Haskaps -- love 'em or hate 'em?
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Annuals- Love em' or Hate em'?
Comments (26)I like annuals, but they don't like me :-( I don't know why, but I always have trouble raising annuals from seed - even those which are supposed to be super easy, like cosmos and zinnias. At the moment, I have zinnia seedlings sitting in the garden and doing nothing. As for cosmos, from the seeds I sowed, I see only two minute seedlings that look as if they are embarrassed... Snaps didn't even bother coming up. The plantings around them are happy enough, so I don't think the problem is lack of soil fertility. I do believe the issue is soil hardiness, as I garden in clay. I also find that our extremely hot dry Summers do annuals quickly in. I have never been able to grow lobelia, even if I start with a nursery pot. There are some annuals that do well for me, though, if they are kept in shade - begonias and impatiens, especially, but I buy these from the garden centre. My major success from seed is sweet allyssum and I have small clumps growing in different areas of the garden. Over the last couple of years, due to our seed swap, I have also grown poppies and they have done well. Petunias are iffy for me. Some will do very well and perform for months on end, others will simply linger there, look unhappy, shrivel and die. Go figure. I also notice that they require a high regular amount of fertilizer in order to perform well. All in all, I would not base a garden around them, or depend heavily on them for looks, but I do enjoy the burst of color annuals provide in a garden. Eduarda...See MoreLove 'em or hate 'em?
Comments (23)I am about to compost my Pineapple Upsidedown Cake. Every spring it gets bigger and bigger and shows all kinds of promiss, the it just seems to go limp. By the end of June it looks like it should be September if I gaged the seasons on PUSDC. Besides, even using its acronym it has more letters than June. I will be a defender of Ginko Craig. I have told this story in this forum often. So I will make it short. You can take GC, cut it up into single eye divisions and pot them, plant them the next spring, and the next year have a very nice compact variegated green with white margin, medium-small hosta that flowers profusely. How can one hate a hosta like that. I moved just one of about 50 I had propogated from 5 fall sale purchases I had in Arkansas to IL and it is lovely and maintains itself very nicely. Les...See MoreWhat about Japanese maples? Love 'em or hate 'em?
Comments (1)I heard a botanist from Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, PA state that he believes Acer palmatum will become an invasive. I used to see large colonies of them in PA where the area was wild and not mowed and a parent plant was not very far away across the road. I have one Japanese maple here and will keep an eye on any seedlings....See MoreBamboo needles -- love 'em or hate 'em?
Comments (11)I have some old nylon plastic circulars I bought used on Ebay, so I do not know what they are really made of or by whom, but I love them. The "hip" at the join between the needle and the cable is so gradual and smooth that my yarn never hangs up there. And my hands do not get cold with these needles. I also like metal needles but in the winter my hands get cold using them. I have made larger knitting needles of wood dowel, and they work great, especially for slippery yarns. I have not tried bamboo. But you might try making the bamboo more slippery by rubbing them with waxed paper....See Moreintotheark
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