Spring is springing. Worst of ‘winter’ is over. Total of 10 nights where temp dropped below 0. Lowest temp was -4C. Snowed 2x Tulips and daffodils are coming up Spring daisies and our peach tree about to flower again soon and though this is not my picture( © (2009) Paul Ashford, www.NZplantpics.com), this is what the native tree fuschia ( kotukutuku) looks like in bloom. I haven’t checked on the local ones to see if they are blooming yet. The ones around here ten...
August 22/10 “Here kitty, kitty… where are you?” In the middle of the night there was a horrible ruckus outside. Usually, flipping on the outside light will send the visitors on their way, but not last night. I finally had to yell at the critters to stop. Our cat had had a few tiffs lately with, what we think is a cat that was left behind when one of the neighbours moved. Anyway, this morning, we heard Jasmine meow-ing but we couldn’t find her and she wouldn&#...
Few weeks ago I received a message from Jroot if we should have Garden Tours & Art forum category. Since there are some forum topics already that fit in this category, I decided to finally creat the category and I moved 2 topics in it. If you find any related topics, please let me know and I will move them to our new Garden Tours & Art forum. Enjoy!
This is most of my containers for this year. <div></div>
I traded one of my red hibiscus with a friend for this pretty pink one.I have a feeling it is a tropical and has to be brought in for the winter but I’m kinda hoping it’s a hardy perennial that I can just plant in the garden.I need some help from our experts to ID this plant please.I tried to get pics from all angles and the stems and leaves. The friend I got it from knows nothing about it. <div></div>
Progressing through out “SPICES”, we look at Creativity and the impact gardening has on this area of our development. Creativity is a vital part of living a healthy life. It comes into play with problem-solving, with envisioning possibilities, and with expressing one’s inner self, (to name a few areas). As gardeners, we are constantly being creative – from planning our gardens regarding contents as well as lay-out, to finding ways to work with Mother Nature. Ther...
Do you want color, texture and beauty, but you don’t want to be sowing seeds, digging up your gardens every spring and fall and weeding out unwanted plants in between? Perhaps you too might want to create a wild garden instead of a bed of winter sensitive annuals. By wild, I do not mean that I am trying to recreate the wilderness. Instead I mean to copy nature’s inspiration and plant or encourage attractive flowers, shrubs, trees and grasses in locations and patterns where they will thrive...
August 14/10 most of today was spent in the kitchen. At the end of the day I have: 7 quarts of sweet pickles 5 quarts of stewed tomatoes 5 trays of dehydrated cherry tomatoes (my 3rd dehydrator full of produce) With tons of tomatoes still ripening, I’m in the process of finding out which preserving technique is best for which type of tomato. Cherry tomatoes: work great in the dehydrator. I just quarter them, leaving a smidgen of skin holding the sections together. This ...
“If you are looking for me,” my answering machine reports, “I’m still in the blueberries. When I get my life back, I’ll give you a call.” The good news is that I have passed the peak of the picking when I picked three and a half buckets. Took me close to 5 hours. Now the tops of the bushes are nude and the ripening fruit is all down on the lower half which means you feel like you have planted a rice field by the time you are done. The weather has c...
Here are some of the Morning Glory I have for this year. <div></div> This is my Blue Tri Color Morning Glory
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