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Archive for 'Gladiola'

Bulbs and Brush

Posted: October 24th, 2004 by Lisa

We finally attacked the bed where I want all of the new bulbs to go. I was dreading it, but it wasn’t that bad. We pulled all of the glads and dahlias, and I’m amazed at how great that soil is. This is the new bed I did this spring, with the lasagna method and

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Posted under Bindweed, Brambles, Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Clearing, Forsythia, Gardening, Gladiola, Lasagna Layering, Mulch, Pasture, Reviews, Sheep, Soil, Stone walls, Tractor, Weeding, Weeds, Worms, dahlia.
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Pulling the glads

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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Quick mushroom update

Posted: August 22nd, 2003 by Frank

Just a quick update on the mushroom front — there are no actual mushrooms out there yet, but there are lots of primordia, the little things that come before the actual mushrooms. We are psyched! I think this means that we will soon have real mushrooms, so maybe we actually did something right. In the

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Posted under Gladiola, Golden Glow Flower, Mushrooms.
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The Forgotten Bed

Posted: June 21st, 2003 by Lisa

The weather’s been nice enough in the evenings lately that we are spending time sitting out in the gazebo with a glass of wine. One of the things I noticed last night was that I haven’t touched my forgotten bed, the one directly behind the gazebo. It can stay forgotten for much of the year

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Posted under Burdock, Coffee Grounds, Deadheading, False Indigo, Gardening, Gladiola, Irrigation, Lasagna Layering, Planting, Pruning, Raised Beds, Stinging Nettles, Weeding, dahlia, gazebo.
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Planting Glads and Dahlias

Posted: June 1st, 2003 by Lisa

Gah, more rain today. But we knew it was coming, so we got out there early in the morning to finish up stuff that really had to get done. It’s getting very late to plant dahlias and glads, and I’m glad they are all in now. I wasn’t sure where to put them. The spot

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Posted under Bulbs/Corm/Rhizomes/Tubers, Gardening, Gladiola, Planting, Pruning, Rain, Soil, dahlia.
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Finishing the Front

Posted: April 27th, 2003 by Lisa

I started outside this morning wanting to finish the bed directly in front of the front door. Though I’d done the majority of that bed, for some reason I stopped short of the most visible part, which was dumb, but I started there today, and what a huge difference it made! First off, I tackled

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Posted under Chives, Fish, Flowers, Gardening, Gladiola, Grow lights, Irrigation, Newts, Planting, Pond, Pruning, Shady garden, Soil, Splitting, Weeding.
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Garden Chores in the Snow

Posted: November 1st, 2002 by Lisa

We could only work out there for a couple of hours in these temps, and with the low stamina that we both have, post-surgery. We’ve waited too long to put the garden to bed, of course. Pulling glads while there is snow on the ground? I haven’t a clue if they’ll come back for me

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Posted under Firewood, Fish, Gladiola, Pump (pond), Stacking, Valerie, Window Boxes.
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Post-Party Perfect Weather

Posted: August 26th, 2002 by Lisa

It did indeed rain the entire time we had people over yesterday, so no one got to enjoy much of my garden. The gazebo was popular though, especially for the smokers. And the fragrance of all the blooms could still be detected even during the height of the rain storm. All that pounding water might

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Posted under Buddlea, Butterflies, Gladiola, Japanese beetles, Roses, Tropicana.
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I love it when a plan comes together

Posted: August 16th, 2002 by Lisa

Mom, this lady called and said you said she could come over and see the garden. Um, okay. I don’t remember that, except maybe back at the garden tour, but I certainly don’t remember a specific date. I’ve been gone all week, the garden needs to be watered, but sure, drop on by at 2.

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Posted under Books, Carrots, Cherry, Clematis, Compost, Deadheading, Gardening, Gladiola, Lantana, Lavender, Lettuce, Lily, Madame Hardy, Onions, Reviews, Roses, Star Gazer, Sun Gold, Tomatoes, Tropicana, Vegetables, Viola, Visitors, Window Boxes, cuidad victoria, deck.
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Blooming Roses

Posted: August 7th, 2002 by Lisa

Pretty, pretty roses all in bloom in the garden right now. The climbing white rose, Iceberg, that we got from Arena this year, is doing particularly well on the trellis underneath the gazebo. I just love this rose, so classic looking. The weather has been wonderful today, mid-70s, blue skies. The mosquito magnet is working

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Posted under Bees, Clematis, Firewood, Gladiola, Iceberg, Japanese beetles, Jeremy, Lamb's Ear, Lily, Medallion, Mosquito Magnet, Snakes, Star Gazer, Stinging Nettles, Tiger, Tropicana, Weeding, Weeds, Worms.
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