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Foxglove – an old favorite

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Well, this isn’t the best photo I’ve ever taken, but it seems that this is one of the only photos that I happen to have of this particular Foxglove plant. Honestly, some where in my gardening notes I have the name of this species written down, but I can’t remember exactly what species it is at the moment.

Foxglove are lovely plants to grow in the garden. Flower stalks can range from eighteen inches to four feet tall. There can be dozens of elongated bell-shaped flowers on each stalk. The color of the flowers can range from white, cream, yellow to pink, rose, peach, purple and almost black.

There are perennial, annual and biennial varieties of Foxglove (Digitalis). The most popular kind are biennial which means that one year they will only have green leaves, and then the second year the plants flower, set seed and die.

If you enjoy growing foxglove and happen to have the biennial variety you should plant seeds or young plants two years in a row in order to have flowering plants each year. One single plant can produce thousands of tiny seeds, which may germinate readily in your garden.

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Make sure you have the best picture on your HDTV with PixelProtector

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In the winter, when I can’t garden I often watch whatever gardening shows that are on, and I also enjoy watching nature documentaries. I have an HDTV so the experience of watching some of these types of shows is quite nice as you can see the true color of the plants, flowers and wildlife. In fact the picture is so good that it’s almost life like in quality.

If you have an HDTV as well you might be interested in purchasing PixelProtector . It’s a DVD that helps you analyze your televisions picture and helps you calibrate your televisions picture. I didn’t realize this but poor set up and calibration can actually degrade the quality of your TV’s image and even threaten the life of the unit.

PixelProtector can help you fix screen burn and dead pixels as well as help you set up your TV so it displays the highest quality picture.

You can use PixelProtector with LCD, Plasma and rear projection TV screens. Just follow the instructions as you play the DVD and within a short period of time I’m sure that you’ll notice that your picture is better than it ever was. The DVD sells for quite a reasonable price, especially when you consider that it could extend the life of your expensive TV set.

Visit PixelProtector.com to get more information about this wonderful TV set up and calibration tool.

Trees in wait of Spring

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Trees in January. Empty branches, barren of leaves.

We’ve got an empty beach type theme going on across our sites today. This photo was taken one January in the Beach area of Toronto.

For some reason I’ve always liked the look of trees, especially when they are free of leaves, or in the early spring when the leaf buds are tiny and bright green.

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