tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14991425063560931962024-02-07T02:07:48.277-06:00the view from the demo gardentucked in the corner of ellington agricultural center is a somewhat secret garden; the demonstration and research garden for the davidson county master gardeners. join us as we dig in the dirt and watch the plants grow.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger157125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1499142506356093196.post-57057435287575765942017-03-05T12:44:00.000-06:002017-03-05T12:45:21.450-06:00Welcome Back!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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After a two year absence, I am once again living in Nashville and working at the Demonstration Garden! While many things have changed here, one thing is still the same; this is an amazing garden to visit! These are some photos from a recent work day and I encourage you to visit this page often to see what is happening in the garden!</div>
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Chives, the seeds are so fertile that they pop up everywhere and so do the weeds! This is some speedwell in the herb garden and of course, some chive seedlings.</div>
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Daffodils are a sure sign of spring, let's hope it comes quickly.</div>
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Hyacinths are so fragrant that you can almost smell them before you spot the blooms!</div>
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Over in the shade beds, the Solomon's Seal is thinking it is spring as well.</div>
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The Hellebores are in full bloom.</div>
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Things are starting to wake up and follow the Daffodil's lead down in the perennial garden.</div>
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How can you not love a plant that seems to glow? Bloody Dock is one of my favorite foliage plants. When the light shines through it, it glows. This is proof that you do not need just flowers to add a pop of color to your garden!</div>
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The cabbages in the vegetable garden are heading now and before we know it, we will be picking them! </div>
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In the vegetable garden, we also have asparagus. Ever wonder how they grow white asparagus? The stalks are blanched by keeping them covered and if you look closely at the tip of this one, you can see it is white. It grew up with a cluster of leaves and debris on the tip like an umbrella and blanched itself white. However, as soon as I uncovered it, the plant began the process of greening itself.</div>
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And just for fun, some ornamental kale, because everyone needs a hint of color...</div>
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demonstration gardens serve a purpose. they allow gardeners to demonstrate how something could or should be grown. more importantly, the garden is a teaching tool for both the visitors and believe it or not, the master gardeners who work there. the name "master gardener" is a serious misnomer. we are not masters, we are students of the garden and it schools us regularly!</div>
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for this years lesson, we have decided to experiment with potatoes. four different varieties, terra rosa, purple majesty, austrian crescent fingerling and bintje potatoes will be planted around the garden in different manners all to see what does and doesn't work.<br />
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for the first method, we built a raised lasagna bed. we had an empty 4'x4' bed and decided to put it to use for this experiment. to create a lasagna bed, we used the materials we had on hand in the garden. the first layer into the bed was from our most recent delivery of wood chips, it took about 6 cubic feet to fill the bed about a third of the way.<br />
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this was followed by about 6 cubic feet of our compost. at this point, the bed was full to the top of the wood. however, anyone that has used this method knows that the materials will compact quite a bit.<br />
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to compensate for the expected compaction, we added several layers above the top of the wood. to get it started, we used straw.<br />
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we finished it off with another layer of leaves and a thin layer of compost and now the bed is ready to be planted with potatoes. the potatoes planted in this bed will not be hilled. we will simply sink them in and see how they do. we have another bed in the garden where we are using a no-hilling method and so far, the potatoes are beginning to bloom.<br />
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to try other methods, a group of small plastic crates was added to the area. for the potatoes grown in these crates, we will use different materials. two crates have compost, two will have straw and the last two will have mulched leaves. the last structures will be deeper so that we can simulate hilling-we will need to purchase the supplies for these exhibits. </div>
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this year's festival was our biggest ever; we more than tripled our attendance from last year! there were also more than 50 vendors, exhibitors and artisans on the grounds sharing information and selling products to those that came to the festival. we even had a visit from lelan statom, the meteorologist and co-host of talk of the town which airs locally on channel 5 at 11am, weekdays. </div>
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now that the dust has settled, we will get back to the business of maintaining the garden. look for new exhibits through out the summer. we will have beds featuring sunflowers, potatoes, pumpkins and more. until then, enjoy a few photos of what the garden looks like when it is not full of festival participants!</div>
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there are mini pumpkin seeds waiting to sprout in this bed and we are planning to grow them vertically.<br />
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our lady of the garden has a name! allow me to introduce pansy winette</div>
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the wind organ is a fun craft to make with kids. save those plastic water bottles and get to work with <a href="http://w1.neuronnexion.com/~dferment/ukplasto.htm">this tutorial</a>.<br />
