Archive for the ‘Plant health’

Do you put mulch on your garden beds?08.14.07

If you’ve been reading my garden stories you know I was a very very bad gardener this year. I didn’t complete my summer gardening tasks until last week! Those tasks included adding a three inch or so layer of shredded red cedar mulch to my garden beds.

Time and time again I’m amazed at [...]

Posted in Garden Maintenance, Garden Tips, Home and Lifestyle, In The Garden, Plant health, Summer in the Gardenwith 3 COMMENTS →



Rose growth06.07.07

I love the look of roses when they are growing and developing new leaves. The bright red edges of the new leaves as they unfurl is so pretty.

The rose that I’ve pictured above is called Breath of Life and it’s a climbing rose. This rose is attached to the archway/ trellis that is [...]

Posted in Blooming today, Garden Buzz, In The Garden, Photography, Plant healthwith 1 COMMENT →



Thin leafed poor blooming azaleas?06.02.07

How did your Azaleas, and Rhododendrons do this year? Did they bloom well? Is the foliage lush and full?

If you azaleas didn’t seem to do as well this year as they have in the past, or if the leaf coverage is rather thin you might want to be proactive and take some measure [...]

Posted in Garden Tips, Perennials, Plant health, Spring Tasks, Trees and Shrubswith 1 COMMENT →



Lightening, free nitrogen and plant growth05.10.07

All day yesterday I was expecting rain. The weather station said it was going to rain in the evening but it never did. You know when it finally did rain? 4 in the morning!

What a storm! Thunder, Lightning and torrents of rain … we need it. Our garden was pretty [...]

Posted in Garden Buzz, Garden Maintenance, Garden Tips, Plant healthwith 2 COMMENTS →



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