Cup of Gold (Solandra maxima)

August 18, 2010

My elderly neighbor has a Cup of Gold vine growing in her front yard and the plant was sending shoots straight up into the air. She wanted them cut but her gardener hadn’t been showing up, so I took on the task. I cut four stalks down and then cut those in shorter pieces to [...]

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How Considerate….

August 17, 2010

Thank you.

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Miscellaneous Monday

August 16, 2010

Canning foods is gaining momentum as home gardeners try to figure out how to use all their produce and people are trying to figure out how to stretch a dollar. Floral arranging is becoming “in” again and this New York Times article offers some pointers. I love the simplicity of this fence idea shown in [...]

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Garden Bloggers Day – August 2010

August 15, 2010

This is what’s happening in my garden today.

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Fresh Dirt

August 14, 2010

That’s the name of SUNSET Magazine’s blog and the best part is that they mentioned 3000Tomatoes.com today in a post!!! Check it out!

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Cheap-O Design

August 12, 2010

I bought this vase at a garage sale for fifty cents, put some succulent cuttings in, and topped it off with an abalone shell I had on a shelf. Not my best arrangement, but I like the simplicity and the cost!

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Hort Education

August 11, 2010

If you are seeking to raise your level of knowledge in the field of Horticulture, there are lots of opportunities to stretch your wings. Southwestern College offers classes including: Plant Identification, Landscape Design, Landscape Construction, and Floral Design, to name a few. Classes start on August 17th. Log on to Southwestern College’s website for more [...]

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What are you harvesting?

August 8, 2010

What you are harvesting this week? Let me know and, if you like, send a picture to: coronadogardener@aol.com.

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Hawkeye

August 7, 2010

No wonder the little birds haven’t been coming to my birdfeeder! I think this is a Cooper’s Hawk and it perches on the Magnolia tree across the street from my house.

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Bonanzai!

August 6, 2010

My sister was in town last week and we made the rounds of the local garage sales one morning. Right off the bat, I scored a bag of spaghnum moss. My sister found a pair Churchill fins for $5.00. The next garage sale didn’t look too promising, but I ended up with two bonsai pots [...]

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Composting

August 5, 2010

It’s been awhile since we talked about composting. I don’t think much about it, it just seems to be incorporated in my daily life. I’ve got two big bins in the front yard, and a little composter just outside the kitchen door. The word “composting” seems to be a scary thing for lots of people. [...]

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