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Archive for May, 2006

Stopping to Smell the Peony Picture

Wednesday, May 31st, 2006 Filed Under: Interesting, Eh? | 1 Comment »

My white peonies are in full bloom. I don’t know why only my white peonies are in bloom and not my pink peonies. The pink peonies are still tightly balled ... Read more..

This Gardener’s Holy Grail: Mangosteen

Tuesday, May 30th, 2006 Filed Under: My Container Garden | 6 Comments »

I found my Holy Grail. The rare and elusive Mangosteen tree. And like the original Holy Grail, it is destined to bring me heartache, disappointment and cost alot of money ... Read more..

Just Damn Hot

Monday, May 29th, 2006 Filed Under: Cleveland Weather | No Comments »

I always try to do something creative for my post titles, but for this one, there is just no other way to say it. It's damn hot. I think we may break ... Read more..

Define Gardener in 20 Words or Less

Monday, May 29th, 2006 Filed Under: Musing | 1 Comment »

Oh, come on... Like I ever use 20 words or less to define anything. This whole topic came up in my head a few days ago in The Virtues of Bishop's ... Read more..

Softwood cuttings: How to steal shrubs and trees without digging

Sunday, May 28th, 2006 Filed Under: How To | No Comments »

Not that I am advocate of theft, but it happens. It is one of the dirty little secrets of the gardening community. We gardeners are just obsessive compulsive sometimes and ... Read more..

The Virtues of Bishop’s Weeds

Saturday, May 27th, 2006 Filed Under: Plant Encyclopedia | 2 Comments »

Right now, if you listen closely, you can hear the sounds of experienced gardeners cocking guns and grabbing implements of torture. They are saying "Hanna, them's fightin' words." This is ... Read more..

Waking the sleeping bulbs

Friday, May 26th, 2006 Filed Under: In the Garden | No Comments »

I brought the tender bulbs (technically rhizomes and corms in my case) up from the basement yesterday so I could plant them. I don't have that many as I ... Read more..

Cleveland Weeds: Wild Garlic

Thursday, May 25th, 2006 Filed Under: Weeds | 1 Comment »

This is a post that relates to the Cleveland Weeds project. In this post I am going to cover Wild Garlic Just Sprouted Click on image or here to enlarge In BloomComing Soon In SeedComing ... Read more..

The 7 Deadly Homemade Weed Killers

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006 Filed Under: Weeds, How To | 18 Comments »

"And the weeds of the garden shall be visited upon the gardener." I can certainly think of the 7+ weedy sins of the garden but knowing how to cleanse my garden ... Read more..

Last Frost Date, My Ass!

Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006 Filed Under: Information Library, Cleveland Weather | 1 Comment »

IT FROSTED! It is more than a full week after Cleveland last frost date of May 16th and it frosted last night. Mother Nature is not being a nice woman ... Read more..