This just in from the National Weather Service: Record April heat has ended... Many daily and monthly high temperature records were broken from Saturday April 25th to Monday April 27th across the area. For the regional Airport daily records were broken for April 25th and the 27th. On April 25th a record high temperature of [...]
April 2009
Weather Surprise
April 29, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Tweets, WeatherWhoa! 33.5F this morning. Why did I think it was only going down to 50F? Cannas & rosemary spent the night out. Crossing fingers.
Protecting Newly Transplanted Plants
April 28, 2009 – Posted in: Acquisitions, Garden chores, How-toI bought this little Anemone nemorosa at the post-meeting plant sale at the Adirondack Chapter of the North American Rock Garden Society in Ithaca, NY last Saturday. After doing a little research, and finding out it likes shade and woodsy soil, I planted it on the shady side of the house on Sunday evening. I [...]
Anemone nemorosa
April 26, 2009 – Posted in: Acquisitions, Garden TweetsPlanted the Anemone nemorosa that I bought at the Ithaca rock garden meeting. Pale lilac flowers.
Daffodils face down in the dirt
April 25, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Tweets, Narcissus, WeatherHigh of 88F, a record, perhaps. Can daffodils suffer heat stroke? Some of mine fell over. I took a look at them shortly before nine in the morning, and they were lovely as only a freshly opened daffodil can be. By the time I got home late afternoon, some were already past their prime, and [...]
The Brown Marmorated Stink Bug: What You Need to Know
April 19, 2009 – Posted in: Pests, Plagues, and VarmintsMost of you don't realize it, but Cold Climate Gardening is host to a secret club, the Stink Bug Haters Club. It all started innocently enough with this post. But as more and more stink bug sufferers found the post and took advantage of the Subscribe to Comments feature, it started to take on a [...]
Seedling light stand cleanup
April 18, 2009 – Posted in: Garden chores, Garden Tweets, Seeds and Seed StartingFinished reorganizing the seed stand. Culled all the broken flats. Organized the cell packs. All this for the master seed starter, not me. My eldest daughter does most of the seed starting. I taught her everything I knew, and she improved upon it. So I just get everything back in order after a winter of [...]
Canna Repotted
April 18, 2009 – Posted in: Garden chores, Garden TweetsRepotted my one and only canna. It was sprouting in the basement.
Fed My Roses
April 17, 2009 – Posted in: Garden chores, Garden TweetsPut alfalfa pellets around my 3 roses today. I can't even remember when I bought the alfalfa. Pee-yoo!
Peas Sown
April 16, 2009 – Posted in: Garden Tweets, VegetablesDH sowed Fedco peas today: 8oz Lincoln and 8oz Progress#9. Soil still wet, so he made a raised bed first. It was wet because there is a natural seep there.
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