Archive for July, 2009
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Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
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The Green Gardener’s Great Gizmo
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Troy-Bilt Trimmer Product Review
Creative Uses for Troy-Bilt’s ‘Green’ Trimmer:
Skip the lawn mowing and just trim the edges of the lawn.
I mow every 2 weeks vs. every week and nobody notices I’m lazy!
I’ve heard tell that we’re all born with a unique set of skills. Some people hire gurus and [...]
Looks like a bumblebee
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 83 F
Low 70 F
Current humidity 92%
During the recent visit from Jean and Jeff McWeeney, Jean and I spotted this interesting bee like creature attacking a Japanese beetle. Jean writes her blog, Dig, Grow, Compost from Louisiana. I have since learned that it is actually a robber fly, Genus Laphria. [...]
TEST GARDEN RESULTS PART I
We do a bit of a test garden here at Gourmet Seed International every year. We are in southeast New Mexico, and between the alkaline soil and water, high altitude, and high temperatures, growing many crops can be quite a challenge.
One of the pleasant surprises in our early season this year was the [...]
Good Morning All!
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
The lovely internets.. ahh the lovely internets. I do love you. You’ve given people with voices a place and way to be heard.
Note: I do not say that it has given us voices. We had voices. It’s just that no one was listening.
I like being listened to… in fact, I [...]
My Disease Doesn’t Define Me,…
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
But it does help explain me.
Life and life happens, and not all of us end up perfect. Some of us are less perfect than others, and others of us are perfectly imperfect.
Building a community of people dealing with challenges that most people don’t face. I have some personal experience with [...]
When You;re Not a Mommy Blogger, Political Wonk or a Geek…
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
What do you blog about?
Some of us fit nicely into a lable. They concentrate on their subjects and do them well.
Then, there are the rest of some of us. What are we, anyway?
Some of us keep and write several independent blogs, (I’ve tried..not so much for me…others have more to [...]
Blogher, So Far, Not So Good
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
It’s got to get better.
The doors in the hotel are not really wide enough for my chair. The carpet is making it hard to move around.. I’m finding it hard to find my way around, as I don’t get to follow signs, as I have to search for [...]
Popular Toys in the House
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Have I every mentioned that ‘Pup tends to like to collect flash drives, about the same way some little boys like to collect Hot Wheels cars? Well, he does. And, like those little boys, he does play with his toys. Okay… he’s a man, so he USES his toys..errr tools. [...]
Searching
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
Gulp.
I’m going to be in the presence of way too many strangers, non of whom.. or very few.. know me.
Did I ever mention that I’m a little nervous about meeting strangers? Especially strangers I’ve never met, even online?
I am afraid of judgement, I suppose. What will they say? What will [...]
The left handed mitten
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 77 F
Low 64 F
The left handed mitten garden is a bit out of control. Most gardeners know that editing plants from a garden is as important as adding plants to a garden. This year I neglected to remove the rogue bee balm which is taking over this bed. [...]
Cafe con leche With My Friends
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
When I started this post, I had just come back from the Lone Star College library where I meet my adult conversation student. I say student, but it’s more like meeting a friend, and of course, I’m learning too.
A delightful woman, charming husband and 2 kids that are both cute [...]
The Heat
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I was searching for some plants to put into the new extension of my herb bed.
Yes, I was gardening! ‘Pup and I waited until I got home tonight to do some of the heavy digging, as it’s just too frickin’ hot to do anything during the day, even if I [...]
Back.. Again?
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I’ve a few posts in pending that I’ll be putting up soon, I just am having a hard time writing. Ah well.
One of my friends is in Germany now, dealing with the loss of a mother-in-law. There’s an estate to be settled and that means the whole family is there [...]
Pool weekend…finally!
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 80 F
Low 65 F
Click on pictures to enlarge for better viewing
This past weekend was finally a pool weekend. The sun came out on Saturday after a gray beginning and then the kids started to arrive. Can you remember the fun you had as a kid at the local [...]
Magic Potions for Clematis Climbing Vines
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Clematis flowers more profusely with a dose of phosphorous and potassium.
By noon it had climbed to 100 degrees and, with that, the goals of the Friday Afternoon [Hiking] Club rapidly shifted gears. The cool dark of an air-conditioned theater beckoned. Why go hiking when the Harry Potter movie is [...]
1000 Word Challenge
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
When Leslie, the indomitable Omnibabe, asked if anyone were interested in participating in a writing challenge, I jumped for joy and felt my stomach sink with stage fright. For, you see, the others who had been chosen to participate are very, very, Very good.
The Challenge:
I send you three sentences. You [...]
Watering The Big Rock Garden
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Perky Primrose gets a long overdue drink of water. Cruel amounts of sprinkler neglect never seem to phase her…
Sit a spell. The finishing touch for the Big Rock Garden was a comfy little rocking chair placed amongst the flowers. If I force folks to sit out there they feel [...]
Bloom Day - July 15, 2009
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High 75 F
Low 62 F
Well, those temperatures were for yesterday and as I sat to post I noticed the date and realized that I do have time to actually post a bloom day post hosted by Carol over at May Dreams. No one is more surprised than I am by [...]
Blooming Up High
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
It’s been hot, hotter, hotter’n Hades here lately. Not much rain either. It’s been a little disheartening to look at the fields and see the light brown, dormant grasses, but more wrenching that that, are the trees you see that were damaged in Ike….but had survived, only to succumb now [...]
Seeing the Big Picture
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
As I was driving home last night, I saw a huge pillar of deep black smoke towards the general direction of home. Not a sight you want to see. I was pretty sure it wasn’t my house, as the pillar was so big and so black that it had to [...]
Freebie Fiery Flowers
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
Mrs. Bradshaw (Geum) flowers all summer with deadheading. I thank Stacey for these.
I find myself getting up earlier and earlier to work with the horses, battle the weeds and water my thirsty flowers. The cool, blue mood of my June garden has given way to the bright, hot colors [...]
Some Good-ish News
Submitted by My Garden Spot Blog
I took my laptop into be fixed the other day. NOT the new tiny one, but the gift I’d been given by a very kind and generous fellow blogger. (I’m not going to link him now, I need to ask permission.)
The bad news is that the virus I got on [...]
Through the garden gate
Submitted by Ledge and Gardens Blog
High and Low - Too soon to tell
I cannot remember the last July which started with such lushness in the garden and no brown patches in the lawn. That is the positive when early summer is filled with gray skies and wet weather. When the sun does come out it [...]
My This & That Garden
Submitted by High Altitude Gardening Blog
“The greatest gift of the garden is the restoration of the five senses.” ~ Hanna Rion
Jupiter’s Beard & Catmint
A hot wind turns the dry ground into swirling dust devils. I water by hand, inspecting the flowers. For me, watering by hand is very therapeutic.
More Jupiter’s Beard with Salvia
John Cabot [...]
