Margie honey, the 12 step program is to help you get over any sense of guilt about buying plants! At $4, go for it! If you run out of room, just...
Margie, I just KNEW you wouldn't be able to stop at one $4 rose bush! I'm so proud of you--you have shown your true gardening colors :smt041 ....
Brandy is a sure cure for cabin fever, and you just might be suffering from it. Thanks for the chuckle!
OK, everyone who is anxious to get their seedlings into the ground, raise their hands! I always want to PLANT, PLANT, but I know from sad...
I use well-rotted steer manure, applied in early spring (now), and after the first flush of blooms. Then in August or September I give them...
A $4 rose bush, and you just got one? Some people have a LOT of self-restraint (but not necessarily those who buy 100 bulbs) :lol: ! Actually,...
Out-of-wedlock children weren't necessarily born out of wedlock. Many settlements didn't have an ordained preacher, but an itinerant or circuit...
Don't you just love micro-climates? We put in an herb bed next to the stone foundation of our house in upstate NY, and we had fresh herbs most of...
Ah, the flowers appreciate all your hard work! They are lovely, and I'm sure most welcome. If you want some paperwhite bulbs Cheryl, I can send...
Jerry, good thread! You must have heard about it from a great gardener, ahem . . . . My contribution is a rule of thumb. Seed packets say...
Jerry, why don't we start a "rules of thumb that greenthumbs need to know" and post all the little tidbits of esoteric information stored away in...
Gail, you have such a lovely variety of birds! The nuthatch is especially cute. Thanks for sharing your winter birds with us (and send those...
Inside, you are in control; outside, Mother Nature is in control! It sounds as if you are cooperating with the lady by researching plants and not...
I'm so sorry you lost some of your spring flowers. The greenery is still there, and the bulb, so you'll have crocus and anemones next spring....
Oh my, I'm speechless. The garden is beautiful, and the photos spectacular. Ahhhh, spring . . . .
Oh, Dooley, you brought back such good memories! We had lilacs when we lived up north, and I do miss them. Yours will be a pleasure for years!...
I admit I have a memory like a sieve-only the big stuff remains! I have trouble remembering the N-P-K, 0-0-0, thing about fertilizer. But I found...
Frank, you are a superb stew chef! This is the first time there's been any problem since I joined, and you fixed it fast. Thank you--I'd sure hate...
As you can see from the photo, the seeds we started in January are doing pretty well. We have three kinds of tomatoes, one variety of eggplant,...
Our hummingbirds are mostly migrants, so we see them twice a year, coming and going. We have some ruby-throats that stick around all summer, but...
