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Posted by admin to allotments, garden on 2008-03-04, 08:42:00
After a day chilling I got a phone call from a Lady about the Allotment waiting list.I put my name on it 14 months ago!
I have arranged to meet her tomorrow morning to look at the two thirds of a plot!
The Allotment or Community garden is still thriving here, after going out of fashion there are waiting lists now to get some.
I have tons of seeds here that could be grown up there. Its just behind the hospital.
I think I have enough horticultural energy to split my time between the Home Garden and the Allotment.
The photo shows the garden today, with the colours on the left, and the foliage on the right.I had forgotten that I had applied. I thought the other day my name would be fading on the dusty waiting list paper.A nice suprise on the eve of my birthday.If I take it that would be a good Birthday present. More soil to grow Vegetables and Flowers!
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Posted by admin to California, Dirt, Flowers, Grow-A-Long Fun, Mr. Hyper, animals, birds, books, crafts, garden, hiking, leaves, rocks, seeds, snow, spring, veggies, weather, weekend on 2008-03-02, 06:14:00
37*, feels like 30*, 67% humidity, SE 9 mph wind, fair
It's supposed to be 53* today later. I plan to take advantage of this nice weather, you can beet on it! I was thinking I should go to the heron rookery, to check out the nests today, as March is the best time to view the nest repairs without the confusion of leaves in the way. But Mr. Hyper, after seeing the pictures of the fun I had last
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Posted by admin to Winter, friends, garden, seeds, veggies, yellow on 2008-03-01, 07:10:00
I don't know about you folks with larger gardens, but those of us with small gardens can't hardly use up a whole packet of veggie seeds all at one time. There usually is some left over for another sowing or two. In the past, I would just fold the seed packets closed, but this has resulted in a whole lot of mystery seed in the bottom of my seed boxes. Sometimes I would tape the seed packets closed
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Posted by admin to Buttons, Little Osa, Pink, Sasha, Winter, blue, chores, daylily, garden, herbs, hostas, pets, photos, roses, shrubs, spring, veggies, video, yellow on 2008-02-27, 09:32:00
Since I don't have much in the way of winter interest in my garden yet other then this dwarf arctic blue willow.....
I'm going to stay focused on the inside today. My old gal Sasha is in for surgery today, so while the dog is away, I've been doing a bit of spring cleaning. getting rid of a godawful amount of dog hair from the couches and all that. Just seemed like a good idea to do it now while
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Posted by admin to Flowers, garden, seeds, spring on 2008-02-25, 08:04:00
31*, feels like 22*, 87% humidity, SW 12 mph wind, cloudy, FLOOD WARNING, WINTER STORM WARNING
I was going to plant these inside on the first of march but I couldn't help myself and had to plant them today.
Callendula (from a seed exchange)Nicotiana 'Tinker Bell' (from a seed exchange)Nicotiana "Lime Green" (from a seed exchange)I only did 12 pots of each. The Nicotianas have lots more seed
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Posted by admin to food, fruit, garden, roses, seeds, shrubs, trees, vines on 2008-02-24, 16:23:00
32*, feels like 26*, 75% humidity, SSW 7 mph wind, cloudy, WINTER STORM WATCH
I'm going to be adding quite a bit of more edible landscaping/ fruits to my garden this year.
Wild Elderberry---on order, Pintree Garden SeedsCranberry, Stevens---on order, Pinetree Garden SeedsRaspberry, Lantham-red--- on order, Pinetree Garden SeedsStrawberry, Sparkle---on order, Pinetree Garden SeedsGrape, Concord-
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Posted by admin to Mr. Hyper, animals, farm, garden, seeds, veggies on 2008-02-24, 05:38:00
Here is my roots line up!
Potato, Organic Carola-- These are on order for the spring from Pinetree Garden Seeds. I've never grown them before. I hope I have better luck this year with spuds! If i don't, I'll in the future save the garden space and just buy potatoes from the farms.Radish, Rainbow Mix---these came from Thompson & Morgan seeds. I didn't buy them but someone gave them to me. I
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Posted by admin to Freya, Little Osa, Sasha, cactus, daylily, garden, ghetto, herbs, hostas, houseplants, pets, photos, roses, seeds, succulants on 2008-02-16, 08:04:00
31*, feels like 23*, 54% humidity, SSE 8 mph wind, fair, FLOOD WATCH
Sasha Pupdate: Sasha is now schedualed for surgery on Wedensday-- They are going to remove the growths and flush her kidneys too.
Too Many Seedlings! Remember those Rosa seeds I ordered from Angel Grove Tree seed? Well I had no idea every seed would decide to sprout. I have over 80 rose seedlings, and I haven't even begun to
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Posted by admin to garden on 2008-01-26, 21:41:00
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If I hope to get ahead of the bermuda grass in my garden paths, I guess I better start in January. I just wish the folks who thought bermuda grass was a good idea had checked into that common name of "Devil Grass!"
My plan of attack is to cover the dormant grass in leaves, top with thick cardboard and more leaves. When the spring rains wet it all down I hope it will rot out the bermuda grass. This is the only non-chemical way I've found to overcome it. I got the idea from noticing that a thick layer of oak leaves that have matted down over the lawn and left patches of bermuda-free zone (for a while, at least).
I'll let you know what happens. Thanks for stopping by!
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Posted by admin to Flowers, cactus, chores, daylily, garden, herbs, houseplants, pets, roses, succulants, trees, veggies on 2008-01-16, 11:20:00
Today I got around to separating some of my seedlings-- the catnip and the daylillies. This is bad... Why? because I didn't expect so many, that's why. I misjudged how much space they would take. This was my plan: A shelf for perennial flowers (I already have a shelf and a half plus a kitchen windowsill), a shelf of herbs for my herb garden this year (already there is a half shelf of just catnip
