After my shrubs got planted they enjoyed a weekend of glorious weather. But I happened to notice Sunday morning that it was supposed to get in the low 30s that night. Low 30s, I knew, meant definitely below freezing around here. I made a mental note to bring in my potted plants and cover the [...]
April 2006
Bending the Rules, Planting Shrubs
April 16, 2006 – Posted in: Acquisitions, Garden chores, Native/Invasive, Plant infoWhen we last left our gardener, she had just received her Fedco shrub order, shortly after removing one and a half pounds of dock root from the spot where she wanted to plant her Hydrangea 'Endless Summer.' Have you ever had a gardening project turn into a Project? Heh. If you've been gardening any length [...]
What’s Up? Dock!
April 11, 2006 – Posted in: MiscellaneousFrom this space, roughly five feet wide by six feet deep . . . . . . I dug out all these dock roots (that's a 15-inch ruler) . . . plus this wagon full of rocks . . .plus these additional weed roots, mostly goldenrod This time of year, when the soil is saturated [...]
Signs of Spring
April 11, 2006 – Posted in: Garden chores, What's up/bloomingThe Gardener in her Garden Here I am this past Sunday transplanting Lemon Lilies (Hemerocallis flava) from the back of the Birthday Garden to the front of it. They are a very old-fashioned daylily, but not as vigorous as the Tawny Daylily (H. fulva). Although they bloom early for a daylily, they are shorter than [...]
Four Yahoo Groups
April 11, 2006 – Posted in: Mailbag, Recommended LinksThe previous post about registration not being necessary was prompted by an email I got: Hi! I registered to be a part of your Zone 1-3 group and I haven't heard yet whether or not I was accepted. Last I checked my membership was still pending. Wondering what is up and what I should do [...]
Registration not necessary to comment on Cold Climate Gardening
April 8, 2006 – Posted in: About this siteIn the upper right hand corner and down at the bottom of the sidebar (in the Meta section) is a link that says Register (if you're not already registered). That is there just in case spammers or trolls get so bad that the only way to control them is to require registration for all commenters. [...]
My Gardening Things
April 7, 2006 – Posted in: MiscellaneousThanks to the Garden Djinn, I learned a new song and a new word today. My Gardening Things is sung to the tune of "My Favorite Things" from the film The Sound of Music. My Gardening Things Catalogs breeding and seedlings are sprouting Weeds have arisen and beds are a-calling Spring has erupted and bitten [...]
One Year Ago Today: Cold Climate Gardening’s transition to a website now complete
April 5, 2006 – Posted in: About this siteNo, it's not my blogiversary. That's August 27, 2002. But one year ago today, I switched from an old, outdated version of Movable Type to WordPress. Along with the change to the inner workings of the website came a whole new look--and a whole lot of work. WordPress gave me the flexibility to integrate the [...]
Spring Panic
April 3, 2006 – Posted in: Garden chores, Pests, Plagues, and Varmints, WeatherMichelle Owens is right. As soon as spring has sprung, I'm already behind. I used to think, "Oh, there'll be plenty of time for that later." This kind of thinking explains why I was always planting stunted seedlings in July. And then there's the climate. Discerning when mud season ends and spring really begins--well, that's [...]
What to put in your Homemade EarthBox(TM)
April 3, 2006 – Posted in: MailbagShirley Glaudo writes: I am working on building a homemade earth box. I would appreciate the "recipe"to fill the box.. what kind of soil, how do you determine how many plants and I hear you put fertilizer on top of the soil but what kind - 8-32-16? When and how do you water. I will [...]
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