Friday, November 25, 2011

HOW TO GROW A RAINBOW ROSE - "NATURALLY"



ANOTHER GREAT SITE FROM STUMBLE UPON










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

Monday, November 21, 2011

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. 

 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

Sunday, November 20, 2011

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. 










Wednesday, November 16, 2011

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

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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.