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No flower is safe from her grasp or demand. 2008-05-15 13:01:41 PDT http://technorati.com/search/aninspectorslog.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/playing-in-the-rain-creating-garden-spaces/ 15 17 http://thegreatergreen.typepad.com/weblog/2008/05/when-chicks-sta.html http://thegreatergreen.typepad.com/weblog/2008/05/when-chicks-sta.html Thu, 15 May 2008 13:00:10 -0700 If you look back at my first post about our new chicks, you will certainly see how incredibly adorable they are. I suppose it is a good thing indeed that they do not stay that way, as it would be all the more difficult to eat those cuddly little bundles of fur. But the truth is they don't stay that cute. See the photo? They are quickly becoming hens and roosters, which means soft fluff is shed and splotchy, sporadic feathers start popping out all over, sometimes in patches, sometimes individu 2008-05-15 13:00:10 PDT http://technorati.com/search/thegreatergreen.typepad.com/weblog/2008/05/when-chicks-sta.html 4 4 http://www.greenhousecatalog.com/weblog/gardening/soil-drainage-management-tips/ http://www.greenhousecatalog.com/weblog/gardening/soil-drainage-management-tips/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:50:31 -0700 Managing your soil drainage can mean the difference between a bountiful crop of healthy, vibrant plants and average or sickly vegetation. Soil drainage management requires the proper mix of water, aeration, and nutrients. Soil Drainage Tips The natural drainage tendencies of any garden soil can be tested by digging a hole the size of a gallon jug. Fill the hole with water and check back at intervals to see how much water remains after one, two and four hours. Ideally, complete drainage should 2008-05-15 12:50:31 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.greenhousecatalog.com/weblog/gardening/soil-drainage-management-tips/ 2 3 | Greenhouse Catalog blog http://sleepycathollow.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/upcoming-reno-sparks-and-carson-city-gardening-classes-may-june-2008/ http://sleepycathollow.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/upcoming-reno-sparks-and-carson-city-gardening-classes-may-june-2008/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:44:45 -0700 Going to list a bunch of Gardening and Lawn Classes that are throughout the Truckee Meadows this upcoming week ~ some I’ve been talking about for at least a month! I’m very excited about the Master Gardener’s sale! And if you miss that plant sale, catch the one at the Wilbur D. May Museum & Arboretum on 2 June 2008. 17 May 2008, Saturday University of Nevada Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener Plant Faire 5305 Mill Street 7:00 am $1.50 to $5.00 Vegetables & Herbs Many annuals 2008-05-15 12:44:45 PDT http://technorati.com/search/sleepycathollow.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/upcoming-reno-sparks-and-carson-city-gardening-classes-may-june-2008/ 16 33 http://moderatechoices.com/2008/05/15/3-easy-to-grow-anywhere-vegetables/ http://moderatechoices.com/2008/05/15/3-easy-to-grow-anywhere-vegetables/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:42:41 -0700 There are so many reasons to take a crack at growing some of your own food. Rising food prices, food miles concerns, and your family’s health and safety, just to name a few. But there is also something intrinsically satisfying about nurturing something from garden to table. A simpler, slower time. When I’m in my own garden, I sometimes imagine myself to be Laura Ingalls Wilder, dressed in a calico pinafore and wide brimmed hat, wandering the patch, picking vegetables for Ma & Pa. Then agai 2008-05-15 12:42:41 PDT http://technorati.com/search/moderatechoices.com/2008/05/15/3-easy-to-grow-anywhere-vegetables/ 0 0 http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2008/05/planting_root_crops.html http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2008/05/planting_root_crops.html Thu, 15 May 2008 12:41:47 -0700 Q: I know I can grow radishes in spring. Can I plant any other root crops then? A: Beets, radishes, parsnips, rutabagas, and turnips share a love for cool weather, and growing them when temperatures are cool is the secret to sweet, crisp roots. Start sowing spring radish seeds as soon as the soil can be worked, and plants will be ready for harvest in as little as 3 weeks. Fast, even growth is the secret to a good crop. Sow new crops every week or 10 days until daytime temperatures remain ab 2008-05-15 12:41:47 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.kitchengardeners.org/2008/05/planting_root_crops.html 148 200 Kitchen Gardeners International http://bhsfamily.net/?p=41 http://bhsfamily.net/?p=41 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:37:41 -0700 Our friends, Sonja and Annie, came over today to build wire cages for our tomato plants.  Sonja is growing an entire vegetable garden in pots on the balcony of her apartment and has inspired me to give a tomato plant a try.  Just so happens, she has the additives I needed for the tomato plant and I have the wire mesh she needed for tomato cages.  Tana & Annie played in the yard and helped Sonja and I while we potted plants and built the cages.  The weather cooperated and we didn’t even get 2008-05-15 12:37:41 PDT http://technorati.com/search/bhsfamily.net/?p=41 0 0 Saunders’ Family blog: A corner of the web for Ben and Hillary to brag, rant, rave, and otherwise make important trivial posts. http://celticmuse.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/what-weve-been-doing/ http://celticmuse.