I’m not so sure about the lions and tigers, but I know the bears love blueberries. And why not, blueberries are really good for you and they don’t call fruit nature’s candy for nothing you know. What better way to enjoy blueberries, or blueberry pie, or blueberry crisp, or blueberry…. – sorry I got distracted [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Lions and Tigers and Bears
Posted in fruit, tagged blueberries, blueberry, blueberry bush, blueberry shrub, how to grow blueberries on February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lables and Branches
Posted in Gardening Tips, tagged gardening journal, gardens, identifing plants, labeling plants on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
You’re walking through a sea of beautiful plants at the garden center, and out of the corner of your eye you gaze upon the perfect plant. You have no idea what it is, but it has a trusted label attached to the branch, so you really don’t need to ask. After a very slow drive [...]
Gardening Quote
Posted in Gardening Quotes, tagged flowers, garden quote, gardening, Luther Burbank, weeds on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“A flower is an educated weed.”…Luther Burbank
Gardening Quote
Posted in Gardening Quotes, tagged gardening quote, Jack Handey, Trees on February 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down?
We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.
- Jack Handey
Rose Thorns or Children?
Posted in Roses, tagged care for roses, re-planting, Rose, rose beds, rose garden, soil, toxins on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Roses – love them or hate them, there a pain in the butt to grow. They remind me of children I see in the grocery store wailing and stomping there feet for a candy bar, way to much work. But as difficult and irritating as roses are to grow, I still try. So if you’re [...]
Ponds, Trees, and the Sun
Posted in Gardening Tips, tagged fish, pond fish, pond location, pond plants, water plants on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When considering where to dig your new pond keep two things in mind, sunlight and trees. Sunlight is important for pond plants to generate food; sunlight will also reduce the amount of unwanted algae that can spread through out a pond very quickly. Digging a pond near a tree or a group of trees is [...]
American Gothic and Mulching
Posted in Gardening Tips, tagged American Gothic, garden, gardening, Grant Wood, moving mulch, mulch, pitch fork on February 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When you look at the famous painting American Gothic I bet you didn’t know that Grant Wood was letting you in on a little secret on how to mulch a garden bed. Using a shovel to move mulch around is much harder then it has to be, a pitchfork on the other hand is a [...]
Gardening Quote
Posted in Gardening Quotes, tagged garden, gardening quote on February 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant. ~Author Unknown
Gardening Quote
Posted in Gardening Quotes, tagged garden, garden quote, Richard Diran on February 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died.
- Richard Diran
Sow a Needle Pulling Thread
Posted in Gardening Tips, tagged gardening, gardening tip, how to sow seeds, seedlings, seeds, sowing seeds on February 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sowing (that doesn’t include a needle and thread) is one way to start spring a little early. There’s something quite rewarding about sowing seeds, starting from next to nothing and ending up with a garden is pretty neat when you think about it. But like everything sowing seeds requires a little know how to be [...]
