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Weekly Gardening Thread – 2010 (Vol. 20) June 18
Free Republic | 6-18-2010 | Red_Devil 232

Posted on 06/18/2010 4:59:42 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232

Good morning gardeners.

If you are a gardener or you are just starting out and are in need of advice or just encouragement please feel free to join in and enjoy the friendly discussion. Our Freeper community is full of gardeners, each with varying interests and skill levels from Master Gardener to novice.

If you have a question about gardening or just an observation to share please feel free to stop by and participate. There are no stupid questions, just honest ones.


TOPICS: Agriculture; Food; Gardening; Hobbies
KEYWORDS: agriculture; garden; gardening; recipes; weekly
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To: Ellendra

I had a dog that ate an entire skein of yarn (red thank you) I found out when I came home from work one day to find it still as a skein, elongated but nicely like it came from the store- vomited onto the floor. Now the time the idiot pulled yarn from a carpet, that cost me several hundred dollars of vet bill and an extended hospital stay for the pooch. She eventually had to be put down, cancer and in spite of everythig she ate or tried to eat, that was one difficult day for me.

She loved the garden and for whatever reason did not tear up any thing green and growing.


101 posted on 06/18/2010 7:07:15 PM PDT by handmade
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To: afraidfortherepublic

he is a dang good mechanic...

Being able to repair/mend/make/make do is the secret to a long happy life.


102 posted on 06/18/2010 7:09:38 PM PDT by handmade
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To: Red_Devil 232; All
Added a 'Honeycrisp' apple to the orchard today.

Here are the stats:

103 posted on 06/18/2010 7:10:00 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: All
Old fashioned, single Hollyhock. They're all over the yard this season; I didn't plant them, LOL!
104 posted on 06/18/2010 7:12:00 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: Nepeta

So far her only change in habit is checking my fingers for pumpkin mush before letting me pet her. The vet said to feed her a certain amount of canned pumpkin every day until she passes the string, but she won’t touch it in the dish, so I smear it on her fur so she’ll lick it off.

She’s caught on to the trick!


105 posted on 06/18/2010 7:28:06 PM PDT by Ellendra (Can't starve us out, and you can't make us run. . . -Hank Jr.)
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To: handmade
Being able to repair/mend/make/make do is the secret to a long happy life.

As well as a happy WIFE! ;)

106 posted on 06/18/2010 8:34:22 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Oh, lucky you! My grandmother had those when I was a kid. They came up every year as volunteers, and it was always a good guessing game whether they’d be singles, or doubles, and what color they would be. I’ve never been able to get them started around here. I used to catch bees in the flowers and then let them go.


107 posted on 06/18/2010 8:37:09 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Love your hollyhocks. I've tried to grow them, but they leaves developed some kind of disease.

Something did me a favor and planted liriope in my yard! I didn't plant the originals, but I have spread transplants around.
108 posted on 06/18/2010 8:37:45 PM PDT by Nepeta
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To: who knows what evil?
its still cold and rainy here in the Inland Northwest...I've had some leaf lettuce and clipped some dill for salads but our first tomato will be many weeks from now..probably late August...and then its a rush to try to get them to ripen before the first frost...

and my flowers in my hanging baskets just don't look vigorous and flowing like they should....

well, we did see a very tiny little fawn last night and I guess that makes living here worth it...

109 posted on 06/19/2010 12:26:36 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Honey Crisp are the best apples in the world...first discovered them in North Carolina; finally found an orchard here in the People’s Socialist Republik of New England that had them for picking...we load up every year.


110 posted on 06/19/2010 4:52:05 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: who knows what evil?

They’ve gotten very popular around here, too. They’re a ‘replacement’ for the Haralson apple that was the top selling apple in days gone by. Not many nurseries are still breeding the Haralson.


111 posted on 06/19/2010 7:19:46 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: Nepeta

Liriope is a very under-utilized plant, IMHO. Love the blooms on it! :)


112 posted on 06/19/2010 7:21:01 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save the Earth. It's the only planet with Chocolate.)
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To: neefer

Nice photos! Your dog is so cute!


113 posted on 06/19/2010 7:21:43 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I can’t grow hollyhocks to save my life, you vicious creature. :)


114 posted on 06/19/2010 7:24:22 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

You very well could because it is heat resistant. I found the seeds in a local health food site. In case you missed it when posted earlier in this thread, here is their website: www.seedsofchange.com. This lettuce is of the romaine variety and will last well into the hottest part of the summer.


115 posted on 06/19/2010 8:02:32 AM PDT by tob2 (I would rather have a nuclear power plant in my backyard than Gitmo detainees.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

“hilling” always meant going out there with your hoe and raking dirt in and around the plant...you’re knocking the weeds down but also loosening up the soil so the water can filter thru...


116 posted on 06/19/2010 8:38:48 AM PDT by cherry
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Liriope is a very under-utilized plant, IMHO. Love the blooms on it! :)

Very pretty, delicate blooms! The first time the "weeds" bloomed I was pleasantly surprised. I dug up a few for the front yard.
117 posted on 06/19/2010 10:37:36 AM PDT by Nepeta
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To: Nepeta
Here are a couple of photos I found showing liliope. Used on banks for erosion control, and it is deer resistent. I don't know the Zones yet (as I only remember it from Houston) but it sounds really useful. I watched a deer browsing in an overgrown bed behind the house, munching on weeds, etc this AM; and they can really demolish a garden unless you are careful about what you plant. This morning it was just weeds. Tomorrow, it might be something I want.


118 posted on 06/19/2010 10:54:50 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

...after a hard morning/early afternoon of gardening; it is time for a large strawberry/blueberry shortcake with plenty of whipped cream...


119 posted on 06/19/2010 11:09:53 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Is your liliope for sunny or shady? We bought a house just north of Houston last week, and it is very shady :( Also, it has a steep incline in one area that will be imposible to mow, and we want to plant something as a ground cover.


120 posted on 06/19/2010 12:14:50 PM PDT by rightly_dividing
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