2ofus, Great! I took a page from your earlier posting & printed out the seed calculator for my area too. It prints out just fine (at least on my...
Hi Kay, I have very different growing conditions (New England) & my tradescantia gets floppy after flowering too. I have them growing through a...
Hi Beeker, Sorry Beeker, I don't understand. Why do you have to start your seeds a month earlier than the calculators suggest? I just used your...
Netty--I just discovered your countdown to spring & it brought a smile to my face! It gives me hope! This has been a record snowfall year for the...
I am very impressed with your gardens Jewel & Piano Lady! I have had trouble growing plants under maple trees, the roots tend to be so shallow.
2ofus--Here is a great seed starting calculator, curtesy of 'Margaret, A Way to Garden': http://awaytogarden.com/when-to-start-seeds-calculator/...
We still have multiple feet of snow, so my gardening tasks are still indoor-related. I have joined a community garden this year, so I need to buy...
Hi Barb, I am so sorry that you have lost her. She made it a year after diagnosis. I hope you & she had a chance to talk. I know you were...
Arturo, I find the most difficult part of the gardening process to be the frustration of living with 'critters' who demolish my plantings. In our...
Tooty--I like your painting. Impressive! What is wet on wet painting?
Kiasmum-- I am so glad you have gotten yourself diagnosed & it is a cataract. I wish you well with your upcoming surgery & am happy that you will...
Hi antscran---I am interested in your project & would like to hear more as it progresses. Will you be posting on Gardenstew or will you have a...
Hi folks! I discovered a great resource (courtesy of Margaret Roach of' A Way to Garden'): http://www.theplantlist.org/ It is a compendium of...
Wait...that was a year ago. I guess we in the North are really starved for spring!
MG--I love the look of your compost piles. Is that crazy or what? We need Waretrop here to make a spoof of my comment! Anyway, my community...
Thanks Eileen & MG. I guess I will have to compost it this summer, use it next summer. I've just contracted for a plot in the community garden,...
I have a source of free goat manure. Any advice about hour to use it? Does it need to be composted first? If so, what is the best way to do...
What great advice, MG. Especially to get in touch with the former allotment ?resident? ?owner? (I don't know what he/she would be called). So MG...
Wow Gilly, I am GREEN with envy!! Your lottie looks wonderful, with such rich, prepared soil and a greenhouse, shed, polytunnel, etc. I look...
Hey Ronni, You go girl!!
