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What are the best choices for a vine to climb a trellis? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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During September, narcissus and many of the small flowering bulbs, such as snowdrop, crocus, grape hyacinth, and so on, should be planted. If you plan to naturalize daffodils, plant the bulbs in drifts. Make the holes at least 5 inches deep with a grub hoe or spade; then place a bulb in each hole, replace the soil and sod, and tamp it down with your feet.

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There is nothing better than growing your basil and picking them fresh for your pizza and pasta. You can even have home-made pesto as a gift! The first step, of course, is to learn the basics of Basil care: how to grow the herb, and grow it so well that you want to use them every day! Here is my own experience on Basil care after years of herb gardening and I hope you will find the following tips helpful.

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Droughts are common in the South. We usually have one or two severe ones during the summer. This means supplemental watering to keep plants growing actively. In fact, "soaking" is a better term. The only way to keep plants in good condition is with a sprinkler and don't stop until the ground is wet down 4 or 5 inches, at least.

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Through Corinth, Mississippi, a few miles south of the Tennessee state line, is on the southern fringe of the region where peonies can be grown successfully, it was here that I saw one of the finest peony gardens I have seen anywhere. It belonged to Milton Rubel, who began growing and hybridizing peonies decades ago. Once he grew named varieties, but he discarded those and grew only his own crosses. When I was there in early May he had well over a thousand seedlings in bloom; some clumps were twenty years old, while others were young and blooming for the first time. It was an enchanting scene if ever I saw one.

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Since most evergreens have completed their summer's growth by this time they may be transplanted successfully during this month, provided they are handled quickly with proper sized balls of earth and watered thoroughly in their new locations. If the weather is hot and dry and there is no particular reason for immediate planting, a delay of planting for a few weeks until the arrival of cooler weather is recommended.

(Via Idaho Gardener)

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Friends, Gardeners, and all the rest,

Is it fall yet? Please oh please say it is. I’ve had enough spring and summer gardening. I know, I am a heretic. So be it. Let’s clean it up and be done with it for awhile. Tie up the loose ends. Save the tomatoes, but a killing frost would be nice to do away with the ‘hoppers and yellow jackets. And please, no whining about how they have a place in the food chain, too. I just want a few nice big pots of fresh mixed salad greens, plenty of arugula, and to live long enough to see my rogue cantaloupe ripen.

I filled up this painted pot with some homemade compost, then I cheerfully planted my fig tree in the center. As the summer went on, I had to pull tomato seedlings out of this pot at least once a week. I believe they are volunteers or rogues, coming right from the kitchen compost. Yes, its pretty darn cool to be part of the grand circle of life. Get a tomato, clean it up, eat it, compost detritus, from the compost springs food. I mean truly, how groovy is THAT? It appears the same thing happened with last summer’s cantaloupe because now I have two lovely melon plants and lo and bee-hold, there are the fuzzy little darlings hanging on for dear life. I have this image of me craddling the melons in old “nude” pantyhose, all slung up everywhich way to keep from breaking the vine. I promise photos.

So there you have it, a cantaloupe grows at Ranch du Bois.

And yes, there are lots of Fall Gold razzles, a few apples, and tons of tomatoes. Until next week, when hopefully the new batch of lettuces will be up,

Ida

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Roses grow best in rich clay-loam soils located where there is good drainage and where protection is afforded from strong winds. Roses require sunlight and usually do not thrive in shady locations.

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There is a loud and prolonged argument extended by opponents of artificial grass for residential lawns claiming all sorts of reasons why it should not be allowed, not least of them is that it doesn't look natural. But are the highly manicured lawns made from real grass natural? Aren't they just as artificial as a lawn made from synthetic materials?

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