I can't answer the question you asked, but I'm interested in finding the show you mentioned! Thanks.

I watch BBC's Gardeners' world religiously.

Excellent, thanks for the 'heads up'! I saw the moon through cloud cover last night but tonight should be crystal clear, getting lucky for a change :) I didn't know it was called a pink moon, I love that tidbit.

No stars visible on this old farm - did clouds moving in earlier require a cover charge?

o j

Alliums, both the bulb types and clumpers, bugbane, catmint, clematis integrifolia 'Arabella' and the many other within the group, delphiniums, heliopsis, hardy geraniums, goatsbeard, Joe Pye weed ('Ruby' is an excellent compact variety), plenty of ferns are zone 3, hardy ornamental grasses, sedums and hens and chicks, veronica and veronicastrum. Also, will give a shoutout to some of really good new potentilla shrubs! Of course, is tons other great perennials!

Take cuttings and propagate that sedum, it really likes you!

Oh, gift giving is fraught with perils! I opt out of being on either end of that game.

Hand made things can be a real albatross around the neck of the recipient and the social dynamics that it sets in place can be an unwelcomed dimension to a relationship.

NO, just NO!

Unless you have something really special that comes from your hands......... and, most of us dont, really.

Why spend the minutes of your life trying to find something for a gift that no one needs, or probably even wants? I am so completely done with all of that!.

Back in times where people had less, a gift may have been more appreciated. But, in our modern lives, most of us have so darned many doo dads already.

Both the chickweed and the hairy bittercress are cool season, shallow rooted annual weeds. There is no need to use any kind of weed killer/pesticide on them. Just water the area well and they will pull up and can be removed easily.

Great discussion, now i know what ill do for my next nght as chef in my kitchen (we are taking turns being the boss)

I made enchiladas yesterday. Found a green tomatillo sauce in the freezer. 5 packets found hidden under some cauliflower rice. I thought those were long gone. Made Pati's red pepper sauce. And some molé black beans. An avocado crema with some of the green sauce and yogurt. Goat cheese.

Lots of dried chili choices. I don't have Ancho but do have pasilla being similar. Your dried pepper should have the heat index on the package. I used all the ones with a low heat index. link, 'guide to Mexican chili peppers'

Interesting that both Pati and Rick bayless serve with cooked potatoes and carrots, diced. I prefer fresh pickled vegetables. Though she does make other varieties and an open faced one with salad and avocado.

I found it much easier to dip in the sauce rather than roll for a casserole. Especially for just the two of us or for 4. Any more guests than 4 i prefer do-ahead fixings for a taco bar. Make-your-own style. Otherwise you end up being a short order cook with all the likes and dis-likes. Like our families.

With guests i would make some rice with the beans and extra salad fixings separating the rice and beans on the shared platter.

Now have a fridge full of Mexican meals prepped. Taco soup tonight, then taco Tuesday...

I make chicken enchiladas with both sauces. I make a green sauce with sour cream chili sauce and the chicken in it inside (though I could see it with something like mushrooms or something else)... and the red enchilada sauce on the outside. I don't know if you call that tex-mex, California style, or just Rob style.

KW - No, no ducks for me. The garden and our daughter's dog part time is enough to take care of for us...lol.

Interesting about the coffee, if anyone tries it, would love to hear how it works.

Sadly slugs and snails are not deterred by coffee grounds around plants. They happily attack my hostas even when the soil is entirely covered in them. https://www.gardenmyths.com/getting-rid-slugs-coffee-grounds/

As for spraying coffee on foliage, I believe the experiments were done with a caffeine solution, not brewed coffee. And in a wet climate spraying anything is a hiding to nothing. I'd be applying it everyday.

I've just removed three of my giant garden snails from a clematis obelisk. I cleared it yesterday too. And the day before ...

I'm sure you have done research and have tried a number of things, but don't give up, all you need is ONE way that works. Seek and you shall find.... 🙂

25 ways to rid your garden of slugs and snails

12 Natural ways to rid your garden of snails

Natural Predators of snails and slugs

A Western Washington Gardener's secret to ridding her garden of snails and slugs

"For other readers" LOL

Yes, dee, thank goodness it was explained to us. I would’ve wondered for days.

Oh my gosh - tulips? They won't be blooming here for another four weeks or so! The daffodils have just started, I noticed some hyacinths coloring up, but the tulips are only showing leaves so far.

Since you posted a picture from last year, I have some shots of my tulips from last year too. I hope that isn't cheating! - I really love tulips in the garden, and the ones that I don't use as cut flowers all tend to return, multiply and flower very well for many years. (Don't hate me for that) I have tulips that were planted about 15 years ago along my front walk and they have gotten so thick this year I will have to dig and divide them. My summers are very dry and the soil is a fertile sandy loam which makes the tulips thrive here. I kiddingly call the areas of my garden "Little Keukenhof" that have tulips growing in them!

Mixed varieties of Lefeber tulips

Don Quichotte

Salmon Parrot

Blushing Beauty

Sonnet

Mixed Parrot tulips

More Don Quichotte - one of Grace's favorites!

I cannot remember the name of this one - Apricot something

Juan

Annika

I don't think you can ever have too many tulips! When the new ones start to bloom this spring, I will post some more pictures, if that is okay with you guys.

My Tulipa saxatilis are blooming. They spread like crazy, almost a bit too much.

Garden not essential! On the canal this morning.

What a great idea for a thread! Especially during this time of year when it's all about anticipation.

Sweet pea jubilee - my favorite cutting flower.

Building on the theme of the 'last call' dahlia harvest. It's the only time I let myself cut such long stems!

Petite desk bouquet for home office cheer. :)

lat62, thank you! I didn't notice the astilbe and had no idea it was a good cut flower, nor the verbascum! and I didn't recognize the yarrow because I've never seen any that deep red. It's gorgeous. Most of all, I love that Thalictrum! I've never seen that before and would love it in my gardens. :)

And thank you, karin_mt! Can you believe that I've never seen sweetpeas in person?! I need to look for some seeds. And regarding the dahlias, once I learned that they are like zinnias and respond well to cutting, I never hesitate to cut the stems at whatever length I want. :) Your last little bouquet is darling! is that heuchera flower stems and some single feverfew? I love feverfew flowers, but they do stink. lol!

When you go shopping for sweetpea seeds make sure you get ones labelled for scent. It's fabulous. Sadly some big ruffly modern ones don't have much of it it.

I‘d imagine most people who go on diets are either dealing with health issues or trying to avoid them. People like me didn't get to where we are because of one slice of pizza a month. I ate healthy food but I ate a lot more than that. Seems like each time I went to the cardiologist he'd up a dose or add a new drug. Now in the span of just a few months my BMI is down over 6 points and I’m off of two medications with the doctor’s blessing. How? No, not by counting calories or going hungry. By eating HEALTHY food and mostly avoiding BAD.