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Rusty Spade: January 2008
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Diverse Voices Sharing Their Gardening Experience, Insight, and Exuberance. Thursday, January 31, 2008. Photo Curtesy of UMass Extension. The Andromeda Lace Bug Stephanitis takeyai is a non native insect from Japan that was thought to have been brought over on a plant. Stephanitis takeyai has adapted very well to my zone 7a environment and according to the University of Massachusetts Extension. My plan of action is to begin spraying the undersides of all leaves but particularly those closest to the groun...
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Rusty Spade: Snow Envy
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Diverse Voices Sharing Their Gardening Experience, Insight, and Exuberance. Thursday, February 21, 2008. Katy, I don't know how you do it. Even your "brown" photo is so. Yes, my garden spot is covered in white right now, but looking at your "brown" makes me itch for the snow to melt so that I can get my fingers into some "brown". February 22, 2008 at 3:47 PM. February 22, 2008 at 7:26 PM. My top ten wish list? The year before last, I wished to plant a couple of fruit trees, and a couple of berry bushes i...
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Rusty Spade: The Gardeners Six Word Memoir
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Diverse Voices Sharing Their Gardening Experience, Insight, and Exuberance. Thursday, February 7, 2008. The Gardeners Six Word Memoir. Craze found all over the blogoshpere I must admit I have been caught up in the challenge, the best of which can be found at " The Brent Park Project. Hope you can join us tonight to review Helen Dillon’s “Down To Earth” I wonder what her six word memoir would be…hmm perhaps I’ll email her. I can identify with this six word memoir! Gave me a snorting giggle this morning!
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Rusty Spade: Save A Tree And A Trip To The Recycling Center
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Diverse Voices Sharing Their Gardening Experience, Insight, and Exuberance. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. Save A Tree And A Trip To The Recycling Center. On a morning talk show I watched a piece about a group of fourth graders taught by Ted Wells. From the Park School in Brookline, Mass who had cancelled 4175 unwanted catalogs in one month. They were able to contact and cancel such a large number of catalogs with help of a great non profit Catalog Choice. January 30, 2008 at 6:40 PM. Plant Of The Week.
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Rusty Spade: April 2008
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Diverse Voices Sharing Their Gardening Experience, Insight, and Exuberance. Sunday, April 6, 2008. A Lawn Without Grass. Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Garden - Grand Cayman- Display of grass-less lawn. The white sand allows offers a restful pallet for the eye to examine the landscape. Grand Cayman neighborhood where many residents plant native and non-native species in their white sand lawn. Even the public graveyards on Grand Cayman are grass free. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Spino'sus: full of spines.
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Rusty Spade: A Gardeners Patriotic Duty
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Diverse Voices Sharing Their Gardening Experience, Insight, and Exuberance. Monday, February 11, 2008. A Gardeners Patriotic Duty. How did we evolve into a country where patriotic duty has become synonymous with shopping? Have you noticed how the frequency of new plant introductions have aided our materials driven economy by perceived obsolescence? Most gardeners love being the first person on their block to be growing the latest and greatest plant. The nursery industry has taken this to such lengths...
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Rusty Spade: Hydrangeas
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Diverse Voices Sharing Their Gardening Experience, Insight, and Exuberance. Thursday, February 21, 2008. A few Hydrangea Blossoms From My Garden 2007. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Spino'sus: full of spines. Penduliflo'rus: producing flowers that hang. Infecto'rius: used for dyes. Heptaphyl'lus: with seven leaves. Plant Of The Week. Magnolia grandiflora 'Bracken's Brown Beauty'. Special Places To Visit On Line. Special Places To Visit. The Polly Hill Arboretum. Some Of Our Favorite Blogs.
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Rusty Spade: Really Bugging Me
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Diverse Voices Sharing Their Gardening Experience, Insight, and Exuberance. Thursday, January 31, 2008. Photo Curtesy of UMass Extension. The Andromeda Lace Bug Stephanitis takeyai is a non native insect from Japan that was thought to have been brought over on a plant. Stephanitis takeyai has adapted very well to my zone 7a environment and according to the University of Massachusetts Extension. My plan of action is to begin spraying the undersides of all leaves but particularly those closest to the groun...
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