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

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How do seedless oranges reproduce? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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My beautiful autumn garden, how I love it so. I even spent a couple hours out there, planting, cleaning up a bit, admiring most of all……the plants and the light of fall. Now this is the same light, that when it comes into the house at a low angle, shows all the hideous finger prints on the kitchen cabinets, the dog hair in fluffs on the floor, crumbs on the counters……….well, all that yuck stuff. But in the garden, the warm light of autumn makes golds golder, bronzes bronzer, purples magical, blues so blue….

Am sharing some of this bounty with you reader. Enjoy.

My view from the kitchen sink, miscanthus Gracillimus, Owyhee mountains 30 miles away, slightly smoky skies….

Red ripe apples on the espalier!

Rose quartz rocks control water flow on the fountain.

Kniphofia hiding in the Joe Pye weed, I almost missed it…

The long view of the wildlands!

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Happy go lucky rudbeckia…

Another view of the Lily Pond

Purple thingamabob in the purple garden

Sunset over the Boise foothills

Thanks for joining me.

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In the garden at home….at last

(Via Snappy's Gardens Blog)

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-09-07, 13:59:00

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(Via An Iowa Garden)

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-09-07, 06:45:00

Chelonopsis yagiharana (also called C. moschata) seems like a rather ponderous name for such a delicate little plant. It is sometimes called Japanese turtlehead, for it is native to eastern Asia and resembles our native Chelone (turtlehead), though to me its flower is more reminiscent of a tiny foxglove.
The foliage of this Chelonopsis is very neat but unassuming, forming a fairly tight but tangled clump; then in early fall it begins blooming, with numerous little bright mauve tubular flowers, and it blooms for weeks, often up until the first frost.
This plant should be much better known and more widely grown, and there are close to twenty other species listed in the genus which seem to be unavailable here.
Chelonopsis yagiharana is one of those plants that looks like it should be blooming in spring, with its delicate little pink flowers, but I am always happy to see it in September.

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

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-09-06, 19:00:00

What is the difference between a male and a female eggplant, and is one preferred over the other? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

(Via Home and Family: Gardening Articles from EzineArticles.com)

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Are you worried about global warming? Are you worried about the price of food? Do you love eating fresh vegetables from your own garden? These are all excellent reasons to grow your own vegetables. If you want to grow vegetables throughout the year you'll need a greenhouse, unless you live in one of the warmer climates.

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

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-09-06, 08:00:00

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Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-09-05, 22:00:00

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

Posted by admin to Uncategorized on 2008-09-05, 19:00:00

Can I start some new African daisies from cuttings? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.