BS: Gardening, 2009

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Aug 09 - 10:13 PM

"Hilled" - does that mean pile dirt around it now? Or it should have been planted on little hills? I took a spray bottle with some BT and sprayed the silk on the top of each ear. None of them are very big, but some of the silk is turning brown. Do I wait until they get plumper and then pick it, or is this as plump as the ears will get? (This is my first time with corn!)

I had two heavy rain showers today, and I think there is a chance more more overnight and tomorrow. This is really really old. I want the hot days back with the soaker hoses. It's much better for the garden.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: maeve
Date: 01 Aug 09 - 12:14 PM

SRS- The corn probably needs to be hilled to keep it upright. As for mineral oil, it's dribbled down into the center of each ear "tip" into the corn silk. An eyedropper works well.

We're picking snow peas, sugarsnaps and lettuce, with cherry tomatoes as they ripen. We are glad to have the potatoes that wintered over for our meals. The spring-planted potatoes will be ready in another month or so. We have one more batch of sprouted potatoes that I'll plant for wintering over. The potato beetles and Japanese beetles emerged late thanks to the rain, and so far I'm able to keep up with them. The biggest veggie garden is about half-way finished in terms of the pathways being mulched with sawdust and shavings on top of newspaper.

m

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: maire-aine
Date: 01 Aug 09 - 11:15 AM

"SWF seeks SWM with pickup truck... Send pic of truck to #3754... "

I love it, Bobert. That's me too. I'd even settle for a "Bobcat" if I could drive it.

Maryanne

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Aug 09 - 10:56 AM

You got it, Bobert!

We had heavy weather to beat all heavy weather last night, then it rained again this morning. The creek rose out back--I noticed that while I was on the other side of the yard gate releasing a possum that must have had a hellish night staying out of the reach of my two dogs. They've killed several before, but as it happens, I changed the batteries in their collars last night so they had a definite boundary and they didn't cross it. I heard a yelp this morning that told me something was up so I went out to look and this guy (girl? I didn't look) was staggering along the fence as the dogs barked beside it.

No holes in the dogs, though I suspect they had physical contact when this possum played possum for a while because the possum had a couple of holes in its hide where Cinnamon bit it and because Poppy was sniffing Cinnamon's tummy, and I've seen Cinnamon lie beside her prey before.

The garden suffered in last night's rain. The corn is kind of leaning (the silks are beginning to turn brown, but I don't think the corn is ready yet, though I saw a couple of worms. What is the mineral oil trick? I think I'll spray BT one more time). The tomatoes are sodden. I pulled out several more plants that were due to come out anyway, and though the cherry tomatoes seem to be in better shape, I may take them out also. They're all kind of ratty from mites, I think. I believe summer blight makes the fruit rot in spots and I just have coarse brownish patches on the fruit skin, not a mosaic, but maybe from mites?

The squash and strawberries are happy. I'll do drench BT on the squash, even injecting it into some stems to keep the worms from killing it. It's time to begin the treatments. (I heard about this procedure on the Dirt Doctor program a few weeks ago).

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Janie
Date: 01 Aug 09 - 08:27 AM

lol!

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Bobert
Date: 01 Aug 09 - 08:06 AM

SWF seeks SWM with pickup truck... Send pic of truck to #3754...

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Janie
Date: 01 Aug 09 - 12:22 AM

My ginger lilies are doing well, in spite of still being where they were simply heeled in last August. The tall, salmon colored ones (I have no idea which variety they are) have buds on them. There is also a smaller ginger lily that almost didn't make it in the pot I had it in at the old house, and that I have not yet seen in bloom. Some folks I did some gardening for gave me a division. I understand it is white, very fragant, and blooms around Labor Day. Don't know if I'll see blooms on this one this year - it is up close against a day lily that also was simply dumped into the ground when I moved, and neither the ginger lily, nor the day lily are happy with the arrangement-or lack thereof. I'm just glad they are both alive, and hoping to get everyone better situated before winter. The ground here is a fertile but heavy clay - heavier than what I had at the old place, and is too dry and hard to dig.

I miss having access to a pick-up truck that I could use to haul manageable and affordable loads of topsoil and compost. I simply no longer have the physical capacity to dig up lawn and maneuver (sp) heavy clay soil with hand tools to do the levelling required before raised beds can be built and set. , and raised beds are going to be a "must" here because of the native rocks and tree roots.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 Jul 09 - 11:01 AM

Heavy weather is supposed to move out of here over the weekend, letting our heat return. Maybe it will visit you next.

