Friday, December 17, 2010

Dandelion is Down

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Dandelion reaction after treatment with Fiesta weed control herbicide

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Snow & the Seed Catalog

We're happy to not be in the SNOWMAGEDDONin  London, Ontario which is reeling under a metre of snow that's fallen in the last day or so. While Hamilton and Stoney Creek had just a light dusting of flurries, here in Hagersville, we got about a couple of inches.

What should appear but the William Dam seed catalog. 
Gardening can be a lot of fun, relaxation, - a fine hobby, but it can be a lot of work too.
Maybe we should cut back next year? But when you start looking at all the new varieties...
then well, maybe we could try growing some of those.

Ah the challenges of gardening- they always start with the seed catalog. Spring can't be that far away. . .  .


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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Sunday, November 7, 2010

Garlic Softneck Planting

softneck Chinese Garlic 5 rows of 7+ 1 row of 2
+ 4 hardneck + 1 elephant garlic from parsnip box

Softneck garlic

3 chinese softneck $2.99
= 37 individual garlic cloves
Will also plant 1 clove hardneck at sme time
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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Fall Color in Climbing Hydrangea

Peak colour time for the Climbing Hydrangea.
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Sunday, October 17, 2010

Garlic Bed #2 planted Oct 17/10

Top end 10 rows 5 per row with 9" between rows =50
11 rows 6 per row with 9" between rows = 66
8 rows 7 per row with 7.5" between rows=56
All this compared to last weeks planting @33 rows over 16 ft = 6" between rows with 9 per row= 297
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Saturday, October 9, 2010

First parsnips Oct 9/10

First half shovel width
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Smaller cloves planted October 9/10

South side
Total 33 rows by 9 across
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Friday, October 1, 2010

Portulacaria Oct 1/10

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Easter Lily Reblooms

White Easter Lily blooming in October. Was planted after blooming for Easter.



Finally a Fig

The poor fig tree in a pot on the patio, has been growing all right, but not wanting to fruit. Finally a few small fruit formed, but will they get big enough and ripen. 
Finally got one, Tasty.


Tall Miscanthus Grass



Fall Blooming Chrysanthemums near Morning Glory on Fence

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Fall Blooming Chrysanthemums



Friday, August 13, 2010

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Red Haven Peach Harvest

The Peaches were getting red. Better pick them before- they fall, or before the raccoons come and eat them like they did to the Apricots.
Pick most of them, left some of the smaller ones to get bigger -maybe. 

Maybe this was just the year. or maybe the little bit of trimming last fall helped.

Cleanup

trimmed back the bottom of the mugho pine, thinned out branches and cut back the top.
Removed old Tamarix juniper right down to the roots that had been getting ratty looking.
Cut back right to the ground the mahonia.
Trimmed the wisteria to single stem with 3 branches. Cut it back hard.
Trimmed Viburnum - only a bit, but trimmed off dead branches
Removed some Devil's walking sticks
touched up the Trumpet vine

Now what to do with this area? Maybe add more pachysandra?

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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Seed Aug 3 4

Parsley curly collected
Parsley italian
Zuchini squash dollar store 3/$1.00
Black sunflower

Too late to plant- only a few parsley grew but too small to enjoy by fall.
Don;t remember zuchini even coming up.
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Monday, August 2, 2010

Garlic front beds

Garlic smaller cloves
Harvested medium to small medium cloves
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Asiatic Lilium Tango 4 you

16 inch high, Aiatic lily, split single pot with stems planted across from flagstone patio
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Hibiscus

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Scarlet Nantes Carrot

Half bed - 10 rows thinly seeded
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Rutabaga transplant

12 or so rutabagas transplanted to new raised bed
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West side of new raised be

West side speedy spinach
14 chinese cabbage
Detroit dark red beets
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Raised bed raised up

Added 2by6, manure, soil
East half, bed 1
Half row each Lettuce grand rapids, Selway (red)
One row bon vivant leaf lettuce
One row 6-8 rutabaga with red radish

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Saturday, July 24, 2010

Lambs ears



Bought perennials on sale. Lamb's ear
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Stevia in 4" pots

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Trumpet vine blooming

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Well head impatiens

Now that the daffodils and tulips have died down, these impatiens are starting to grow. Surrounded by hosta, pachysandra, thyme

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Marigold begonias peppers

Planted some annuals by cedar where garlic was harvested from
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Repotted portulacaria bonsai

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Hollyhock with fence backdrop

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Double rudbeckia bloom July 24.10

gloriosa daisy
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First glad bud July 24/10

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Hibiscus double white

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Caladium july 24/10

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Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Cauliflower Harvest

from a box of 4 plants
Grew quite large in the high box at the end of the last row

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Friday, July 16, 2010

One Colocasia is starting

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Caladium sprouting

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Salad potluck

Bean carrot white onion salad.
Smart lady made this
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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Half main garlic bed

Half of the main garlic bed, pulled out, roots trimmed, tops not trimmed

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Monday, July 12, 2010

Beets in old endive-lettuce box

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First cloves of garlic

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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Trimmed arbicola schefflera

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