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/what-weve-been-doing/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:36:25 -0700 Pricing paint for the best bargan, priming the dining room. Trying to keep up with the dishes, cooking and laundry. (an impossible task I might add) We will buy the paint on saturday, Thank God we have a 10% coupon so that helps a bit, paint is $28.95 a gallon. I need to pick up something for my granddaughter’s birthday. I also have to go to Grandparents Day tomorrow at Ivette’s school. It is finally sunny here after days of rain and cold weather although it is still a bit cold for me. At 52* 2008-05-15 12:36:25 PDT http://technorati.com/search/celticmuse.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/what-weve-been-doing/ 10 11 http://gardeningtime.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/garden-buildings-gardening-shed-just-like-mom-used-to-do-it/ http://gardeningtime.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/garden-buildings-gardening-shed-just-like-mom-used-to-do-it/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:36:19 -0700 With proper watering techniques you can get rid of more pests, have less disease and bacteria and better roots. You can even attach a half basket to a wall or fence. Students will frequently start their own seedlings as a great learning process. Small flowers adorn the plants. If you live in the northern zones, make sure to read the packet to see if you should wait until springtime to plant the plants. Many people do not like to prune their plants because either they do not want to cut them 2008-05-15 12:36:19 PDT http://technorati.com/search/gardeningtime.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/garden-buildings-gardening-shed-just-like-mom-used-to-do-it/ 0 0 http://www.sugarfused.net/?p=4595 http://www.sugarfused.net/?p=4595 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:31:29 -0700 We’ve had quite a bit of rain lately and our plants are loving it. The flowers on my new clematis plant took a real beating during a storm earlier in the week but I managed to get a picture before it was totally demolished. 2008-05-15 12:31:29 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.sugarfused.net/?p=4595 54 345 sugarfused.net http://www.spincerelyyours.com/?p=1163 http://www.spincerelyyours.com/?p=1163 Thu, 15 May 2008 12:21:59 -0700 Hi! Me again. I know! Today is a double poster!  That is to make up for my blogless Wednesday.  I’ve had a busy day so far today, but once again, time is flying and it is the start of my 3 to 6.   So much to do!  I started my day by going to the Grand Opening of the new Big Y.  I did something unusual and left my house before 8 a.m.  I also learned a very important lesson — no matter how early you leave your house, you should always brush your teeth because you never know how many people that 2008-05-15 12:21:59 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.spincerelyyours.com/?p=1163 13 31 Spincerely yours, http://rowsofbuttercups.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/carl-waynes-weekly-newsletter-may-16-2008/ http://rowsofbuttercups.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/carl-waynes-weekly-newsletter-may-16-2008/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:18:45 -0700 Carl Wayne’s Weekly Columns and Newsletter    May 16, 2008     Welcome to the 39th issue of this usually weekly newsletter. Subscribers: 112   Back issues available for the asking via email to rowsofbuttercups@yahoo.com  . Please forward this to anyone who may be interested.   Subscribe/unsubscribe by sending an email to rowsofbuttercups@yahoo.com with Yes/No in the subject line.       Click on any of these links: Current Memphis Metro Radar          Me on AuthorsDen.com       2008-05-15 12:18:45 PDT http://technorati.com/search/rowsofbuttercups.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/carl-waynes-weekly-newsletter-may-16-2008/ 1 1 http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2008/05/keeping_kitty_at_paws_length.html http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2008/05/keeping_kitty_at_paws_length.html Thu, 15 May 2008 12:08:45 -0700 By Barbara Damrosch, published Thursday, May 15, 2008 in The Washington Post Ron is frantic. His urban cat has a perfectly good litter box but prefers to use the pots and planters on the sunny windowsill where Ron is trying to grow herbs. It's natural that his pet prefers natural earth to the bagged imitation. Cats' instinct is to bury their droppings in soil by digging and scratching, and the job is much easier in soil that is loose and fluffy. The kind gardeners create. Solving Ron's prob 2008-05-15 12:08:45 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.kitchengardeners.org/2008/05/keeping_kitty_at_paws_length.html 148 200 Kitchen Gardeners International http://ventnorpermaculture.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/paper-plant-potrunner-bean-update/ http://ventnorpermaculture.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/paper-plant-potrunner-bean-update/ Thu, 15 May 2008 12:08:11 -0700 In case you were wondering if plants actually got on ok growing in paper plant pots, these are the ones that were pictured with the original instructions for making the pots on 28th April. Only one of this batch failed to germinate which is pretty good going, these were the variety Enorma, which I don’t recall growing before. I planted 6 of them in an old plastic storage box with holes drilled in the bottom for drainage. For the soil I used half multi-purpose compost and the other half wa 2008-05-15 12:08:11 PDT http://technorati.com/search/ventnorpermaculture.