Beautiful couple of eggplants came in yesterday, so I think it's time to make a batch of babaganoush. I picked up a jar of tahini and I have lemons and garlic--we're set!

As the season progresses I'm going to formalize the edge of the new garden by picking up some plastic lumber to use as edging and will be filling along it to level this garden. Then when I'm ready to work on it next year I can build in some contours for better drainage. It has been rather haphazard this year.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Bobert
Date: 31 Jul 09 - 07:38 AM

Dry, dry, dry here on the Blues Ridge... Less than an inch of rain over the last 30 days... Spend every waking hour running the oscillatours... Wore out one of our older Gillmore's (stripped gears) and the P-Vine called them complaining about them not making parts for it so Gillmore is sending us a new (and improved)one... Actually, I liked the older ones better... The new ones are confusing... Bought a $45 Green Thumb and it doesn't oscillate right out of the box... We'll take it back and hold out for used Gillmores on ebay, thank you...

We've been trappin' the heck out of rat-coons of late... 4 in the last week alone... It's time consuming relocating them to an area where they aren't going to become someone else's pests... We take them 15 miles away into the George Washington Nation Forest where there are mountain streams...

We are loving our deer fence... We are in the process of buiding gates to replace the makeshift nails that we have to attach the fence to every time we go out or come in which has become real old...

Veggie garden is finally coming in... Maybe our first ripe tomato today??? Peppers, eggplant, cukes, squash plentyfull...

Hostas in the first garden we enclosed are blooming inspite of being eaten down before the deer were evicted...

All in all, gardening is almost fun again...

Now if it would only rain...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 31 Jul 09 - 12:54 AM

The lower temperatures and rain here have actually not been very good for my garden. The heat seems to slow down some of the pests and it sure makes the tomatoes ripen in a hurry. We've had rain every day for the last week or more. I cut back a bunch of vines and have pulled a few entire plants and put in several new ones for fall. The powdery mildew is trying to get started, so I'll take a sprayer full of hydrogen peroxide out in the morning.

I have had tomatoes coming out of my ears this summer. They've slowed to a trickle of a half-dozen big ones a day, so I can still reach into the fridge and pull out a ripe beauty for my evening salad or lunchtime BLT. A friend brought his steam juicer over a couple of weeks ago, and in addition to juicing mustang grapes, we did a big pot of tomatoes for juice and sauce. As we worked he'd say "I need to inspect this tomato" and out would come the salt shaker after a couple of quick cuts with the paring knife. I think he probably ate the equivalent of a half-dozen tomatoes as we worked. Think about it--would you be tempted to eat a half-dozen tennis-ball sized grocery store tomatoes? One would be plenty. But garden ripe tomatoes are just simply something the commercial growers can't match.

Eggplants are now in, and with all of the rain, the plants with the most fruit are beginning to topple over. I'll be propping them with tomato cages and fence posts to keep them off the ground. I picked two big ones today, two yesterday, and I have enough out there to be picking about a dozen a week. Time to start cooking and giving them away (I made a fabulous lasagne over the weekend, with a layer of eggplant. Mmmmm!)

I played with a garden toad this evening, trying to photograph him eating Junebugs. He was too fast. Maybe one shot worked--I have to check.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Janie
Date: 31 Jul 09 - 12:03 AM

We are into the dog days of summer, though (knock on wood) we have had no stretches of upper 90 's to lower 100's yet. All-in-all it has been a more moderate summer, so far, temperature-wise, than we have had in several years.

It has been pretty dry here since mid to late June, but I am greatful for the adequately wet spring and early summer, after a few years of hard drought and searing temperatures from mid-June on. The past couple of weeks there have been widely scattered showers in the area, and an occasional brief downpour, but mostly high humidity and the unrealized promise of late afternoon or evening showers. The clouds start to pile up, the humidity spikes, there might even be a little wind or lightning in the distance, and then one accepts that a few miles off, it is someone else's turn for a little shower.

I await August with curiosity. I always think of August as a time of peril in the Southern perennial garden.   If I was going to lose plants to heat, humidity, and drought, August is when it was mostly likely to happen.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: maire-aine
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 05:23 PM

Rain has been in the forecast all week, but it kept missing my yard. Finally got a good soaking rain yesterday, and for a while this morning. I took a 60-mile ride out to a great local nursery called Arrowhead Alpines , and bought several plants that I haven't been able to find anywhere else. I love this place, so it's a good thing it's a good thing I only go there once a year. If you're ever looking for something unusual, check them out.

