Sometimes you just want your questions answered in a short and sweet format. No scrolling through long lines of copy outlining instructions or information that while you may benefit from it later, doesnt pertain to your pressing search at the moment. “Shorts”, this is that format. Can I Plant Bushes in the Month of August? […]
August
Garden update: August 2009
Last few days of the month mean a garden update is in order. In some ways the garden is an ogre again, but in a Shrek sort of way. Walking around the garden and putting in two bits worth of work this last week… here are my observations: The month has had dips and hills […]
Bagging Beetles
Well, now that the Japanese beetles have chewed my garden to bits and multiplied beyond description… we have finally bought, assembled, and hung those bags that have the pheromones. Wow, do they work. The bags fill up fast with thousands of beetles…. and they still keep coming. But we had to do something, and while […]
Garden Update August 22
It seems a bit soggy here, but we don’t have the heavy rains that they have suffered in other parts of Ohio. Usually, because of the high water table, if we get lots of rain there is ponding, but we are not experiencing that. The weatherman says that because the ground was dry the rain […]
The Last of August Blooming
August is fading, it’s farewell lost on whispering wind while the Labor Day weekend is flashed on the screen of our minds. People are busy with their new school years and have already said their goodbyes to summer, the last of August is simply a tags end sale of afterthoughts. But there are blooms and […]
August Gardening: Ten Suggestions
Yes, it is hot, and no one feels like doing much gardening in the dog days of summer, but here are ten suggestions for your gardening efforts. Remember that August is a good time to weed, and get things ready for fall season planting. September is an important time to plant perennials so they […]
