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Rose Fertilizer – Rose Magazine

BySteve March 9, 2006March 9, 2006

This article has a formula for organic rose fertilizer. It looks worth investigating.

Fourth of July color

BySteve July 9, 2007July 10, 2007

I’m really enjoying these Ruby Meidiland roses — they seem brighter and heavier blooming this year than they’ve ever been. Maybe it’s the lingering effects of the horse manure I fed them two years ago? Anyway, aren’t they a perfect Fourth of July rose? This photo was taken on the Fourth of July, and they…

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My little early spring flowerbed

BySteve April 16, 2007April 8, 2014

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….

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Lots of new flowers this summer

BySteve July 11, 2014October 5, 2020

The flowers I grew from seed have done pretty well so far, and I added a few extras to the mix. I love how gaillardia grandiflora will flower the first year from seed. As I mentioned in another post today (about Crimean lavatera), that is a rare trait for a perennial flower. I like the…

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Bought seed starting supplies

BySteve January 31, 2006

I bought some seed starting supplies at Wal-Mart tonight: a 72-cell “Jiffy” system that has the peat disks that you water and then they expand so you can plant seeds in them. We’ll see how it works. Also got 50 of the little miniature peat pots that I need to fill with potting soil and…

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Started geranium cuttings

BySteve February 13, 2007

About three days ago, I started some cuttings from a pink geranium (pelargonium) that we had in a pot on the back deck last summer. It was a plant Emma’s primary teacher at church gave her. The plant has been in the basement all winter, and it keeps flowering. Doing quite well. So, I made…

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In praise of human-powered lawn tools

BySteve August 6, 2019November 5, 2019

I have the good fortune of working at home most days, and it’s great. But one downside is that many of my neighbors are fairly well-off retirees who hire professional gardeners to care for their lawns, and the noise is distracting! Mowers, weedeaters, lawn edgers, and leaf blowers — they all seem to use gasoline-powered…

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