Recommended for Zones 3-9, it is not surprising that gardeners in most areas of the United States can grow this tough-as-nails perennial with no difficulty.Given a modicum of care, moss phlox will grow well if thought is given to its placement and preferences...
I've been away at a garden conference, so I just wanted to take this week to share with you some of my favorite images from the garden so far. Tell me, what are you most proud of in your garden this year?
From this vantage point, a calm blue river is visible, the vegetation-covered hills are all around and, in the distance, some snow dusted on the higher peaks. In this climate, the vegetation doesn't grow too tall, but the beach areas are clearly defined...
So how does a forum get its own special banner here at Dave's Garden? We're excited to help any forum have its own personal touch with a banner photo, and since we haven't had an opportunity to work through this process in a while, we thought we would...
Using flowers to make words is a fun way to create a colorful display that is uniquely yours. Read more about forming words with plants.Using flowers to make words involves planting colorful flowering plants, usually, close together so that they resemble...
Oberhasli does tend to be dominant when kept in a mixed-breed herd. A small breed called the Mini Oberhasli is the result of crossing Nigerian Dwarf goats with Oberhasli. Height: 28 to 30 inches Weight: 120 to 150 pounds Urban Uses: Oberhasli are bred...
Ow! Check out samples of Mom's photos below: « More Mondays with Martok » Morning and evening lighting is perfect; shooting when the sun is overhead casts deep shadows. Kneel, sit or lie on your tummy but never shoot from above (that distorts your subject's...
And they did render beautifully.” Indeed, they did. I think that these foodstuffs deserve respect, and respect for their integrity… As a subject matter, these plants are very interesting, and I had always been interested in plant structures just for...
Oranges sold today are from that same tree! Home gardeners can buy orange trees fromhave a hard shell which makes them easily shipped and provides alonger shelf life. With no seeds to plant, the fruit had to be propagated by grafts on normal apple trees.However,...
It almost seemed like we were visiting a garden instead of a zoo.Now it is your turn to enjoy the beauty and puzzle over the plants. Plants ranged from the mundane and common to extraordinary.
See you next year! « More Mondays with Martok » I'm very studly, you know. He will be a tiny kid. Curzon and Jadzia have Star Trek names like I do, but I am named after a great Klingon warrior and they are named after something called Trill.
However, other references suggest that more than 350 species are known. Hausa potato, frafra potato, Sudan potato, coleus potato, Zulu potato)Thanks to the many people who contribute their photos to Dave's Garden.
It is also possible to see the burrowing owl, red tailed hawk, roadrunner, western meadowlark, and horned lark. There is a restroom with flush toilets and sinks at the visitor center.
Continue growing foods and forage for the chickens within their reach so they're deterred from eating your veggies. Continue mowing the areas you want to keep for yourself, while giving other areas back to nature for your chickens.
You can browse(the giant plant database here at Dave's Garden) for more. The rugosas actually do not like to be sprayed and are generally hardy in the colder zones.That leaves us with the OGR's (Old Garden Roses), of which there many.
These beautiful plants with varied colors and growing habits just might provide the finishing touch for your garden.Please mouse over pictures for picture credits to Kell, Htop, and Seedpicker_TX.
Needless to say, I grabbed my son and the dog and we booked it to the basement. And the neighbor across the street had two 60-foot-tall spruce trees sprawled across his backyard. We camped out in the bathroom there for a good half hour before we came...
The book was not only a wonderful book for our family to read aloud, but it was also a book that spawned an interest in the book's subject matter: making maple syrup. Your spile can be pushed, or gently tapped, into the hole and the bucket hung from the...
Nope! It's gotta be the same-as-always German-Eastern European palate of flavors we grew up with. (I can still pull some local ones from cold storage.) Chop some walnuts so the proportion is about 1/3 nuts to 2/3 apples.
For those tricky plants where you want a second opinion, check out a number of Facebook groups dedicated to plant I.D., including “ Plant Identification ,” “ Plant Ident 101 ,” and “ Edible Wild Plants .” And, of course, nothing beats hitting...
The first isn't my favorite, either. The Provensens make the lives of the family and animals living at Maple Hill Farm so inviting that you as if you could just pop on over for a visit.
That means he inherits it from both parents. Something they discovered is that G6S is an autosomal recessive trait. Lorenzo is coming to live with us this week! Send me your question! Please keep in mind that I receive a lot of questions, so I won't always...
Games and puzzles are a lot of fun and a perfect activity to keep little hands and minds busy You can let the kids cut out the puzzles pieces if they are able. When pieces go missing, simply make a new puzzle.
Remember, the bigger the picture, the more wool you'll need. Find a creative use for your pictures! Decorate small handbags or cushions, or a frame for Grandma this Christmas. There's so much a child can do with natural fibers like wool, angora, alpaca...
The Thai and Genovese basil I planted among the asparagus to keep asparagus beetles at bay are doing pretty well. The sun was so hot and the air was so thick, just opening the door to walk outside made your face melt.
We continue our exploration of the varied types of leaves by focusing on leaf margins, leaf tips and leaf arrangements. In the picture above, left are shown, from left to right: serrate, dentate, crenate, wavy, sinuate and incised leaf margins.
Roses have their own category, but there are also categories for Annual and Perennial Flowers as well as Bulbs, Rhizomes and Tubers.Member sunnyg captured this impressive image in 2011 and it won first place in the Sunrises, Sunsets and Moonscapes category.Members...
