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Jackie's Secret Garden: September 2010
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Friday, September 24, 2010. This is why we should always grow zucchini :). Zucchini foils bear attack for Montana woman. HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A Montana woman fended off a bear trying to muscle its way into her home Thursday by pelting the animal with a large piece of zucchini from her garden. The woman suffered minor scratches and one of her dogs was wounded after tussling with the 200-pound bear. This story is courtesy of the Monterey County Herald.). This might just be the best. Use of zucchini ever!
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Jackie's Secret Garden: Cabbage worm myth - debunked!
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Saturday, November 6, 2010. Cabbage worm myth - debunked! Such a pretty little butterfly. Such a destructive little larvae! Cabbage worms abound on my brassicas this year, so I just purchased a roll of floating row cover. But it's too late for the ones that are already being munched on. What to do? Search the internet, of course! Hmmmhere's a possible solution. If anybody has actually had luck with this method, please let me know. Otherwise, I suggest we save our flour and baking soda for the kitchen!
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Lawn Substitutes
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Inputs & Tools. Soil & Fertilizers. It’s a HOT topic and worthy of as many great photos and links as I can get my eager hands on. Got more? Send ‘em along. Delawning Theory and Practice. The Great American Delawning Movement. Is my overview of the subject for a local newspaper. It includes alternatives to lawn meadows, serious veggie patches, woodland gardens, even installing fake turf or decking over the whole yard. Plus ways to make your lawn smaller. From Lawn Addiction to Anti-Lawn Activism. Covers l...
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The Practical Preserver ©: Stocking Up
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The Practical Preserver ©. Here's the place to learn about home food preservation. Tips, techniques, and time-tested recipes. Friday, August 13, 2010. I love the fall. It's my favorite season. I like the feeling of stocking up for the cold, snowy weather ahead. I especially feel this way when we've returned from the Boise trip and have stopped at Costco to load up the truck with Stuff. Blueberries, one of my favorite foods, are now in good supply at Costco and I bought half a dozen boxes. They go rig...
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Garden Rant: Archives
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Just Who Do They Think They Are? Michele Owens: Grow the Good Life. Ask Dr. Bleedingheart. But is it Art? Designs, Tricks, and Schemes. Garden Rant Cocktail Hour. Gardening on the Planet. I Don't Have a Garden, but I Watch One on TV. It's the Plants, Darling. Shut Up and Dig. Taking Your Gardening Dollar. The 78th Annual GardenRant Awards. Who's Ranting About Us. Brent and Becky's Bulbs. Slate Hill Farm Daylilies. Terra Nova Landscaping Blog. The Southern Bulb Company. Powell's Books for Home and Garden.
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the back quarter acre: Boston Strong (and small and slow)
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The back quarter acre. Sunday, April 19, 2015. Boston Strong (and small and slow). According to yesterday's news broadcast, this year's harsh winter has stalled us several weeks' behind our usual seasonal spring schedule. So the blue and yellow markings of these little Iris reticulata "Katherine Hodgkin" typically don't unfurl in synchrony with the colorful celebration of the Boston Marathon. Iris reticulata "Katherine Hodgkin" looking up. Finish Line, Old North Church, looking up. Sunday, April 19, 2015.
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the back quarter acre: October 2013
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The back quarter acre. Tuesday, October 08, 2013. In the meantime, peonies and phlox have mildewed, basil has bolted, and many spent blossoms yearn for deadheading. While it really doesn't matter whether you tend your garden during the growing season- as long as you can tolerate the disheveled and raggedy results- when it comes harvest time, paying no attention produces big problems. Joe Pye weed (. Gateway," black-eyed Susan ( Rudbeckia fulgida). Eyes of black-eyed Susans ( Rudbeckia fulgida). A reforme...
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Garden Rant: Garden Walk Buffalo
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Just Who Do They Think They Are? Michele Owens: Grow the Good Life. Ask Dr. Bleedingheart. But is it Art? Designs, Tricks, and Schemes. Garden Rant Cocktail Hour. Gardening on the Planet. I Don't Have a Garden, but I Watch One on TV. It's the Plants, Darling. Shut Up and Dig. Taking Your Gardening Dollar. The 78th Annual GardenRant Awards. Who's Ranting About Us. Brent and Becky's Bulbs. Slate Hill Farm Daylilies. Terra Nova Landscaping Blog. The Southern Bulb Company. Powell's Books for Home and Garden.
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Gardening-4-Life: A Fresh Start
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When Gardeners garden, it is not just plants that grow, but the gardeners themselves Ken Druse. Trial gardens at Dallas Arboretum. Its hard to believe that two years have passed since I last posted anything here. Life does what it usually does.move on. Its been a busy season in our family going from full time home schooling to having graduated our last child. What in the world will I do with myself now? Oh yes, gardening and blogging again! Wednesday, May 29, 2013. September 6, 2013 at 4:37 AM. Things ha...
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the back quarter acre: Garden goal roll, 2015
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The back quarter acre. Monday, April 20, 2015. Garden goal roll, 2015. It's spring now, so all things horticultural are possible. Cue the cock-eyed optimist: I'm preparing my annual garden goal roll: what needs to be done, when it should be done, and where it's all happening. Dust peonies with copper fungicide to limit blight. Done 4/19/2015. Top-dress spring-flowering bulbs with 3-5-3 when the leaf-tips emerge. Except for small front walk bed, done 4/19/2015. Start renovation of back property line bed.
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