Mulch Fingerling potatoes possess distinct flavor was the headline, and I was looking up how to use the fingerling potatoes I had bought to best advantage. While on the page I saw a notice on cocoa mulch. …Which led me to thinking about mulches. That is the topic for today’s post. Mulches Just thought…
Not going to garden, just opinionate
Not going to garden much today, even though the day is perfect for it. I had eye surgery this morning and I don’t really feel like doing anything particularly. September Is Good for Planting September is the best month to plant and transplant. There has been just the right amount of rains keeping all the…
Little Moments in Time
Nice rainy day today. Yesterday my entymologist-to-be daughter captured a red-bodied dragonfly. It was really beautiful. She didn’t have her bug cage handy so we didn’t get to view it for very long. She also pointed out some fish in the water of the ditch. Seeing the world through the eyes of a child is…
Grasses
Grasses I live in what is basically a savannah/grassland area. For me, my biggest weed problem has been invading grass and Canada thistles (and of course the ubiquitous dandelion). So why am I now investigating ? It is a Madison Avenue-type success story. A matter of exposing people to the value and use of certain…
Beautiful September
Great Weather for Garden Chores Beautiful September weather. Time to catch up on mowing, and control any new weed sprouts in the new beds. Dutch Hoe Ran over the weed sprouts lightly with a . This tool looks unimpressive , but when you run it over the dirt in a scraping action it really dispatches…
Damp And Rainy
Today is damp and rainy. Good for the new plantings, but after a whole summer of rain, not as welcome emotionally. We just aren’t used to this much rain in the Midwest. Lots of things are just a matter of what you expect and what you are used to. Buying New Plants Anyway, today I…
Garden Wisdom
Garden Wisdom Today I discovered that I left the hose going all night and flooded the area around the pond. Glad I walked around the yard early! Yesterday I moved some plants out of the main garden to make room for the campanula, ‘Blue Clips ‘, in the front. I have no idea whether the…
Procrastination: Gardener’s Bane
I started out well today when planting the Viburnum, but that was it. I did manage to water the new plantings. I just have too many irons in the fire. I want to do all things well….but it is not happening. I have shrubs that I have *got* to plant and so much in the…
Impulse Buying
Gardener’s Impulse Buying I posted elsewhere what I am doing in the garden driveway area. It was a long post. I have some other garden work as well. I need to put in one replacement shrub of a Shasta Viburnum, a couple Iteas, and a Kerria that I bought on impulse. That means I don’t…
The First and Second Post
My Garden Journaled This is the beginning. I have to learn how to work this, but if I can create webpages I certainly can do this! Learning curve ahead…. but am looking forward to new avenues of creativity. I know I have the g-word here alot, but I am trying to get started in…