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Playing in the dirt

admin — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:00:51 +0000

Gardening can be so rewarding and fun when you learn how to do it. Theres a little more to it than just dropping a seed in the ground. You need to plan and vision what you would like your garden to look like.The right garden decor make it all that much more rewarding. Have fun and lively garden with the decor from gardenfun.com. They have what you need to have a fun garden, and at prices that are very reasonable for your budget. Liven up that garden and have some fun with the neighbors envy.

Water Gardening

admin — Sun, 18 May 2008 12:59:57 +0000

Water Gardening can be quite relaxing, it can also mean a lot of work and up keep. I have found one of the best ways to keep your garden clear is to install a Ultra Violet light filtering system. The light is sealed in a crystal tube and water passes through the fixture that holds the light. A good mechanical system is a must also, Lava rock and course foam type media work well in the filter. I used to have some Koi in my pond but I do well with them and it saddened me greatly to go out and see them on top of the water where I had not removed all the chlorine like I thought I had.

You can grow some beautiful plants in a water garden, and you can have some friendly visitors as well as some predatory ones that like to eat fish. I have some water lily’s that are just great and very pleasing to the eye. Like I said, It’s a lot of work, but the payoff of the beauty is well worth the efforts put forth. Happy Gardening!!!

Alvin,Simon,and Theodore

admin — Sat, 03 May 2008 18:54:45 +0000

Yeah you baby boomer’s know who these characters are, they were the the little animated chipmunks that came on Saturday morning, The cartoon was always a must see, just to see how much trouble Alvin could get in to. Well it seems as if they are living in my side yard and have a condominium set up, they sure are some busy little creatures, and destructive too.

I had planted some perennial bulbs to have flowers to come back each year, well it seems that the little rascals like them more than we do, because they have dug everyone of them up and stored them for hard times. I hate to do it but it looks like that I will have to turn our Jack Russell dogs out on the little vermin. So there will be no more ALVIN, around here! HaHA!!!

Botanicals

admin — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 01:17:21 +0000

Its spring time and botanical gardens are bursting with beauty, I love to go to different places and see the great gardens that are available for you to visit. I have visited several in my life. At Shangri La Gardens and Nature Center in Orange Texas is one that I want to see. They have over 300 plant species and wildlife that are native to the area. The fees are very reasonable for all the beauty that you get to be in touch with and the tranquility you get to experience.

I have had the privilege to stroll through some of the Universities nature trails where they have a lot of local growth and flowers that are indigent to their area. I have been to the Vandiver house in Asheville N.C. Georgia Southern University Botanical trail, Callaway Gardens, and a few others and I recommend to go every season to really get to know the regions real beauty.

Growing Tomatoes

admin — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 00:19:42 +0000

There’s nothing like a fresh picked off the vine ripe tomato. It can be eaten by itself, with a meal, in a salad, made into a sauce. What ever you do with your fresh tomatoes don’t matter, but you will know its the best when fresh. Today I saw something for the first time in a tomato, it was actually germinating its own seed inside itself, it looked like some kinda little worm growing inside with green head. Of all the tomatoes I have sliced in my life, I could not believe what I had seen. I bought this tomato a couple of weeks a go and it was not even beginning to rot, there were little tomato plants growing all inside of it. Maybe I should have planted that whole tomato, I might have grown a tree!!

Getting Tomato Time

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:24:18 +0000

There’s nothing like growing tomatoes in the spring and going out to that vine and picking a fresh ripe red tomato. Slice that baby up to go with your meal or make a sandwich out of it, either way you have got those taste buds exploding with the taste of summer. Lots of folks up north have never heard of a tomato sandwich, a little mayo on the bread and a slice of tomato, salt pepper and garlic salt, Mmmmmhhh what a treat. I am just now getting the soil ready to plant those delicious little fruits and 60-70 days I will be enjoying the fruits of my labor. Its worth all the work that goes in to it.

Almost Time for the Gardens

admin — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:51:53 +0000

The weather is slowly starting to get a little warmer and now is the time to be working up the ground for all those gardens. I see one more cold spell in the forecast for Georgia and that should be our last one for now. I haven’t started plowing or breaking up any ground yet, but I think I will need to do that over the next 7 to 10 days. I think 10 days from now, we will be in the clear of any freezing temperatures. I made the mistake last year of planting too soon and my 90 tomato plants had to endure the freezing temperatures for a couple of nights. So I will be more patient in 2008 with my gardening and make sure old man winter is gone for good.

I don’t plan to have a big garden with all the drought forecasts that are predicted for North Georgia. So I will keep it small in case I have to water it by hand. I might just stick with growing the tomatoes this year and just pick up the other garden fresh vegetables from the produce stand. They aren’t quite as good as the home grown products, but as long as I have my home grown tomatoes I will be alright.

Spring Time on the way

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:56:30 +0000

My favorite time of the year is springtime. Everything is so fresh and new, the flowers blooming and the greenery comes to life, the air is crisp,and a feeling of well being takes the body over. The crocus are blooming and the daffodils have shown their colors. We have a beautiful country and it should be seen by all. If the opportunity comes knocking for you to travel take it and explore or country and see all it has to offer. It will be time to mow the lawn before long and the smell of fresh cut grass and fragrant flowers get your juices flowing. Come on Springtime.

The leaves are falling

admin — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:59:58 +0000

It’s that time of year when the leaves on the trees start to fall and the job of us humans is to clean them up around the house every weekend for about a month or more. Some people rake their yard and put the leaves in bags to be carried off by the sanitation dept. Some people rake their yard and pile them up and burn them, then there’s people who have grass catchers on their mower and mulch them up in the catcher and pile them in the woods and make mulch out of them. I do the latter and make mulch and in a couple of years it turns to plant gold. Put this stuff on your plants and they grow like crazy. I guess you could call it re-cycling!

A rainy night in Georgia

admin — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 01:25:08 +0000

Believe it or not its raining in North Georgia tonight. This is one of the driest summers on record. We have had over 30 days wit 90+ temps and topping out at 102 for about a week of those 30. We have not had any rain ,with the exception of a pop up thunder boomer every now and then. I think we are supposed to get the rain here for maybe 3 days consecutive.This will help and be appreciated but our deficit is so large that we still need rain for a couple of weeks to really make a big difference. I have never had a real good stand of grass in my yard ,it’s mostly just green stuff, weeds and some grass, It;s been so hot and dry, my weeds are dying out. I guess I will aerate the yard this fall and re seed to see if I can get a lawn for the following spring.

A rainy night in Georgia is a good thing and needed so badly, our crops have already had the damage done to them and the farmers who have put their hard work into the land are being penalized for the dry conditions that they have no control over. Could it be that Mother Earth is a little upset with the abuse we have placed upon her, or do we just need the rain?