THE WORST PLANTER IDEA EVER!

WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?!

A NUCLEAR POWER PLANTER!

NEEDLESS TO SAY IT WAS MARKED DOWN 3 TIMES

JUST HAD TO SHARE

HOW CAN I KEEP PESTS FROM EATING MY PLANTS?

ONE WAY IS TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT PLANTS

The following three plants are absolutely deer, rabbit and groundhog resistant, they're never eaten, and they're evergreens.

EUPHORBIA  'ASCOT RAINBOW'

Spurge

 GROWS TO 20" - NEEDS NO PRUNING
EVERGREEN  - SUN AND PARTIAL SHADE

FLOWERS EARLY SUMMER - FALL 

FLOWER COLORS ARE THE SAME AS THE LEAVES AND THEY LAST FOR MONTHS

  VERY PRETTY -  MAINTENANCE FREE AND DROUGHT TOLERANT

 HELLEBORE 'ANGEL GLOW'

Lenten Rose

 EVERGREEN -  SHADE/PART SUN PERENNIAL

 FLOWERS IN FEBRUARY

   FLOWERS LAST FOR MONTHS

 VERY HARDY - TOLERATES POOR SOIL CONDITIONS

HYPERICUM 'HIDCOTE'

St. Johnswort

(MEDICINALLY USED FOR ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION)

Full Sun - Partial Shade

Yellow Flowers  from June - August

Evergreen Shrub

18"-48"

HOW TO GROW A RAINBOW ROSE - "NATURALLY"

ANOTHER GREAT SITE FROM STUMBLE UPON

www.stumbleupon.com

How to grow a Rainbow Rose, Naturally

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow_rose

You can use the same idea to color any flower, 

anyway you like.  CHECK IT OUT!

ON THIS THANKSGIVING DAY I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THANKS TO OUR FARMERS

 ....FOR THEIR BOUNTIFUL HARVEST!

SEE HOW SOME VEGETABLES GROW.......

BRUSSEL SPROUTS

SWEET POTATOES

ASPARAGUS

CAP MUSHROOMS

ARTICHOKE

CARROTS

LEEKS

STRING BEANS

'PEPO' - PUMPKIN

GARLIC BULBS

....AND FRUITS

GRANNY SMITH APPLES

IT'S TIME TO PICK A CHRISTMAS TREE

THIS HANDY CHART CAN HELP 

I FOUND THIS CHART IN MARTHA STEWART'S DECEMBER ISSUE OF LIVING.  YOU CAN EASILY IDENTIFY YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS TREE, AS WELL AS, WHERE IT COMES FROM AND HOW WELL IT PERFORMS IN YOUR HOME. 

marthastewart.com

 MY FAVORITE IS THE CONCOLOR FIR.  ROHSLER'S NURSERY IN ALLENDALE N.J. GROWS AND SELLS THESE BEAUTIFUL SPECIMANS FOR CHRISTMAS. rohslers.com

FRASER FIR

SCOTCH PINE

DOUGLAS FIR

WHITE PINE

LEYLAND CYPRESS

CONCOLOR FIR

STUMBLED UPON A NEW WAY TO TRAIN TREES TO GROW AS GARDEN FURNITURE

I FOUND POOKTRE GARDEN ON A SITE CALL STUMBLEUPON.COM.  IT IS A VERY EXCITING AND UNIQUE SITE FOR FINDING UNUSUAL TALENT IN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING YOUR INTERESTED IN. 

 Grow something with us at Pooktre Garden.

HOW CAN I TELL WHEN TO DIVIDE OR PRUNE BACK MY PERENNIALS ?

DIVIDING PERENNIALS

THE TWO MOST BASIC REASONS FOR DIVIDING ARE IF THE PLANT IS THICK WITH GREENS BUT HARDLY ANY FLOWERS, OR IF IT IS TAKING OVER YOUR GARDEN AND SNUFFING OUT THE OTHER PLANTS.

Overcrowded Daylillies Inhibating Flowering

Daylillies Taking Over the Garden

PRUNING PERENNIALS

I GO WITH THE FLOW OF THE  WEATHER AND WHEN EACH PLANT IS READY.  BUT IF YOUR READY FIRST AND TIME AND APPEARANCE ARE IMPORTANT TO YOU, IT DOESN'T HURT TO PRUNE THEM ALL BACK AT ONCE AND EARLY.

Lavendar Ready for Pruning

Early Cut of Daylilly - Regrowth Occured

CAN SPRING FLOWERING BULBS BE PLANTED IN NOVEMBER?

LATE FALL IS THE BEST TIME TO PLANT BLUBS

SOME IMPORTANT TIPS:

Plant Tulips and Daffodils 8 to 10 inches down and Hyacynith bulbs 6 to 8 inches (other bulbs in accordance of directions).  This is very necessary in order to keep them cold and dormant in an un-timely thaw and out of reach from rodents.

Plant in groubs no smaller the 5 in full sun for high yields and effective.

Plant a perennial such as forget-me-nots in between to hide the browning greens in summer for daffodils and hyacynths as the green feeds the bulbs for the following year.  Tulips need to be replanted every year.

Avoid salt from roadways areas. The plants grow in a deformed and sickly manner.

Avoid lawn fertilized areas.  It promotes leaf and root growth but inhibits flowering.