Maryanne

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: maeve
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 05:19 PM

I wish you all continued gardening success.

m

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 01:06 PM

800! (tomatoes, that is!)

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 01:06 PM

We've created quite a large gardening thread this year, what with not only gardening but deer fences and related activities.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 11:55 AM

I processed four 1-quart jars of tomato juice and five 1/2 pint jars of sauce last night, but there are more tomatoes awaiting. I think this will become a weekly event for the next couple of months.

Hot again today, need to go back to watering. We do have a small chance of rain for the next few days, which probably means it will be muggy for a while.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Alice
Date: 25 Jul 09 - 11:42 AM

Congratulations on the finished project, Bobert!

It's been close to 100 in the afternoon the last few days, but last night we had a good rain. Raspberries are just starting to ripen.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Bobert
Date: 24 Jul 09 - 09:10 AM

Well, we've been busy with my son and his wife who are visisting from Oregon but we did finish the last 3 acres of deer fencing around the house and the pond... The veggies garden is also enclosed so it has double coverage as it allready had deer fencing...

The deer fencing, however, is no match for pesky racoons... One ate the only tomato that was close to being ripe on Tuesday night so we set the trap for him the following night... He got the bait but we didn't get him so I reset it last night and got him... We're going to take him off today to his new home...

It is ****so**** nice not having to worry about deer anymore!!!

And the bear hasn't made any attempt to breech the new fence, as well...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 24 Jul 09 - 01:12 AM

Hard to believe, but we had another rainy day. It's like the "monsoon" that normally hits the Chihuahuan Desert has shifted to the right and we're getting it instead.

The new tomatoes are looking right at home and putting on height in the same general area where I had a couple of other plants. I've made an attempt to give these better drainage.

I'll pick up some quart jars tomorrow and can some more juice and sauce.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: maeve
Date: 23 Jul 09 - 07:51 AM

Regarding the late blight warnings- We dug our first potatoes of the year yesterday, and all are sound and unblemished.

Happy gardening,

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: maeve
Date: 21 Jul 09 - 12:51 PM

I hope I'll have time to see your and ragdall's photos soon. We're too busy working the farm and cleaning out the house there's not much time left for posting, etc.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 21 Jul 09 - 11:13 AM

Quite a flurry of conversation on the Mudcat group thread. I put up a few more photos, as did ragdall.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 20 Jul 09 - 05:47 PM

So, I pulled out most of the beans, and it cooled right down. Today it has been heavily overcast and is raining. Who knew such a sacrifice would reap such a reward. We had a big gully-washer last night, then today it has been wonderful. I'll wait a couple of weeks and see what else I can pull out if that will make it rain a gentle rain all day.

18 1/2 pint jars of mustang grape jelly labeled and put up!

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Bobert
Date: 18 Jul 09 - 08:49 AM

Sounds like it's too hot fir them, Magz... Wait until the last week of August or first week of Septmeber and replant 'um... Our beans are probably a couple weeks away...

Yeah, venison... I don't eat no 4-legged animals myself but the P-Vine does... I wish they would have deer season all year 'round... The ol' mountain people will telll ya' that the meat is good any time of the year... Plus, they are a national pest...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 18 Jul 09 - 01:38 AM

Processing seven pints of 'maters. A couple of those are just juice, but it is so good in soup or beans.

Tomorrow, the big push to pick grapes, and I'm going to try to talk my friend into entering mustang grape jelly at the State Fair this year. (He won the blue ribbon for his strawberry jelly last year.)

About ready to pull out a few big, leggy, mite-ridden tomato plants and move to a fresh spot and plant some new ones for fall. The type called Super Fantastic has been a winner for me this year, along with some largish cherry tomatoes. (I froze a whole cookie sheet of them this evening, skin and all, and will bag them tomorrow. The skins slip right off after they've been frozen.) Watching the corn. I had to use BT this week, another worm chowing down in the flowering parts. Who knows what we'll get there.

I have a question: the bush beans have lots of flowers but very few beans. They're all leaf, and kind of sloppy. Time to pull them out? Will they start putting out more beans when it cools, or should I start some new ones for fall?

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Jul 09 - 09:15 PM

Surely venison would be a nice addition to the diet? Who would be the wiser? I suppose you'd have to do all of the butchering yourself, though, if it is out of season (most likely).

Canning tonight.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Bobert
Date: 17 Jul 09 - 08:20 PM

Well yeah, I have been remiss...

We are about to take on "Deer Fence, Part B" which means another 1200 feet or so which will protect then gardens around our house and even down to the pond field... When this is done (Wednesday) we will have peace from most animals...