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one man's trash is another's treasure; a discarded wooden ladder is a plant stand in the garden.<br />
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the shade garden is looking better than after having the soil amended with compost, leaf mold and pine fines. it was a process that was long over due and the plants are now enjoying the improvement.<br />
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did you know that we also have a name for our rock star in the herb garden? put your hands together for the one and only, jimi tindrix and the garden experience!!!<br />
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pallet gardens are a bit of a fad, it is true. many of them are tough to maintain because it is hard to keep them watered when vertical. however, this configuration, which mimics horizontal flower boxes, is the solution. <br />
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our old pallet garden has found a new life lying down and functioning more like a raised bed.<br />
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we weren't the only ones getting ready for the festival-the ants were busy too!</div>
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a year of hard work has paid off. ty ann has put a tremendous amount of time and effort into restoring the perennial garden. she recently added bird houses and some sculptures and what a difference it all has made!<br />
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there have also been many new additions to the plants selection in the garden and as the seasons progress, there should be many new flowers to admire.<br />
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next time you see her, thank her; we almost tore down the garden and sold the existing plants at last year's festival. it was ty ann that offered to try to save the garden and save it she did!<br />
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the keyhole garden was a popular exhibit at the festival. many people stopped by to learn the history and purpose behind this relatively new concept in gardening. we are thrilled with how it is looking this year!<br />
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having planted it with a combination of leaves and roots, the plants are all doing nicely. we are excited to see how it does for the summer, in the mean time, we will be harvesting lots of greens for salads and for cooking!</div>
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as we prepare for the urban gardening festival, lots of new exhibits are taking shape. due to the continuing issues with root knot nematodes, we are experimenting with methods of vertical gardening. even better is that this method repurposes milk jugs that would otherwise have gone into the trash.<br />
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the rain garden has gotten a lot of attention this spring. the basin has been weeded and aerated. the grasses and sedums on the berm have been thinned and we are preparing to dig out some of the excess plants for sale at the festival.<br />
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the square foot garden is shaping up nicely. if you would like to garden and have little space, you should consider this method because it really works.<br />
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the herb garden has gotten a new fence and it looks like a whole different place! we are experimenting with hugelkultur in the herb garden so keep visiting the blog to see the progress of the plants.<br />
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this little block garden is already producing large amounts of herbs!</div>
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the seeds i planted in the keyhole garden are sprouting-i cannot wait to start picking lettuce and greens.<br />
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want to learn about composting? let us help you, we have several methods in use at the garden.<br />
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tiarella, the current rock star in the shade garden</div>
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i love this combination; golden creeping jenny, blue spruce sedum and dragon's blood stonecrop.<br />
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beans are ready to grow up! climb the vertical garden, climb!!!</div>
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before you know it, the false blue indigo in the rain garden will be the star of the show</div>
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and of course, the nematode remediation plot. the mustard and rape seed have sprouted, just waiting for the marigolds to get going. we hope this works!!!</div>
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hard to believe but spring is here! the herb garden was given a new fence this spring thanks to kent. the split rail fence comes to us from the hermitage property and we couldn't be happier with it! a big round of applause to kent for coming out and installing it for us!!!<br />
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and boy has kent been busy-he even replaced all of the rotted wood on our work table, we are so lucky to have him out in the garden!<br />
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one of my favorite flowers of spring, epimidium, also called bishop's hat.</div>
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another lovely shade plant, lamium in bloom</div>
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the cold winter was good for something-daffodils! they were spectacular this season.<br />
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love these tiny blooms around the gazebo</div>
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and of course, spring means new plants sprouting. we have seeded the keyhole garden with all of the appropriate leaves and roots. looking forward to munching on this arugula!<br />
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yarrow setting blooms</div>
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isn't the bloody dock beautiful when the sun shines through the leaves?</div>
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and of course, spring means columbines</div>
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come on out and join us in the garden as we get ready for the big urban gardening festival on may 17th.</div>
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It was a lovely morning in the garden today and for a change, it was warm and sunny. Although we had more than an inch of rain on Saturday, we were able to work in the beds. </div>
