After my front yard garden was literally cleaned out (see post “Divide and Conquer 10/8/06″), I sowed Tyfon seeds, which Rose Marie had sent me, as a winter cover crop. I confess that I did not keep up with the watering, and we were in a drought. Some seeds sprouted and the first set (cotyledon) [...]
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It takes a lot of work to clear a mature garden.
Keane - Garden help
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We are starting here a sequence of posts about the Des Moines garden project. Cathy Wilkinson Barash will update these posts later. I am posting the pictures now.
This shows the front yard in full growth.
Keane - Garden help.
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Cathy Wilkinson Barash, our friend in Des Moines, tells me that eggs will stand upright on their base for several hours around the vernal equinox. Urban myth, pagan rite, or perhaps like Cathy you’ve been astounding friends for years with this feat. She says it only works at the arrival of spring. I’ll be taking [...]
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Question from Ocala, FL. I would like to grow my own Saffron. Will it grow here?
Answer: I’m not precisely sure how Saffron crocus will perform in your area. These bulbs are dry and dormant in summer, flower in fall when rains begin and then send up new leaves through the fall and winter months [...]
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Question from Newport News, VA. What are good mulches for the vegetable garden?
Answer: I use a variety of materials and all have merit. Melons do well with black plastic mulch. Tomatoes here in Oregon are showing good results from red plastic mulch. This year I will plant peppers with a newspaper mulch to suppress weeds, [...]
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I’ve been spending the day answering gardening questions and thought some of these are worth sharing.
Question from Marblehead, MA: I have rust colored insects attacking my Meyer lemon tree plants. The leaves are sticky and blackening. Can you please recommend a treatment?
Answer: Citrus plants are susceptible to scale, which is the problem with your [...]
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