‘Down to Earth – a guide to simple living‘ This very practical and beautifully presented book by Rhonda Hetzel is packed with good advice on all aspects of sustainable living for both home and garden. Chapters include: finances and budgeting; organising and de-cluttering; making your own cleaning products and soap, and growing, preparing and storing food. An [...]
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Any idea what plants 1-4 are? (They were un-watered and about to die at Canadian Tire, so I just had to save them. They're doing good now though.)
Image 5 is a picture of one of the leaves on my Croton Revolutions. This seemed to start with what looked like white powder on some leaves and little bumps of fluid on others. I used insecticidal soap to no effect. The leaves have since...The bees' precipitous decline in numbers---a startling 50% over the past 25 years---is telling us something, loud and clear. It is to be hoped that we will listen to this message!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/mar/29/crop-pesticides-honeybee-decline?intcmp=122There are two grafted 'Akebono' in front of an apartment building on Bidwell at Haro. I think at least this one is grafted because
1 - it looks grafted just above the ground
2 - the growth from the rootstock looks different
Attachment 99107 (http://www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=99107) Attachment 99109...Hello. I am new here. I absolutely love Rhodos and was wondering if anyone knew of a gardener's "Craig's list" of sorts. I am interested in purchasing any, dare I say, "unwanted" healthy rhodos. Any help in this department would be much appreciated.Greetings - This moss-like ground cover continues to take over my vegetable and perennial beds despite all attempts to remove. It grows tightly and very close to the soil surface. Photo shows plant in semi-winter color. Plant becomes very chartreuse. Your help would be appreciated! Thank you -
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Ketchikan, AKBy Rusty Russell, Co-Investigator, Field Book Project Calderon journal entry for April 21, 1976, Department of Botany, Natural Museum of Natural History. from SIA Acc. 12-005. Two of the most dynamic words in the history of science are explore and discover. Whether in the field or in the lab, exploration...
More......More... (http://blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/2012/03/walk-down-history-lane-introducing-new.html)I think de plant in the attached photos is a Helleborus. But I don't find the subspecies... Can anyone help me on this?
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José Carlos QuentalI think de plant in the attached photos is a Linaria. But I don't find the subspecies... Can anyone help me on this?
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José Carlos QuentalHi,
I`m a newly addicted gardener and am wanting to start a perennial garden for my son`s wedding August 4th. I`m in North Delta which I believe is zone 7. Could anyone please suggest some perennials that would be in bloom by Aug 4th. I have both full sun and partial sun. Thank you very much for any ideas.Hey everybody
I took a cutting from a Skimmia japonica a day ago and was wondering if anybody has any tips for specific propagation techniques that could help it survive.
I have a book on propagation but it's not very detailed. I took two cuttings from new growth and put them into some moist, sterilized soil... no rooting hormone powder because I don't have any.
Should I just leave them...Is it OK to use paper that has coloured print ink on it for garden compost. I routinely shred all our paper, some of which has colour. Someone suggested this was not a good idea - any comments anyone?This image from my garden has been identified elsewhere as Kohleria spicata. Do posters here agree with that identification or are there other species possibilities? I purchased the plants at a green house here in Colombia. Investigating spicata online it appears that the species is native to Central America and northern Colombia.Hi,
Im new to the forum but have been reading threads for a little while.kinda got the bug for the jm's and have bought more that I'm willing to admit.anyhow is anyone in the deep south having any luck with ukigumo?I live in Atlanta ga (zone 8)and have seen several around here and they are all solid green.I have had mine for two years in full shade and it has no variegation either.is it just...Last year I nearly had a stroke because my nice-sized A.p. 'Ukigumo' came out essntially as a solid green plant. I freaked. Then a number of other members started saying how their Uki's also had scant variegation, and it gave me hope that perhaps this was a temporary thing. To my delight, my Ukigumo is looking altogether like an Uki should this year!
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WHAT'S NEW GARDEN STORE VEGETABLE GARDENS GARDEN PESTS CARE 4 BEES FREE EBOOKS PERMACULTURE RARE PLANTS FARMERS MARKET BITS AND BOBS Subscribe To This Site Learn more about me Many gardeners have become aware of the need to incorporate sustainable materials into their garden designs . More and more we are all becoming educated in the do's and don'ts relating to water usage , soil , weeds , invasive plants , heritage plants and seeds and sustainable horticulture etc . I find this very heartening and encouraging both for our environment and future generations . Growing up in Tasmania I grew up in a small seaside town in Tasmania , Australia in the 1950's . Like most of our neighbours we had a substantial vegetable garden , chickens running around the backyard , compost heaps , fruit trees ,
Green your plate with Chinese cabbage if you enjoy the crisp taste of lettuce but are looking for something with a little more zip. This multipurpose green is as tasty enjoyed fresh in salads as it is boiled or steamed, stir-fried, or shredded for slaw. It is easy to grow in spring. When it comes [...]
Yacon-Apple of the earth. It can help control diabetes,weight loss and much more. A distant relative of the sunflower, yacon is a tuber vegetable resembling a yam. It is valued for its round or spindle-shaped tubers, which are usually eaten raw, but can also be boiled or baked. The source of yacon’s delicious, sweet flavor [...]
Labor of love: New purple tomato variety called “Indigo Rose” has the highest levels of antioxidants and anthocyanins in its fruit. This new tomato was bred to contain higher than normal levels of antioxidants. Like so many stories in the history of fruit breeding, the origin and development of Oregon State University’s (OSU) purple tomato [...]