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The rain caused a little compaction in the keyhole garden but we can easily add more to top it off again before planting. <br />
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During last weekends Earn as You Learn work session, we constructed a new bed in the herb garden using a permaculture technique called hugelkulur.<br />
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Over in the gazebo, the daffodils are in full bloom.</div>
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The perennial garden, spring has definitely sprung! However, I am not sure when that yucca was planted in the bed. <br />
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The dead nettle is in full bloom too. We obviously will need to do a bit of weeding.</div>
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Things got a little out of control in the rain garden too. We were battling violets all last year and today was the day to get in there and dig them out.<br />
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After about two hours on hands and knees digging away, we claimed victory. We will have to stay on them to prevent them from colonizing again. But you have to admit, the rain garden looks amazing! </div>
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As winter fades and spring creeps in, the garden is full of activity from dormant plants awakening. Look closely and you will find a lot more in bloom besides the crocus and the daffodils!</div>
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Mahonia has beautiful little yellow bells</div>
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A pulmonaria seedling, commonly called lungwort, has a rainbow of blooms in the shade garden.<br />
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Pieris in pink</div>
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And it just wouldn't be spring without a showing from the hellebores. Here is a pretty pink variety that brightens up the shade garden.</div>
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Each January, the Master Gardeners of Davidson County welcome a new group of interns. A series of classes are offered once a week through the middle of April on topics ranging from soil to composting to wise water use and everything else a gardener may need to know to succeed. These interns have opportunities to earn additional educational hours and volunteer hours that will satisfy the requirements for certification. </div>
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Sounds simple enough but the truth is, the number of hours needed, 8 educational hours and 40 volunteer hours, actually can be a bit intimidating to the new interns. The result has been that very few of the 50 or so students in the classes actually follow through and achieve certification. To help remedy the situation and get as many of the interns certified as possible, we started a new program this year. </div>
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The Earn as You Learn Workshop is a series of work days held in the different projects maintained by the Master Gardeners of Davidson County. To kick off the program, the first two workshops were held out in the Demonstration Garden at Ellington Agricultural Center. The interns earned some of the required volunteer hours as they worked along side certified members in the garden. </div>
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A large group of burning bush shrubs were pruned back in the main garden. Not only did that get the unruly beasts under control, it provides a better view of the garden.<br />
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The rose bushes that surround the gazebo were given a good hard pruning as well. </div>
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Finally, we can see the brick outline of the butterfly garden! Talk about beasts, the two butterfly bushes were at least 12 feet tall last year and they grew so wide that it was impossible to walk through the garden.<br />
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The grasses in our ornamental grass garden were also cut back to nice neat little mounds.<br />
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The fun continued this past weekend with our second workshop weekend. Here the crew is refilling a bed and raising the plants. The soil had compacted completely over time and the plants were lacking needed air and nutrients. By first removing the plants and then replenishing the soil with compost and leaf mold, the plants were replanted in a bed filled with soil that was not only full of needed nutrients, it was also aerated and no longer compacted.<br />
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The finished bed contains catmint and asiatic lilies with plenty of room to grow!<br />
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Over in the Rain Garden, Tyann and Michael are dividing the ornamental grasses on the berm. They had grown so much that they were choking each other out. The plants were divided and a few were planted in the berm with the rest being potted for sale at our Urban Gardening Festival in May.<br />
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Of course, it isn't a good day in the garden if Bella doesn't get out to enjoy the day with us.<br />
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Over the winter, our new compost structure was built. Now that spring has arrived, we are ready to put it to use! The crew is busy lining the cells with paper and cardboard to kill the bermuda grass.<br />
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The compost from the old structure must be screened because of the bermuda grass that grew into it-what a nuisance! However, we cannot let it in or we will never get it out!!!<br />
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Our first pile of compost! This is the first cell where we will add to the pile until we have enough. After we stop adding to it, it will be shifted to the second cell to age and it will be turned regularly. Finally, it will go to the third cell to finish aging before it can be used in the garden.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1499142506356093196.post-29398854140682796232013-10-27T15:36:00.000-05:002013-10-27T15:36:00.879-05:00fall in the garden-10/27/13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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on a recent, pre-frost visit to the garden, i found a mushroom forest under the willow oak in the shade garden.<br />
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they were very fragile and probably only lasted for a day or so.</div>
