Utah Climate Data and Turf Water Requirements
Here’s a handy webpage to check each week to be sure I’m using the right amount of water on my lawn this year:
Utah Climate Data and Turf Water Requirements
Here’s a handy webpage to check each week to be sure I’m using the right amount of water on my lawn this year:
Utah Climate Data and Turf Water Requirements
Have I mentioned that this is how I got started gardening, about 42 years ago? So, I was 14 and we moved into a new house with no front garden. My mom asked if I’d like to help her design and plant grass, flowers, and trees to make our new front yard. I suggested a…
Siberian Iris and Dianthus grationapolitanus, both from June. This Dianthus is a very small and slow to grow. I’ve lost a bunch of them and only have a few left. Salvia nemorosa ‘East Friesland’ and Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue.’ The salvia is awesome and will rebloom repeatedly when cut back. The geranium probably needs to be…
Last fall, I planted an unknown mix of tulips that I got from the final clearance sale of Thanksgiving Point’s tulip bulbs. They were just in baskets, without any sorting of the bulbs for color or flower form, and since it was the last day, I got something like 200 bulbs (including daffodils) for $10….
Last night, I took a good look at all my seeds, and these are beginning to sprout: Geraniums California poppies Dianthus Hibiscus Rudbeckia I do have some worries, though. The poppies had some mold (is it called “damping off?”) on some of the seeds. I took them out and rinsed them in a sieve, then…
I finally remembered to pluck seeds from my Profusion Cherry Zinnias today. I have read a few conflicting things online about whether they’ll turn out true from seed, but I’m going to give them a try. This photo was taken back in August. I also got some seeds from my orange French Marigolds that I…
Today, I planted some lily bulbs and a dozen or so Rudbeckias I grew from seed. The lilies are a little late getting in the ground, but I hope we still get some good blooms from them this summer. I bought five bulbs of each kind at Wal-Mart about a month ago. They are: Stargazer…