Yes, playing with Picmonkey. What else on the rainy/snowy/frozen days we are having? Housework, you say? What is that? Yes, the weather again. We are still in the throes of winter. Throes I say! Everyone says they are tired of it, but we really don’t have any say in the weather, do we? It will […]
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super organic bugspray ( weedkiller ~ i hope~)
my new bundles of asparagus roots have arrived…gave them good sprinkle withseaweed tea and heeled into shade of compost pile. my visit to their new bedalongside the 20 just planted was daunting. although i had devoted severaldifferent days to alleviate ( you’ll notice not “eliminate”) the bermudagrassproblem. hand weeding and pulling does the trick for […]
Artisan asparagus
Photo credit: jasonwebber01 from morguefile.com Early in my “guest” period on this blog, i wrote about my back-killing efforts to plant more asparagus, and the perils of the monsoon rains and mud for weeks, thereafter. some tiny plants made it, but i must re-plant over half the bed. it is getting a bit hotter here, and […]
Old Time Advice
I came across an online source of old time advice , and here are some tips from the past:Flower Gardening. Autumn is the best time to manure a flower garden. It should be done once a year, and better in spring (April) than not at all. Lay on four inches deep of well-rotted manure, and […]
September’s Garden Tips
This is just to record the garden tips from my sidebar, which otherwise will disappear when I replace the info with timely seasonal hints. “September is the best time to transplant established peonies. Begin by cutting the peony stems near ground level. Then carefully dig around and under each plant. Try to retain as much […]
5 Tips to Improve Clay Soil
This page has moved. It can be found @ Ilona’s Garden: 5 Tips To Improve Clay Soil, along with other informative posts on soil improvement. But if you want only one really important tip for working with clay soil, it is this: Don’t work (dig, hoe, rake, step on, etc) clay soils when they are […]
