Gardening

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My Favorite Tree Died, A Lesson in Plant Biology

My favorite tree has died. I have blogged about it a lot, and the posts will be mentioned below in the related posts section.
It was a Forest Pansy Redbud. I’ve had bad luck with the spot that I planted it. It is very full sun, from dawn to dusk, I had two weeping cherries [...]

Use Compost, Save Money

Behold! My new Pinus Contorta “Taylor’s Sunburst”!

I know it doesn’t look anything special now, but this is one rare and amazing plant. In the spring the new growth lights up to a bright yellow (in contrast with the dark green older growth) in an amazing display. In Spring it will look like this:

So, did I [...]

Selling my Favorite Daylily

“Purple Maze” is my favorite daylily bloom, I saw it, I had to buy it, I paid a lot of money for it. I bought it when it first came available directly from the hybridizer, I think I paid $200. Kind of embarassing really, but I really like it. Apparently others do too, I’ve seen [...]

Pressure Pond Filter Saves the Day, Green Water Goes Away

In Spring 2008 I made a water feature in my garden. It has mostly been a huge success, I love the looks of it, I love the sound the fountains make, the fish are fun. It overall adds a certain something to the garden that I didn’t know was missing until I had it.
However I [...]

Thuja (standishii x plicata) “Green Giant”

Green Giant Thuja’s are fast becoming one of the most popular plants for the landscape, and for good reason. They are one of the fastest growing known evergreen trees. They can grow as much as 5 feet per year or more.
The result from a supposed cross between a Japanese thuja and the US native western [...]

Hail Damage on Crops and Plants

A few weeks ago we had a pretty bad storm that included some hail. I believe most people usually embellish the size of the hail they experience, I won’t do that, so let me honestly say we were dealing with blueberry sized hail. It didn’t fall for very long, but long enough to cause some [...]

Gardening, Cooking, and Making Your Family Healthier

I am really into nutrition, sometimes that zeal will permeate this blog, this post is one of those times.
I’ve talked significantly in the past about growing your own food, growing healthy foods, and whatnot, and I’m not going to merely be rehashing that here, you can look in the related posts in the bottom.
Instead [...]

The Right Type of Ivy to Plant Near a Wall

There is one mistake you really, and I mean really, don’t want to make in your landscape. You absolutely do not want to plant the wrong type of ivy for the wrong reason. Very bad things can happen.
First a word on vines…
Vines climb through a variety of methods, and it is important for you to [...]

Planting Sweet Potatoes

I planted my sweet potatoes the other day, and I’ve got to hand it to Burpee (where I ordered them), they said they’d arrive on the 25th, and they arrived on the 25th.
Sweet Potato Slips in a JarWee Little Slips Planted in a MoundSweet Potato Slips in Containers
If you’ve never grown sweet potatoes, you probably [...]

Taxodium distichum ‘Gee Whiz’, Dwarf Bald Cypress

The third and final tree I bought on my weekend trip to Gee Farms was this very cute little dwarf bald cypress called ‘Gee Whiz’. It is also called a witch’s broom, as that is the type of mutation it has.

I have a thing, lately, for dwarf conifers. I have a thing for Japanese style [...]

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