I had a 300 pound bear less than 20 feet from the house the other day... He was just snoppin' around... Last night the deer came into the gardens around the house and ate half of a smoke bush/tree... Then ate flox... Lirope... Whatever... The morons will eat anything... The P-Vine was in tears this morning... Sje wanted me to stay up all night tonight and shoot anything that moved...

5 more days to freedom...

The only thing protected now are the veggies which are doing fine... A little late but fine... We'll be like Maggie in 3 weeks with tomatoes comin' outta our ears...

That's about it for now...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: peregrina
Date: 17 Jul 09 - 10:51 AM

thanks for your replies MMario and SRS--I hope I can get some seeds or another stem...

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Jul 09 - 10:44 AM

Often time a flower that has died through a mechanical accident (storm, misplaced weed whacker, mowed, etc.) will quickly set seeds as it dies, if the flower was pollinated. Keep any eye on it. I've seen that in some in my yard (usually larger flowers with a little more stored energy in the stem to work with).

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: MMario
Date: 17 Jul 09 - 09:51 AM

it may grow back. some hollyhocks act as biennials, some as short lived perennials. If this particular plant is the latter, then it should grow back.

if it had been bloomin a few days you MIGHT get some viable seed frm the oldest pods.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: peregrina
Date: 17 Jul 09 - 09:45 AM

hours of pelting rain, strong winds, and now a beautiful huge door-side hollyhock that had grown up in a crack in the paving has blown down--all three stalks, despite attempts to support the last two.

Can a new one grow from the remaining root?
Can I save seeds from a plant that had only just come into flower?
plant the brokens stalks?
No answers from a short google search, so if any knows, I'd be glad if info.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 16 Jul 09 - 03:29 PM

I guess each of us is outstanding in our field this week.










(Not posting!)

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 16 Jul 09 - 01:24 AM

I don't have a huge operation like Bobert, but I'm loaded up with tomatoes right now.

This is the busy window sill and counter staging area.

This is what my fridge looks like this evening.

I'll be canning tomorrow and again on Saturday. A few jars here, a few jars there, and it adds up. I didn't go out and pick again this evening, but there were quite a few, so I expect another gallon at least by noon. I pick a couple of times a day, they ripen so fast. I bring them in when they start turning pink to beat some of the birds and other predators. They'll be fully ripe out there in the morning so I hope I don't have an overnight attack. I put BT on the corn and tomatoes and eggplant after the sun went down, that should help.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Jul 09 - 11:16 AM

Grrrrr. Got into the poison ivy when picking grapes.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: maeve
Date: 13 Jul 09 - 05:54 AM

Thanks, Kat. It was.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Jul 09 - 11:26 PM

Happy Anniversary, maeve and Truelove!!

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: maeve
Date: 12 Jul 09 - 02:10 PM

My Truelove and I celebrated our wedding anniversary today by cleaning up the mess that was our farm stand, rebuilding it with reinforcement and wind-stability in mind, and changing around the layout of the plant benches.

I brought out several new flats of herb and lettuce seedlings as well as the rest of the potted perennials I had ready for sale. I'll be re-potting the dumped plants for the next few days. One benefit of being out at the stand for so many hours this morning is that several people stopped, and I do now have some bulk orders for some roses and bee balm, and a neighbor will be returning for a couple of apple trees.

Of all the gardens we have tended during the course of our lives, the most beautiful and strong is the garden of our marriage. We are thankful.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: maeve
Date: 11 Jul 09 - 07:03 PM

The spinach is up, the second plantings of peas and beans are sprouting, and the farm stand dumped completely over with all the little pots of perennials out of their pots.

Happy gardening!

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 11 Jul 09 - 01:15 PM

I've reached a critical mass--all of my large Tupperware bowls are in the fridge, heaped with ripe tomatoes. There are tomatoes in little bowls also and tucked into nooks and crannies.

It is time to do some canning.

I also went out this morning and picked 2/3 bucket of this year's mustang grape crop hanging on the trees in the woods across the road. I am debating whether to juice them now to see how they look, or go ahead and freeze them and use them in a steam juicer later. Right now I don't have room in the fridge for them, hence the need to can tomatoes.

I think you could call this an 'embarrassment of riches' though in fact it is what I was aiming for--enough stuff to preserve for the rest of the year. I'm having a BLT for lunch today, then I'll get to the canning.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Alice
Date: 11 Jul 09 - 08:53 AM

The motion detector animal deterrant seems to be working to some degree.