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/paper-plant-potrunner-bean-update/ 0 0 http://www.digital-tree.com/archives/263 http://www.digital-tree.com/archives/263 Thu, 15 May 2008 11:56:40 -0700 Spring Passing / Summer Promising: A short series. So often we celebrate spring or summer. But right now, in my garden, it’s the time when spring is starting to wan while summer is not yet ready to explode. The flowers on the azaleas and the pink bush of doom are starting to lose their flowers. I’m really excited by the progress the peonies are making since being transplanted last Fall. They have settled in and taken off! I was concerned when I planted them that the soil was too low quality 2008-05-15 11:56:40 PDT http://technorati.com/search/www.digital-tree.com/archives/263 11 27 Miscellany of a Cheshire Cat http://homengarden.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/summer-splash-pool-giveaway-from-royal-fiberglass-pools-and-mueller-farms-landscaping-company-wbng-tv-binghamton-ny/ http://homengarden.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/summer-splash-pool-giveaway-from-royal-fiberglass-pools-and-mueller-farms-landscaping-company-wbng-tv-binghamton-ny/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:56:36 -0700 5px; */ /* padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; */ font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 133%; background-color: #fff; color: #000085; } table.cmP_survey td.cmP_header { /* padding-left: 25px; */ font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; /* padding-top: 8px; padding-bottom: 8px; */ /* background-color: #fff; */ } table.cmP_survey td.cmP_submit { /* padding-left: 15px; */ /* padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px; */ font-family: Arial, Helv 2008-05-15 11:56:36 PDT http://technorati.com/search/homengarden.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/summer-splash-pool-giveaway-from-royal-fiberglass-pools-and-mueller-farms-landscaping-company-wbng-tv-binghamton-ny/ 2 5 http://compassrosestrategic.typepad.com/web_log/2008/05/2000-southeast.html http://compassrosestrategic.typepad.com/web_log/2008/05/2000-southeast.html Thu, 15 May 2008 11:34:47 -0700 This was taken in 2000, after we had lived in the house about five years. We'd gotten some summer time use of the in ground pool, which is up on the next level to the right; but all the decking was rotting we had to do something soon. All that was salvaged here was the glacial green rock, that we used to make a patio after sawing off half of the lower decking. The rock was scooped up and moved before the demolition a few years later and now graces the pathway that is often shown here. The dec 2008-05-15 11:34:47 PDT http://technorati.com/search/compassrosestrategic.typepad.com/web_log/2008/05/2000-southeast.html 1 2 Elisa's Eye on Gardening, Cooking and bicycles from FAT City Cycles. http://misadventures-housewife.blogspot.com/2008/05/because-i-cant-do-anything-easy-way.html http://misadventures-housewife.blogspot.com/2008/05/because-i-cant-do-anything-easy-way.html Thu, 15 May 2008 11:33:38 -0700 Of course not. If it was easy, what would I have to talk about? The one flower bed in the backyard needed help. It's been a few years since it was mulched, and weeds were starting to pop up everywhere and it just needed to be redone. So yesterday I tilled up what I could and then hand cultivated around the plants to get it ready to be re-mulched. This morning as soon as the kids got on the bus, I jumped on the 4-wheeler and headed to Hubby's office (landscape supply center) to get a cart full 2008-05-15 11:33:38 PDT http://technorati.com/search/misadventures-housewife.blogspot.com/2008/05/because-i-cant-do-anything-easy-way.html 1 1 http://earth2earth.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/hello-world/ http://earth2earth.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/hello-world/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:28:09 -0700 Welcome to the story of Plot 32. No, it’s not an installment in a television drama. It’s the identification number of an 18-foot by 27-foot section of a community gardening site in Oakville, Ontario.  I had the great good fortune this year to be granted a lease on Plot 32, at a cost of just over $60, which includes on-site water from a hose and even spring and fall rotor-tilling by the Town. There is usually a long waiting list for these garden plots; I managed to get a lease the first year 2008-05-15 11:28:09 PDT http://technorati.com/search/earth2earth.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/hello-world/ 0 0 http://cindyha.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/new-farmers-market/ http://cindyha.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/new-farmers-market/ Thu, 15 May 2008 11:27:35 -0700        The Amana Colonies will have a farmers market for the first time in decades.    “TGIF: Thank Goodness It’s FRESH” is the theme for the markets, which begin May 23 and run 4-8 p.m. every Friday through Labor Day weekend.    The market, in midtown Amana, will feature fresh produce, Millstream beer and root beer, free entertainment, educational programming and a weekly “Grill Master.”    The grill master — a restaurant or meat market — will offer food for sale, “so you can pick up a me 2008-05-15 11:27:35 PDT http://technorati.com/search/cindyha.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/new-farmers-market/ 3 3