You never know what you will come across in the financial pages. In the commodities market, news was posted about the La Niña conditions and the weather conditions that are expected as a result. Their predictions for conditions are not happy ones for farmers or gardeners. Late wet spring is possible with worries that farmers…
year in review
AAS Winners 2007
The AAS has announced some winners for 2007. A Celosia, Petunia, Vinca, and Pepper. These are the the best performing new garden seed selections available. I am particularly interested in the Vinca ‘Pacifica Burgundy Halo’ and Petunia F1 ‘Opera Supreme Pink Morn’ The Celosia, ‘Fresh Look Gold’ is pretty and Celosias are useful feathery spires…
The Cold Zone
Now this is more like it…now it is winter in Ohio, albeit a little off schedule. I thought I would take the opportunity to mention a few things about planting zones, amid the news this year that the zones will supposedly change. One of the more helpful articles on this is from Farm and Garden…
The Winter That Wasn’t
First year that we didn’t dive into near or below zero temperatures in the first week of the year. Usually I can count on it- I have a recollection for such things ever since a Junior High allergic reation exacerbated by the low temps made me into a temporary circus freak. So I now have…
November 11, Notes
It was a gray, dreary day today. Very November in Ohio. I didn’t go outside even once. I should do the last mowing for the year, and that will tend to mulch up what is left of the leaves. I came across an article on planting living Christmas trees, it almost made me want to…