It’s Fall, and I spent the weekend in the woods!
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Cheap mulch ideas - I've already spent a fortune!
Comments (32)Any kind of organic material that's not visually offensive and of an acceptable size/texture can be used as mulch. I quit buying mulch many years ago, and instead put leaves, yard trimmings, pine needles, coffee grounds, grass from mower bag, whatever presents itself, when it presents itself. Green grass turns brown and mulch-y looking in a couple days, and the mixture of materials provides a wider range of nutrients for plants and the microbes that decompose materials into a form plants can use. More frequent additions of fresh materials keep the soil food chain alive. Here is a link that might be useful: Brief but extemely informative lecture about soil microbiology...See MoreHow I spent my 4th of July vacation
Comments (8)WOW, way to go, Jenny! I'll send you some Aleve. :D I love all of your plant choices! All of your work makes me itchy to get some yard work done, too. Too much smoke and heat just yet, though. :( Your area looks so refreshing and COOL! Brenda...See MorePalm Springs Modernism Week (Fall preview this week-end)
Comments (0)My brother and I went to Palm Springs last Thursday for a long week-end, just to relax and do some shopping, and I learned that if we had waited a week, we could have gone to the Fall Preview of Moderism Week, which is in February. In fact, tickets for the February event go on sale November 1, and I do think that they sell out. February is a great time to visit PS, although I like March a bit better. October is still very hot (95°), and so we spent a fair amount of time in the pool. Oldchello was this month also, which I did not know that much about before we went, but since that took place in Indio, the hotels in PS were not fully booked. One restaurant that we like was still in its "off season" hours, and so we weren't able to go there for lunch, but we don't go to PS for food. We did go to the art museum, which has a Weiner Family Collection that was pretty interesting. We did not make it to the Design Center, as we decided to go to the Cabazon outlet mall on our last day, but we did do a fair amount of shopping Uptown, where my brother bought a new coffee table. I haven't photographed it yet, but I will start another thread concerning this table, as I have a few questions about it. My brother bought a Versace suit at Cabazon for 70% off, but the sleeves are too long, and so I will have to alter it for him. The suit still cost more than the coffee table, but he will save a bit of money by having me alter it instead of someone else. Anyway, I wanted to let everyone know about the Modernism Week event, and if you want to go in February, I do recommend making your plans now. And if you are in SoCal, you can still make it to the Fall Preview, although the weather will still be fairly hot. I bought a couple of Modernism books while there, and if you are looking for MCM books, Palm Springs is the place to go. Just Modern has the best collection of these books....See MoreShould I deadhead spent blooms?
Comments (8)The Endless Summer Website used to recommend deadheading of old wood blooms in the Summer to encourage blooms from new growth in the Summer but that disappeared from their Pruning Section when the website got changed. Feel free to continue doing it or not. However, if you have already had blooms from new growth then there will probably be no more "new" blooms this season (once in a blue moon when the planets align correctly with Aquarius, Fall weather sometimes triggers a handful for selected mopheads varieties... really very few times). Once you have had the last set of blooms from new wood, you can leave those for winter interest or deadhead them. And you can then deadhead them at any time. When they are mostly green, mostly sandy colored, mostly brown. If the plant has had any fungal problems this growing season, I would recommend that the spent blooms be deadheaded and disposed of in the trash, along with any dried out leaves. Cut the petiole string that connects the stem to the bloom or to the leaves....See MoreOutsidePlaying
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