Thin seedlings as needed to allow the strongest to produce mature plants.After you have large enough baby blue eyes from seeds, they will need moist soil and at least half a day of sun.
The vertical leaves may be mistaken for stems but are really modified foliage. Fenestraria baby toes really does look a bit like the tiny digits of an infant. The seeds from the plant germinate sporadically and grow extremely slowly.
The fact that I get to share my experiences and stories with all of you makes it that much better. Figuratively speaking, our gardens and all we put into them are synonymous with love.
Maybe a campfire after dinner, with music and storytelling? In a nutshell, a DG Roundup is a gathering of gardeners for the express purposes of swapping plants, meeting fellow gardeners and breaking bread together.
There may be nothing we can do but offer support, maybe send a card. However, there are times when another DGer may have just the right "been there, done that" insight to offer. Joys and sorrows, jokes and disasters, home remodeling and family rebuilding...
To borrow a quote from that famous scene in the movie, Field of Dreams (filmed in Iowa): "Is this heaven? See the "Fun Facts" list below for details.hile the weather wasn't exactly heavenly (cloudy, cold, and lots of wind), spirits were high.The sun did...
This was nearly 35-40 years ago. A particular website on Google showed up often. The tenor in the threads appeared friendly and honest - so typical of DG. A kind "DG-er" sent me his small DC which was my first! Then soon afterwards, before I could get...
Then an Internet gardening site was created. They enjoyed some of the same books, movies and TV shows. There was no fan-fare, no trumpets, and no politicians touting its significance to the world at large.
Some Mothers just know priorities, ya know?Everyone has or has had their difficulties with their Moms. But she worked day and long into the evening hours to create gardens that were a sight to behold.
John, a Dave's Garden member, designs and builds what he calls "Extreme Birdhouses"; some of these weigh hundreds of pounds. In the sky, luxury bird condominiums or simply mansions.
These plants have the word ‘love' in their name, rather than a meaning paired with the flower itself.These are only a few of the plants with the word love in their name. Instead of giving cut flowers and chocolates that will be gone within two weeks,...
Are there different ways to use bok choy vs. Read on to find out about growing baby bok choy and other baby bok choy information.A cool season vegetable, baby bok choy forms smaller heads than the taller bok choy varietals, about half the size of standard...
The right tool makes almost any task doable and keeps people in the garden despite lack of mobility.Thankfully they're generally NOT the tragic result of overzealous gardening. It was fun and edifying to write.
Unless you know that your beloved prefers another flower, you can't go wrong with roses. Since the rose produces so little oil, it takes 1,000 pounds of rose petals to produce an ounce of pure essential oil.The reason you might be paying top dollar for...
They rush hither and thither gathering up beautiful specimens and bedding pants. In more northern regions, however, they get killed to the ground by cold winter weather. Are bursting at the seams with new plants and possibilities for their gardens.
Bird watching and bird feeding are growing in popularity every day and gardeners find these activities a natural extension of their other outdoor enjoyments. Members follow webcam reports and photo stories of birds from egg to fledgling and beyond.For...
Although he himself didn't eat tomatoes, Fred loved growing them to share with others.When his knees started getting creaky, Fred recruited help. Doug knew ‘Potato Top' was being planted in more Pittsburgh area gardens each year, but he's been surprised...
While some would plow fields in the fall after harvest, in our hills that would have invited erosion, something my conservation-minded father would not allow. Today plows are left to rust in the woodlot of most farms.
Photo by Audrey Pavia Baby Jo, my home-grown hen, is all grown up. Baby Jo spent the first part of her life at the bottom of the pecking order . When I go to the coop at night to shut the birds in, I have to pick her up and put her inside.
Suddenly, another post appeared.Smockette posted an offer to move the gardens, with information that this would not be the first time that Texas Dave's Garden members helped move an entire garden.
That way, you don't end up with 17 two liter bottles, trying to cover everybody's preferences. Once you've got the basics settled, start a new thread with all the details at the top: date, time, and location.
We can speed up the metabolism of annual vegetables in cool weather by covering them with floating row covers, (Reemay is a well-known brand name.) which act as small greenhouses, or baby greenhouses.
I think my Aunt Bett suspected that to be the case, but as far as I know no one died from it all those long years ago. We stopped when we came to a clearing and I asked her if she made a decoction or an infusion with them.
When the eggs hatch, it will […] My other concern is the gender of the babies that will be hatched. If these babies are also that tiny, they might just slip out through the wire.
Today, they look like miniature chickens. The third chick, which is pretty big and all-black, remains nameless. It's sad to think about, but I have to remind myself that they are chickens, and this is their world.
Then, they sit for days in the same spot where the egg once was, brooding and pretending it's still there. First, my roommates' dogs. I'll be doing plenty of research on chicken breeding and multiple roosters over the next week or so.
Sometimes friendly moms sometimes get offish and offish ones get friendly A day or two before giving birth. To be continued… P.S. Shebaa had a big white ram lamb named Fosco. Yesterday morning Shebaa had a lamb!