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what they looked like as they emerged from the wood chips/soil</div>
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look at the zombie garden, the pineapples are loving it out there. after this photo, they were dug up and will be indoors for the winter. once the summer weather returns, they will go back out to the garden.<br />
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the herb garden has exploded! the rosemary makes a nice backdrop for the tarragon/borage forest that has taken over the bed.<br />
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black cotton in bloom</div>
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that's hot! tabasco peppers in abundance.</div>
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it is hard to believe that fall is here. just a few weeks ago, the garden was thriving and green. basil was in bloom and peppers were ripening on the plants.<br />
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even the lemon verbena was in full bloom</div>
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the satellite dish was full of zinnias putting on a beautiful display. then, frost happened as it does each year. <br />
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the burning bushes are showing a hint of color. the nematode eradication plan is taking shape, the plot has been treated with an herbicide to kill the plants before we seed it.<br />
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the basil in the herb garden was killed off by the frost</div>
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the cannas were heavily damaged and need to be cut back.</div>
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the pineapple sage was hit hard as well and if we are lucky, it will survive winter and come back again for a third season. <br />
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the tabasco peppers took a pretty hard hit as well.</div>
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but despite the cold, the tarragon is in full bloom.</div>
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the abundant rain has kept the garden green for late summer. we are busy maintaining the beds and making plans for the coming change of season. <br />
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in the herb garden, we have a generic rose bush-the variety is unknown. sadly, it has developed <a href="http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/gardens-gardening/your-garden/help-for-the-home-gardener/advice-tips-resources/pests-and-problems/diseases/viruses/rose-rosette.aspx">rose rosette disease</a> and will have to be removed.<br />
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a tiny puffball mushroom hiding under the cat mint one of the enabling beds.</div>
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dumpling squash hiding under the okra plants.</div>
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the okra blooms are beautiful</div>
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we have moles running through the garden</div>
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now i know where the saying mountains out of molehills comes from-except this could be a small mountain in the making.<br />
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the advantage to arriving in the garden early, before the sun is up high in the sky, spider webs are easier to photograph. not sure what type of spider this is but there are lots of them in the garden.<br />
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come on out and join us in the garden, never know what you will see!</div>
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it was a beautiful morning in the garden-not too hot and easy to work in. things right now are in maintenance mode, we just do what needs to be done to keep things looking healthy.</div>
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when new volunteers come out to the garden to work, they frequently ask if they should deadhead the flowers. my response is always the same, "sure anything but the coneflowers". this response generally rewards me with a look of disbelief from the person asking. well we have a good reason for this, and here it is; goldfinches depend on the seeds starting in late summer and through winter. </div>
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in the rain garden, a female goldfinch is taking a break as she checks out the seed heads.<br />
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here, two males are having breakfast. if you want to watch them, come out early and sit quietly in the shade garden. you will hear them in the trees around you. then watch as they fly in and out of the perennial bed and the rain garden while they feed on the seeds of coneflowers. my suggestion, bring a pair of binoculars so that you can watch them from a distance without chasing them away. to get these photos, i had to use my long lens, 250mm, and carefully creep closer to the garden so that they would not be startled. <br />
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for long time visitors/volunteers to the demo garden, you may recall our plan to dismantle the old perennial garden next to the apple orchard. the overgrown, weed choked beds were nothing short of an embarrassing eyesore. we were so short of help and the garden was doing so poorly that we felt we had no other choice. that is until new dcmg member ty ann joined us in the demo garden. she felt so strongly that the garden should stay that she devised a plan to consolidate beds and redo the shape of the garden to make it easier on the ground crew to cut the lawn around it. <br />
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her hard work has paid off! just look at the garden now. we won't be taking it down anytime soon thanks to all the hard work ty ann has put into the garden. <br />
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when you come to the demo garden, take a walk down to the perennial garden and admire the plants. next time you see ty ann, thank her-the garden was a goner until she stepped up and single handedly saved it and that is the honest truth! consider coming out some time and giving her a hand, there is still quite a bit to do down there.<br />
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the herb garden is doing very well this year. love the combination of the lime green marjoram and the blue orange thyme.<br />
