Gardener
Plurk, Twitter and Farking
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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-08-10, 08:09:00
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Via Girl Gone Gardening)
Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-08-10, 06:38:00
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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-08-10, 05:26:00
I'll have to admit, I don't normally pay much attention to the flowers on the many hostas here in the garden; they seem to be somewhat of an afterthought, not really adding that much to the plants themselves or to the garden as a whole. I make an exception for Hosta 'Blue Dimples'; the flowers are on short stalks, avoiding the gangliness that afflicts many hostas' blooms, and the flowers are packed on the stalks so tightly it looks like they might explode from sheer floriferousness.
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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-08-09, 23:21:00
