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Watchdog 30 Stars - Garden Crossings
Customers responded positively to this as well. (See thison the 2008 introductions from ColorChoice.) They first introduced ColorChoice shrubs in 2006 and the line has been very successful.
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Mail Order Plants: Is What You See What You Get?
He secretly disposes of my catalogs, hoping to head off another digging and planting spree. I cross out and re-write. There was nary a packing peanut in sight, and themethod of packing the pots was sheer genius! Not a crumb of dirt escaped, the soil waspleasantly...
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Mail Order Gardening: Then and Now
I tend to buy onion sets and seed potatoes locally. The history of mail order gardening catalogs reaches back hundreds of years, and the month of January honors this event. They start to show up in mid-December, mixed in with Christmas cards and holiday...
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Wait! Don\'t throw those plant catalogs away! Turn them into Garden Art.
Adorn your indoor house plants with them, or save them as Christmas tree ornaments. Thanks Booplants!The Victorian ornaments, pictured bottom left are from Zhinusmom, who participated in the thread in the Southwest forum where Booplants was sharing her...
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The Garden Watchdog Top 5 Awards
A few categories didn't have enough recent reviews to create a list of Top 5 companies. Sometimes the differencebetween #5 and #6 is only one comment. Be sure to leave feedback for the companies you've ordered from.
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Gardener / Masochist
He interjected, ‘You're not giving up on this, are you?' I simply pointed to the limb lying there. He then beat on my poor maple for about five minutes. We then get them home and gleefully give them more TLC than we give our children.
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Buying annual plants (and other stuff) on eBay -- is it a good idea?
But be smart, and only spend what you can afford to lose unless you are very sure of the seller. It's difficult to learn anything about a seller by the official way, i.e. going to their page and reading the scrolling feedback comments.
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The Top Ten Daylilies - a List From Gemini Gardens
These daylilies have the pizzazz, size, and scapes to really make an impact in the flower bed. You could just see a clump of these sitting beside a cast iron bench in a quiet nook in the garden!August Flame – Need a very, very late blooming, dormant,...
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When Seed Selling Was A Seedling - a brief history of mail order seeds in the United States
Another is the, curated by Sherry Vance at Cornell. He helped distribute seeds collected by Lewis & Clark.But some of the names I think of as major players in the mail order seed business today didn't get started quite as early.
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Spotlight on the Garden Watchdog and How It Works
The vendors anxiously await the announcement each January and we've already had many contacting us to see if they are in this year's group. Your opinion is very important to them and they work hard each year to be included in this elite group.
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Mail ordering succulents and cacti: my experiences
Even the actual number of individuals remaining, so if you order something, they will have it.I have never once been told they ran out of something that they said they had.Once they do run out, the plant immediately disappears from their site.They have...
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Quest for the Black Rose
This may be attributed to the current trend toward black and white weddings. Here are some more 'almost black', deep, dark, velvety red roses.series. Several varieties of deep red roses are mentioned including 'Black Magic', pictured above.
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Plant Catalog Organization Not for the Faint of Heart
Have you run out of room for your plant catalogs? Be sure also to purchase ring protectors that glue onto each little hole of your loose-leaf paper so you don't have ripped holes and papers coming loose.Plan on a thousand boxes of them; each hole at 3...
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Take the Plunge, It\'s Iris Sale Time!
Stop by theForum, and be certain to look for great deals in the newEven if you haven't grown irises before, consider taking the plunge this summer. Whether you're new to irises or have beds filled with hundreds of carefully labeled varieties, this is...
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New Salad Greens for 2008 - Part III: Variety Greens
In describing these greens, days to maturity are not given, as most of them will be picked for salads while immature.There are generally two types of spinach grown: one with heavier, savoyed leaves used more often for cooking, and the smooth-leaved kinds...
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New Salad Greens for 2008 - Part II: Lettuce
Many of these lettuces are new introductions, or newly available in an organic version.Others may have been around for a couple of years but offer superior qualities, such as heat resistance, that should interest gardeners who are looking for improved...
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Banking on Diversity: Have you saved a seed lately?
In-vitro storage means that living plant tissues are stored, rather than seeds. Although shelf life varies from crop to crop, eventually all seeds will die. Afterward, they place the seeds in sealed, airtight containers.The final storage step is to freeze...
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Perfectly picotee - choice picotee edged flowers for the summer garden
Without further ado, here are picotee flowering plants for you to consider:Daylily hybridization is incredibly easy, and there are thousands of gorgeous named cultivars. Entire families of flowers can show a tendency to this trait.
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Fun feature: Spotlight on Holiday Resources
Some vendors even offer pre-chilled bulbs, making it easy for customers that live in a tropical area to enjoy plants requiring a cold period.Citrus trees are a popular winter decoration or gift and the Garden Watchdog listsFor those searching for the...
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Ordering Spring Bulbs - my fall resolutions
"Jumbo daffodil pack for naturalizing" could contain just about anything!I resolve to get to know my bulbs before I plant themThere are a number of embarassing and possibly even humiliating episodes which I will not relate in detail.
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Specialty growers: a source for that perfect plant
In our development, we are not allowed to grow any tall trees in our backyards, so I needed something striking without too much height. I ordered it fromin Phippsburg, Maine. It was not available in the U.S. until 2005 and was still difficult to locate...
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Mark your calendars: Spring shopping!
An added bonus: this practice is also an excellent way to quell cabin fever. I hope I have inspired you to seek out and plan some plant shopping trips to get you through the winter humdrums and be well prepared for spring.Since none of us is made of money,...
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National Mail Order Gardening Month
When I order too late and items are out of stock, then I have to look locally or find a substitute. Atlee Burpee printed his first catalog in 1876; in 1915 the Burpee Seed Company sent over 1 million catalogs out to American gardeners.It is easy to see...
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Save your money: Delicious cups of wonder from the world of COFFEE
We only use 1 to 2 TINY drops of this oil for one recipe.For 2 large cups of coffee, poor 1 cup very strong, very hot coffee in a blender. Please comment if you have any favorite and easy coffee recipes or if you just want to talk about coffee.
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The Coffee Bean Tree
Usually when I am traveling and having to spend time in motel rooms, at the end of a day of driving or flying, the first thing I check is not to see if the room is spotless. You might have already read of my experiences with chicory at various times in...
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Coffee tasting on the Big Island of Hawaii
The aroma and flavor take us right back to those misty mornings, standing by a mountain roadside on the Big Island of Hawaii, drinking in the gorgeous scenery along with the best coffee in the world.For a little additional information, hover your mouse...
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Bird Lovers, Wake Up and Smell the Shade Coffee!
These chemicals contaminate local water supplies, presenting health and ecologic concerns— While the sun farms themselves are less healthy, the large picture is the destruction of habitat in the past 30 to 40 years.
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