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From the monthly archives:
October 2009
Almost four year old Taryn has been visiting. She likes to wander around in the garden, which is exactly what a garden is for! She spotted my garden ornaments and decided that the little bunny was lonely so she quietly placed it next to the much bigger kitty so they could be friends. That’s nice.
BFF
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I was at my book club last night and a friend asked me about what she should do with her chrysanthemums now that they have finished blooming. I didn’t know the answer because I don’t think I have every grown them, so I looked it up.
Here goes: After they finish flowering, cut chrysanthemums back, leaving 6 – inch stems. They will begin to grow again next spring. Old clumps can be lifted and divided, cut roots apart and discard woody centers, then replant. It would be a good idea to toss a little compost in there, too.
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The more time I spend in my yard, the more I’m noticing the different birds that pass through. We have a pretty diverse population here. Birds are good for the garden because they are natural pest eradicators. In fact, although I sprayed for caterpillars, I attribute my lack of tomato hornworms this year to a [...]
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There can be no other occupation like gardening in which, if you were to creep up behind someone at their work, you would find them smiling. ~Mirabel Osler
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I have tried strawberry pots in the past but never really got a decent crop which I attributed to poor design of the pots. They didn’t get enough water at the bottom and near the top, the dirt would get washed out so in the end I had a pot of dried out or washed [...]
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If you haven’t heard, Smith & Hawken is on its way out. ALL stores will close down permanently at the end of the week so they are clearing out everything. I stopped by there the other day with my friend Terry and we had a field day. We got great deals on all sorts of [...]
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My garden club sponsors the Coronado Library’s floral arrangement by front desk. The club has a year round commitment and each week a different member of the club takes on the responsibility of providing an arrangement or display. ‘Helium-hand’ (that’s me!) volunteered so I spent yesterday arranging, rearranging, starting over, arranging, rearranging, starting over – [...]
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I was out taking a look around the garden yesterday and some things in the garden are in a sad state of affairs right now. I had just cleaned up the front porch and refilled Windsock’s food this morning. By the time I came back in the early afternoon, the birds had obviously been having [...]
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On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal had a nice article about composting and comparing different models. Read the full article here…. Journalist Gwendolyn Bounds also made a cute video about her attempts with different composters. She even plays piano for the “kids” in her Worm Factory 360. I think she and I could be friends! [...]
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On October 17, from 10am to 3pm, the San Diego Chapter of the California Native Plant Society is holding its annual Native Plant Sale. Thousands of plants, seeds, and books will be for sale. The sale will be in Balboa Park in the Casa del Prado Courtyard west of the Natural History Museum. Only cash [...]
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