I have them set up in places where the neighbor's dogs used to run into my yard. Not as many piles of poop in those spots, but still finding them in back where people walk their dogs down the alley and let them "go" in my lawn.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Bobert
Date: 11 Jul 09 - 08:01 AM

Well, seems that with the very few customers that the P-Vine is getting at the garden center that she is buying (at cost plus 5%) plants here and threre for our gardens... Yesterday she rescued a hybrid mountain laural leaving just one left for sale... Plus two ferns...

This is just like when she worked for Merrifield Garden Center when her pay checks came home with root balls and pots...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Sooz
Date: 11 Jul 09 - 03:41 AM

We've just returned from holiday and it took some hard work to find the garden! I carried armfuls of 3ft lettuce and spinach plus a bucketful of sugarsnap peas over to the lady across the road for her free ranging chickens! They are having a big feast.
The salad crops I sowed before we went away are all ready to eat, though and the raspberries and blackcurrants are croping well. For the first time we have tried pink fir apple potatoes which are amazing. I've never seen such big potato plants and the crop is pretty heavy as well. Scrummy.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: maeve
Date: 11 Jul 09 - 02:41 AM

The white yarrow tends to wander freely, much more than the other colors. All are great for beneficial insects. I think your beautiful yellow will be fine.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Jul 09 - 12:52 AM

Hmmm...I haven't had any problem with it, Alice. That tall one is actually two plants and they have stayed exactly where I planted them for the past 4-5 years. Likewaise the other two at the end of the plant bed. I'd love it if they did take over most of the front yard as I would prefer a yard of flowers to grass...they take less water and are prettier!*bg* Thanks for the warning, though. I will keep an eye on them.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Alice
Date: 10 Jul 09 - 07:35 PM

I had some white yarrow seed in a wildflower mix about 18 years ago that I scattered in one flower bed. Unfortunately, yarrow takes over and spreads, killing out everything around it. I have huge areas of my lawn that yarrow has taken over. Hope you can keep it corralled, Kat.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: katlaughing
Date: 10 Jul 09 - 07:04 PM

Oh! I wnat an Aloha rose, now, too! That's gorgeous and I love that you said it has a strong scent. I don't why they even have roses that don't smell much, but i have noticed a lot of them that way.

Thank, SRS and maeve. If either of you have any uses for yarrow I would be happy to cut some and send it on. It grows along roads here, even and is one plant, along with Russian Sage, which is used for ubiquitous landscaping around banks and other office buildings because they take such little care and are so well-suited for the high desert climate. I have a Russian Sage out back. I'll get a picture of it soon. This is the tallest the yarrow has ever grown and I've had it about 4-5 years now. It is at least six feet as I am 5.2 and it is definitely taller than I! At the other end of the perennial patch are yellow and red yarrows. They get more sunshine and, until this year, didn't grow very well. This year, they have sprouted up to about 3-4 feet and look much better. Not as full, but beautiful in their own effort.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: maeve
Date: 10 Jul 09 - 06:37 PM

Janie- I was admiring some Aloha roses at the feedstore the other day. I want some, are you surprised?

Kat- What a pretty and healthy yarrow!

It's early to bed for me tonight. We've been going since 4 this morning.

maeve

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 10 Jul 09 - 05:20 PM

Beautiful, Kat! And that is a lovely rose, Janie.

I've been picking produce several times a day. I'm bringing in a couple of quarts of tomatoes a day. Peppers are still producing, though not as fast. The beans seem to have pooped out. I'm going to bring in some carrots soon (I've been eating them gradually as I thin them).

The cosmos I planted from seed are just now beginning to open. The Texas star hibiscus are lovely, several blooms on each of the plants, and the cannas that were transplanted a year ago are almost 8 feet tall back in their corner. They seem very happy--they only grew to about 4 feet in the original location.

I've picked my first couple of eggplants.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: katlaughing
Date: 10 Jul 09 - 01:17 PM

I have had a lot of trouble with annuals, of all things, this year. Some got too wet, others too dry, and several were in soil that should never have been sold it was bad. My fault for rushing and trying to use it anyway.

Anywho, I have had some success with new perennials, most of which were planted last fall when they were on sale and have taken some pix: CLick Here. They are not the best, but at least you can see some of their beauty. Anyone who would like yarrow seeds, let me know. I also have a really pretty red one.

Subject: RE: BS: Gardening, 2009
From: maeve
Date: 09 Jul 09 - 04:38 PM

Truelove planted more gladiolus bulbs. Folks around here seem to think there's no point in trying to have vegetable gardens this year with all the rain. We just keep poking in seeds and such and they all grow.

maeve