57 days ago
by Scott Hildenbrand |
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Thought I’d post up pictures of the garden.. It’s well into the harvest season and we’ve already got several things picked clean. The corn we did grew fairly well. Enough for 5 dozen ears. Though it would have been more, lest the squirrels didn’t eat it off the stalk. No matter though.. I like squirrels.
As you can see, the corn is quite tall this year.. I used a mixture of 30-0-0, some 10-10-10 and a good scoop of ash from the firepit on it. The ends of the row slo...
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108 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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May 18/10.
With the weather prediction to be nice for the next week or so, I spent the day planting, planting, and planting. I am about half done (Planting was only part of my day) – but oh my body… it says, “what were you thinking?”
I was going to take pictures but I ran out of steam. Maybe tomorrow or the next day I’ll post some photos.
The apple tree guild is done and now just needs to grow and “do its thing”. I dug up the grass around t...
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180 days ago
by Scott Hildenbrand |
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Well over the weekend my daughter, son and I worked on the garden some more. This weekend was time to clean out the chicken coop and get that sorted out.. I think there was around 10 bales of pine shavings in the coop, all of which went to the garden..
I figure a few more years of amending like this and that garden plot will go nuts.. Also considering buying some scoops of horse manure.
Anyway.. While my daughter occupied my sons attention I spent time making the cleanout door for the c...
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180 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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March 7, 2010
I went through the flyers that picked up at the Stratford Garden Festival yesterday.
Here are some of the interesting tidbits
June 5th: 13 Annual Garden Fair, Water St. St Mary’s (free event) – sounds interesting
pruning information (I will create a new blog about this as it is a whole topic in itself)
grass: don’t start mowing until it is actively grown and is at least 8 cm tall
ponds: start feeding fish when temp of water is 10 degrees C
lawn...
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181 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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March 6, 2010(continued from previous blog)
Information from the Presentations that I attended
Session 1: Low Maintenance Gardening- mulch: use shredded mulch (pine, cedar) because it will decompose better- don’t smother perennials, pull the mulch back from them a bit- don’t put mulch up around tree trunks as it will rot the bark and the tree will die- create a saucer with the mulch, creating a pocket to retain water - annuals are water hogs – use containers for annual...
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181 days ago
by MsDebbieP |
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March 6, 2010
With the morning sun shining brightly, Rick and I headed to Stratford. It was a gorgeous morning for the approx. 1 hour drive.
At the show, we had a few minutes to wait until it opened. At the door, we were welcomed by this beautiful piece of art:
I’m so glad we arrived early – we were able to see most of the exhibits without the crowds. During the day I did manage to bump into Jroot and his wife (my camera man had just went outside for some “fresh air...
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336 days ago
by mario1360 |
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but it was an exceptionnal month, lots of sun and lots of warm and hot days….we actually ate outside every night except 3 or 4…..amazing…so here is what my garden looked like on september 27th…:
my retreat as retired its beauty for now until next year…
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448 days ago
by Scott Hildenbrand |
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And here’s the rest in a much wider view.
The garden along the walk is popping left and right. In a few days I figure there will be color the whole way down.
So going to love breaking up this sidewalk and putting in something more flowing down through here.
It’s almost like we were meant to be here.. This is what is across the road in the ditch.. Runs for a good way either direction and almost in conjunction with our property line.
The dog run is still looking jam p...
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454 days ago
by mario1360 |
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a few more blooms…
dame’s rocket :
columbines :
irises :
polemonium :
weigela rumba :
mini rose :
a beast in my vinegar tree!!!!!!!!
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456 days ago
by Bob Ewing |
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Over the past two days, I had the pleasure of guiding students in kindergarten through grade four in a partial planting of the ornamental garden at the entrance of the school. The planting involved about 25 students. Next year the garden will be expanded.
As we planted we talked about what soil is and the garden helpers, earthworms, spiders and the even smaller beings.
We also chatted about annuals, self-seeding annauls, perennials and shrubs. The children asked questions and we eager g...
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