Last year, I started a garden at our school in a small town in Northern New York as part of a program out of Cooperative Extension. I was nominated to lead a 4-H group at a meeting I didn't attend. I consider myself an enthusiastic and somewhat knowledgeable gardener. A leader of small children? I [...]
Rosemarie Hanson
Autumn Reprieve
October 17, 2005 – Posted in: What's up/bloomingI just wanted to mention how gangbusters my garden is going right now. Dahlias, Zinnias, and Cosmos, with some cool weather annuals making a return. I have been cutting bunches and bunches! How fun! My two greatest producers have been Mexican Sunflowers (Tithonia "Torch") and good old Mealy cup Sage (Salvia Farinacea). Both of these [...]
Hardening my heart.
April 15, 2005 – Posted in: Seeds and Seed StartingI read the bookish gardeners article about seed starting with chagrin. My own seed starting practices have deteriorated over the years. Every seed gets sown in the same conditions, at the same time, somewhere around 6-8 weeks (if I'm running late, I change my last frost date so I am not behind). Apparently, conditions were [...]
The Agony and the Ecstasy
February 17, 2005 – Posted in: Seeds and Seed StartingOkay, so I peeked. I opened up a catalog. Then another, and another, and another. It became obvious that I was spending too much time looking at catalogs, so I began hiding them in the bathroom and feigning stomach viruses. I began to feel dirty and shameful, but I couldn't stop. Then, the list making [...]
I haven’t looked in a single seed catalogue yet!
January 27, 2005 – Posted in: Seeds and Seed StartingBut I did organize them today, as part of a labeling project that started when my dear sister Kathleen sent me a long desired label maker for my 40th birthday. My sick 4 year old son got even bigger thrills making labels, and so the cupboards were thrown open and the labelling began. I would [...]
Bulb mania
October 29, 2004 – Posted in: Acquisitions, Garden choresI have planted 400 crocuses (half vernus), 60 daffodils (Tete a Tete and Earlicheer (20ct on sale for no money at Wayside)), 100 iris reticulata(Harmony), and about 15 hyacinths (L'Innocense) so far. Tomorrow I get my Brent and Beckys order - 50 N. Sweetness and 50 N. some early blooming jonquil linnaeus or campernelli something, [...]
tulipmania!!!
May 6, 2004 – Posted in: UncategorizedDue to the crazy weather, all my tulips are blooming at once, and it is quite delightful. I have taken pictures with an old fashioned film camera, so if I get them developed, I will post pictures. I will also have pictures to look at when there is nothing but dying tulip foliage to look [...]
Someone left the seeds out in the rain….
April 13, 2004 – Posted in: Uncategorized...and I don't think I can take it, 'cause it too so long to rake it, and I'll never have the energy again... (You are supposed to sing that to MacArthur Park, for those of you who are old enough to remember the song, and sing it with great drama, please!) Yes, I left my [...]
April 3, 2004 – Posted in: Uncategorized
I finally sowed most of my seeds - 11 kinds of tomatoes, 3 types of eggplants, 5 kinds of peppers and a tomatillo. I still have to label them all - I have a detailed schematic, but if I lose that, I am in trouble. I used popsicle sticks last year, but I am out, [...]
I can’t get started – seed starting that is
March 27, 2004 – Posted in: Seeds and Seed StartingI can buy the seeds, but I can't seem to start the seeds. They are all organized by starting date, I have a chart in the garden where they will go, but for some reason, I am so not motivated to get the seeds in dirt. I think because once you start the process, you [...]
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