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Season's Greetings

Merry Christmas/Season's Greetings/Happy Holidays to all gardeners........if you are a gardener, you have hope for the f...
1 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jcmumsie
1 comments posted 22yrs posted by jcmumsie

Christmas Eve Bloomers

I just finished looking for my bloomers.....blooming plants-that is. Each Christmas Eve day I list what I have in bloom...
7 comments posted 22yrs
posted by mleblanca
7 comments posted 22yrs posted by mleblanca

Squirrels - the good, the bad and the ugly

I know this isn't strictly a garden issue, but they do dance around the trees, so... Here's the good... We have really...
19 comments posted 22yrs
posted by news
19 comments posted 22yrs posted by news

The Christmas Possum?

Cat was watching the porch with great attention when I came downstairs this morning. Is there such a thing as a Christm...
10 comments posted 22yrs
posted by frogleg
10 comments posted 22yrs posted by frogleg

Blooming inside the house

I was sitting in the livingroom last night and was noticing a sweet fragrance that was slightly spicy. The aeroma kept...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by madgard
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by madgard

You can tell it's winter when....

.......people argue about nothing. Please get onto the gardening topics. Joe Ontario
16 comments posted 22yrs
posted by joehurst
16 comments posted 22yrs posted by joehurst

A realization of wonder and magic

thanks to the generosity of a sweet gardener who sent me a link to read The Waterbabies today I realized where my heavy...
8 comments posted 22yrs
posted by madgard
8 comments posted 22yrs posted by madgard

Garden Quotes

"What one needs in gardening is a cast-iron back with a hinge in it." Anon. West-country gardener, looking at row of ve...
4 comments posted 22yrs
posted by jomarie
4 comments posted 22yrs posted by jomarie

Gardening Tips

* Use vinegar to kill unwanted plants and grass--cheaper than buying herbicides. The TM has used vinegar on crabgrass b...
2 comments posted 22yrs
posted by epirate
2 comments posted 22yrs posted by epirate

Happy Solstice

Ring out Solstice Bells................shortest night of the year. Longer days ahead of us. Think Spring ephemerals and...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by madgard
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by madgard

Mosquitos

Mosquitos seem a bit of a menace here, I'm used to them in Cape Town, but the ones here seem to leave nasty and painful...
14 comments posted 22yrs
posted by peter
14 comments posted 22yrs posted by peter

Early Pearl

This cultivar of narcissus came with my house--one of the few flowering plants there--and, as often, put in an early ap...
5 comments posted 22yrs
posted by zemedelec
5 comments posted 22yrs posted by zemedelec

virginia creeper

I have a Virginia Creeper vine that is about 6 years old. Should I just let it go or prune it back? What would be the be...
3 comments posted 22yrs
posted by davew"nospam"
3 comments posted 22yrs posted by davew"nospam"

OT: Speaking of Return of the Kings..........

Regardless that it looked like they "greened up the Shire" I think those were real nasturshiums growing around Sam's ho...
6 comments posted 22yrs
posted by madgard
6 comments posted 22yrs posted by madgard

Time to plan........?

During these cold dark winters, many gardeners often spend time leafing through plant lists or wish lists which, in my...
0 comments posted 22yrs
posted by muddywellies
0 comments posted 22yrs posted by muddywellies