Archive for 'Planting'
Posted: March 23rd, 2008 by
Frank
Spring is oh so slowly coming. The twice weekly storms are more rain than snow, and I can leave the hose out to water the animals. We had the same temperatures in December, but the December sun was not enough to thaw the hose in the afternoon, while the March sun does.
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Posted under Building, Chickens, Farm Life, Hatching, Horses, Planting, maple syrup.
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Posted: April 9th, 2004 by
Lisa
With all the boxes in, I’m now not safe at garden centers. I have so much time! I should buy more, more, more! Actually, I’ve been pretty restrained, all things considered. I found some really cheap but healthy looking stuff at Walmart, and potted them up. In particular, a red scarlet clematis is now potted
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Posted under Clematis, Fuschia, Gardening, Honey Bees, Planting, cilantro.
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Posted: March 29th, 2004 by
Lisa
My sweet peas were getting so tall that I decided they just had to go outside already, because there’s no way to keep a vining plant under lights, I think. Why did I start these so early? I’ve never grown them before, and the package said they like cool weather, so cool weather they are
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Posted under Planting, Tomatoes, sweet peas.
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Posted: October 26th, 2003 by
Lisa
Okay, we got that one bed, the primary one for the spring flowers, put to bed for the year. It turned out to be a huge amount of work, but I’m hoping to not have to repeat it in the spring. We covered it all with a couple of inches of beautiful black compost and
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Posted under Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Deadheading, Marmalade, Mulch, Planting, Princess, Pruning.
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Posted: October 23rd, 2003 by
Lisa
Well, there’s no getting around it. It stuck. I woke up this morning hoping the snow had turned to rain overnight, and instead I saw two inches on the ground and the snow was still coming. It’s pretty, I admit, but I’m not ready. I need more fall, please. I like fall. To outline the
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Posted under Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Compost, Deadheading, Firewood, Mulch, Planting, Pond scoop, Spreading, Tractor, Weeding, peony.
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Posted: October 13th, 2003 by
Frank
No gardening over the weekend. Saturday I cut and stacked firewood after taking Lisa to the airport. Sunday rained all day. One more package from Dutch gardens today. Their website listed hardy (zone 4) glads, and also grecian windflowers rated for zone 4 instead of the usual zone 7. We’d been reading about people wintering
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Posted under Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Compost, Firewood, Mulch, Planting, Spreading, Stacking.
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Posted: October 9th, 2003 by
Lisa
Frank finally broke down and let me order a new truckload of pine bark mulch. I was whining that because I’m the one who does the majority of the weeding, and because we ran out early this year, he doesn’t see how much it helps. I know it robs nitrogen, but my thought is that
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Posted under Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Compost, Mulch, Planting, Pond scoop, Tractor.
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Posted: October 8th, 2003 by
Lisa
We finally got out there to pull the glads and the dahlias. We’ve had four or five hard frosts already this year. (Isn’t this early for that? It feels very early.) So we went out after work tonight and ended up working a bit in the dark, but that’s okay. The glads are really reproducing
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Posted under Compost, Gladiola, Mulch, Planting, Poppies, Princess, Yoda, daffodils, dahlia, tulips.
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Posted: October 6th, 2003 by
Lisa
With how rainy the weather’s been this year, we’ve really gotten behind on the chores that need to get done before snow flies. We figure the only way we are going to get through them is to work outside after work if at all possible. Today, it was clear and cold, and we didn’t get
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Posted under Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Foxglove, Phlox, Planting, Pond, Reviews, Soil, water plants.
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Posted: August 29th, 2003 by
Lisa
I am so sick of bugs! We are really being attacked this year by both the dreaded red lily beetle and the awful green Japanese beetle. I often go out in the evening to collect them off of the plants, but it’s a losing battle. I’m ruthless, though, and when I spot them I either
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Posted under Asters, Bearded, Bugs, Iris, Japanese beetles, Lacy Snowflake, Lily, Lily beetles, Milkweed, Mountain Ash, Planting, Princess, Roses, Wisteria.
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