Favorite things about your yard?
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Comments (19)I don't have Sum & Substance either.. It is on my list, for some reason I cannot find that sucker around here anywhere, very frustrating, that one and Big Daddy are the ones I have been trying to find. I love to water, that is when I just stand outside for a hour zoning, well here lately I have been also sticking my head under the water stream every 15 minutes or so, if my neighbors think I am weird that is all the better:) My thing here lately has been to take myself to Tangled Roots Nursery and pick out "ONE" hosta a week, they are 30% off right now, I have managed to pick up 'Stained Glass' 'Spilt Milk' and 'Olive Branch' for under 12 bucks a piece, I am going tommorrow, they have about 4 left I am wanting, I know logically (gaswise and others) I should just go and get the 4 I want, but I really like spending the hour or so picking out the perfect one. The workers have (finally) stopped hovering over me, they have me figured out and they just wave me over to where the hostas are, this one poor kid had sweat dripping down his face before he finally edged away mumbling something about helping the other customers and for me to just take my time, funny.... I didn't see any other customers there, lol!! Thats what they get for sitting in the air conditioning!!! I love just walking around looking and touching my plants, I think that is why I love hostas so much, I will get down and fuss with them, looking at the way the veins and colors are, touching the leaves on them. I am a big toucher when it comes to my plants and flowers. My mother swears that is why my houseplants look so good, that they enjoy being touched and fussed with, if I can't touch it (Cactus, Pineapple, screw pine, ugh! force of habit to touch, not wise!) I don't have it:) I hate weeding though, just not my cup of tea, I would rather chew glass. And the main reason is I am scared to death of snakes, I just know one is going to be hiding behind that blade of grass, sounds silly I know, but the thought of touching one or heaven forbid being bit by one just does me in. that is what I so totally love about my hostas under the pine tree, no weeds:)...See MoreWhat's your favorite thing about gardening in Iowa?
Comments (4)*sigh* Living in a newer sub-division, all the top soil here was stripped off before building the house so I don't have the wonderful loam soil that many of you have - which is a huge bummer. But even with my soil being heavily clay, at least it isn't full of rocks and can be amended! After living in So. CA where it didn't rain for 4 months, I have to say my favorite thing about gardening in IA is the rain! Although the drip system I had was convienent, I still love the rain and what it does for my flowers and perrennials. Now, let's pray that we don't have a drought this year (and no floods either!)....See MoreHelp! Need inspiration...What is your favorite thing....
Comments (37)I have a lot of things in my LR that I love. But I haven't quite mastered pulling them all together to make it flow. I've got an early 1900's Hooiser Cabinet that came from my great-grandmother's farm. I've got an old paint/wallpaper sign that my parents had at their flower shop and interior decorating store. My RED chaise chair. My native stone fireplace. Like I said, I've not perfected the "look" in my space yet. Hopefully one of these days....See MoreFavorite thing about the Northeast?
Comments (27)Oops, I might be accused of being a fair weather poster since I haven't posted anything in so long. My recent thought about New England and snow is that a niece who is teaching in the UAE is depriving her two young boys of sledding and snowballs. Although our son did not want to take ski lessons when he was young, he enjoyed snowmobiling from our doorstep and eventually did some skiing. Our granddaughters have taken ski lessons thru school programs and this year have their first season ski passes to a local mountain (Ragged). Our son actually had exciting winters when he was in middle and high school because he cleaned kennels for people who own Siberian huskies and they let him help with mushing. When he was 17 he mushed one of their teams in the Sandwich Notch Sled Dog race which I think was about 50 miles through Tamworth, the area where sled dogs were trained for polar expeditions. There's a time when I've had enough of garden chores and food preservation (even though I don't do much) and welcome the frosts. Nowadays I think it is exciting that high tunnel technology has helped farmers produce something year round. I like one particular market farming couple who sell on Saturdays at the small winter farmers market nearby and the posts they make on facebook about what they are doing. Love the interior shots of beautiful spinach growing right now. I also follow the Eliot Coleman farm near Ellsworth ME and what they are growing. Four Seasons Farm - he wrote several books on marketing gardening in the northeast. Loved how he and his wife researched season extending techniques in Europe. I'm glad we live with wildlife even if I curse the voles and other brazen furry creatures. Yesterday I talked with the library volunteer who posted a great picture of a bald eagle here in town having lunch. We live under the flight path of a loon or two that fly between a lake and a pond. We get excited to see a flock of Canada geese coming in low and circling but since the corn field is now a hay field, they rarely land. We can see the passage of history when we compare an old photo of the house that used to be here (burned) and a hilly pasture behind it taken when sheep farming was popular and the woolen mills were running in Manchester and beyond. A lady at the craft fair makes wonderful socks on an antique knitting machine. There is barbed wire embedding in trees along the property line. Where sheep once grazed is now deep woods. Oddly enough, I had to plant lilacs here although there are old grapevines. I don't think my husband's grandmother and great grandmother had time to grow flowers. We lived here for years before someone identified a flowering shrub they said was unusual this far north and, finally, we went into the woods at the right time to see it blooming. (I forgotten the name, a laurel I think, but looks something like an azalea). I agree with loving the changing seasons. I don't think we ever get bored. And nobody has mentioned the wonderful apples that grow in New England. We are blessed to have two nearby orchards that grow a wide variety of heirloom apples. I have been buying a bag of Caville Blancs which are a good for cooking. I finally got out my mother-in-law's antique apple peeler which did a pretty good job although Cavilles have bumpy shoulders that need hand trimming. I love the vibrancy of farmers markets and enjoyed going to the one at Wentworth Greenhouses just before Christmas. It is larger than the one at Cole Greenhouses in Concord so I think it is worth the extra drive once in awhile. Love the summer markets in Norwich VT. Love fresh apple cider! Love buying maple syrup from people we know and enjoy seeing the farmer's grandchildren gathering syrup from buckets along our road. Fall isn't my favorite time and I hate November except for Thanksgiving. Spring is my favorite time especially the colors as the trees start budding. So far so good and no serious problems with ticks as long as we check and remove any we find. Sad to hear a long time 4-H leader has retired. He ran the Working Steer club where kids also learned how to make their own ox yokes. Thrilled that we have places like Sanborn Mills Farm in Loudon where old time skills are still being taught. I remember when NH Fish and Game started re-introducing wild turkeys to NH because at the time our town was one of the best places to release some. It's a treat to see baby wild turkeys and we keep our fingers crossed that the babies make it to adulthood. Last summer for the first time we saw a spotted fawn nursing. We started two new asparagus beds last summer so I look forward to a future of fresh asparagus. Our old bed wasn't properly maintained but does give us a few meals. I read that it is sweetest right after picking so now it is a treat to cook it right away instead of putting it in the fridge for hours. And also love the PYO farms for fresh strawberries and blueberries. Made red pepper relish for the first time last fall and it is so good. I started life in the city but always longed to live in the country. I'm glad my dream came true....See More- 8 years ago
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