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Woodlands and Meadows: April 2014
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Sunday, April 6, 2014. I am sick and tired of winter. How can you say it is spring, when I still have a foot of snow in some places in the yard.. I know tomorrow is supposed to go to 10 C. Yes I am being very cynically, but gardening sales season is coming up way to fast, and what will I have to offer.. This is the latest I have ever removed the coverings from the over wintering plants. two nights ago we removed the brush but the plastic was still frozen down. Sedum, Red Carpet, survived quite nicely.
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Woodlands and Meadows: June 2012
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Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium) also known as Cotton Thistle, will not be found in many perennial books or guides. It is in a class of its own. As I have always told my customers, you either like it or you don't, and by the interest, may gardeners do. However it comes with a few warnings.. The second year the rosette elongates late may through June - July to form a large imposing, impressive thistle. It is at this stage that my customers say 'wow, what is that plant? Tonig...
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Woodlands and Meadows: May 2012
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Thursday, May 31, 2012. Everything has popped. What a difference two weeks make. Here it is the last days of May and this past week you would swear it was July or August. I have Daylilies blooming. Aztec Gold is early but not that early, it's not supposed to bloom till the end of June. The Hosta are up. Remember, I spaced them out last year? I think they will be good for a few. But a nice coat of compost and a little rain this past day and they are smiling. Now I have to get the Woolly Thyme path to smile.
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Woodlands and Meadows: Squirrels
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Sunday, March 24, 2013. I don't mind the squirrels at the bird feeder except when they scratch up the window frames. We put a new window in last fall and I just happened to get a new bird feeder last fall also. The new window frame is made of Fiberglas. The squirrel just can't get a grip. So he scampers up the cedar clapboards and makes a lunge for the feeder. The squirrel found it and yes he can get to it. So it is grab and go. Back to the post and down.. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Promote You...
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Woodlands and Meadows: Weeding Through the Book Shelves
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Wednesday, January 16, 2013. Weeding Through the Book Shelves. I was an avid reader as a child and had a good collections of the usual Anne of Green Gables, Trixie Blenton and Nancy Drew. As I got older, I collected books on crafting and sewing. I still have many of those. As I became interested in gardening, so to added to my collection of books. Cooking; dido. But my garden and cook books (I did weed through those) remained. As you see, I have an extensive collection of wildflower books. Then I started...
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Woodlands and Meadows: March 2013
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Sunday, March 24, 2013. I don't mind the squirrels at the bird feeder except when they scratch up the window frames. We put a new window in last fall and I just happened to get a new bird feeder last fall also. The new window frame is made of Fiberglas. The squirrel just can't get a grip. So he scampers up the cedar clapboards and makes a lunge for the feeder. The squirrel found it and yes he can get to it. So it is grab and go. Back to the post and down.. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Promote Your Page T...
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Woodlands and Meadows: November 2012
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Sunday, November 25, 2012. What pulls her back to work, what about the Nursery? I am working at the Christmas Tree Research Centre as a Research Assistant. I have been hired to run the Tissue Culture Lab (which I have had previous experience with) and to assist a researcher in Molecular Breeding (which I have no experience in. Will learn). Http:/ www.dal.ca/faculty/agriculture/research/centres-and-labs/christmas-tree-research-centre.html. This gives the industry a bad name. It doesn't matter that "yo...
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Woodlands and Meadows: July 2012
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012. Two projects on the go. Neither is finished and one was started last fall. The daylily and grass bed was expanded on either side last fall.. The daylilies have become too crowded and the grasses have not been shown off to their best. Also in the mean time, I have a few more of each that need a good home.. I am sure it has its place, but not in my Thyme. As I started to excavate, I realized that there was a good inch or two of soil on the flag stone. I can only guess that ins...
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Woodlands and Meadows: March 2012
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Monday, March 26, 2012. Update on Sterilizing Soil. We purchased a new microwave. No I did not bust the other sterilizing soil. So this time I went 4 minutes. The temperature reached 198 F, just under the toxic level all the references say you want to stay away from. I wrapped my little bundle in a bathroom towel and took its temperature every 10 min. 10 min 188 F. 20 min 178 F. 30 min 170 F. Monday, March 19, 2012. Seed Starting Time, Again. Add enough water to the soil so that when you squeeze ...
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Woodlands and Meadows: Extreme Composting
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Saturday, March 7, 2015. Any one who knows me or has heard me give talks on gardening, knows I'm passionate about compost (wrote 2 blogs on the subject in 2011). What has got me on to this post is the mention of the build up of compost in bags on the back deck of homes, because no one can get to their compost bins or piles or the use of snowshoes to get to the compost pile on the NSAGC Facebook. Page This is the first year, I have ever had to resort to snowshoes to dump the compost. Promote Your Page Too.
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