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anybody want something to do? come snip the flower heads from the chives, quickly before they drop seeds and multiply. remember the campy old episode of star trek- the trouble with tribbles? the little furry things multiplied like crazy and threatened to take over the enterprise. that is the trouble with chives, they will be everywhere if the seeds develop and drop.<br />
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celery stump in the zombie garden is doing rather nicely.</div>
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the three sisters bramble, i mean garden is full of beans and one pumpkin, no corn though.</div>
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do you recall our troubles with the tomato trial last year? we were plagued with root knot nematodes that slowly killed off many of the plants and left others struggling. we yielded very little in the way of fruit.</div>
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well, they are at it again. this time though, they have taken out many of the curcurbits in the vertical gardens. this was a butternut squash plant. do you see the lumpy roots that look like little potatoes? that is the damage the nematodes do to the root system. it prevents the roots from taking up moisture and nutrients causing the plants to die.<br />
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looks like we will be working on eradicating them so we can use the garden next year.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1499142506356093196.post-42174387841980273992013-08-11T16:58:00.000-05:002013-08-11T16:58:40.138-05:00rainy morning in the garden, 8/11/13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
the threat of rain today did not keep us out of the garden. when it began to sprinkle on us, we kept right on working-it did keep me from bringing out the camera though so there are only a few photos to share.</div>
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early in the spring, we planted potatoes in the asparagus bed. today, we removed the dead foliage and found a bunch of potatoes under the soil. these are yukon gold potatoes.<br />
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when i pulled up the first plant, it came up with two potatoes. they were pretty big too. the larger one is nearly the size of a baseball.<br />
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bean plants have beautiful blooms. these are the blooms of a hyacinth bean plant in the vertical garden.<br />
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we also have an asian melon growing in the vertical garden. we have never planted these before and are eagerly awaiting a chance to taste this fruit.<br />
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have you noticed how many spiders and webs there seem to be right now? this little fellow was happily having lunch in the canna garden.<br />
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rain or shine, there is always cake. a blackberry muffin cake made with blackberries from the demo garden.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1499142506356093196.post-17798294886464318772013-08-09T20:26:00.000-05:002013-08-09T20:26:37.452-05:00catching up with the garden; july 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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summer is flying by! we have been working as much as we can and so has this spider in the satellite dish.<br />
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butterflies are so much fun to watch. more than once i chased these two to get a nice photo<br />
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this one was kind enough to strike a pose.</div>
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however, over in the rain garden, we would prefer that these just left and never came back. <a href="http://extension.psu.edu/plants/green-industry/news/2012/pest-alert-genista-broom-moth">genista broom moth caterpillars</a> are destructive and can defoliate plants and shrubs.<br />
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in the keyhole garden, we are seeing very mixed results. the okra is flourishing.<br />
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texas star hibiscus in the rain garden</div>
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thai basil in bloom in the herb garden.</div>
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chive blossoms are removed before they even open to prevent seeding</div>
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caraway seeds are starting to form</div>
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tabasco peppers are getting ready to turn red</div>
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red noodle beans in the square foot garden have pretty lavender blooms</div>
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stink bugs like them too</div>
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this little leaf hopper looks so pretty on the texas star hibiscus</div>
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pickling cukes in the vertical garden</div>
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sedum autumn joy getting ready to put on a show</div>
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thai chilis ready for cooking-proceed carefully with them</div>
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if memory serves, tansy is planted in gardens to help keep the ants at bay. don't tell these ants that, the don't seem to care.<br />
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chive blossoms waiting to be arranged in a vase</div>
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and as always, we have cake. each week i make something different. this one is a vegan carrot and zucchini cake.<br />
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blueberry muffin cake made with berries picked in the demo garden.</div>
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and sometimes, you just have to mix it up. with 6 pounds of blackberries from the garden, i made some jam and then baked biscuits to serve with it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1499142506356093196.post-42241067280343828452013-07-30T18:00:00.001-05:002013-07-30T18:00:59.248-05:00Tennessee's First Lady visits the Demonstration Garden<div class="MsoNormal">
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<!--StartFragment--><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Cambria;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">from the left, John Wilson, Tammy Algood and David
Cook listen in as Alisa explains the keyhole garden to Mrs. Haslam</span></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><!--EndFragment--></td></tr>
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On a recent Friday morning, we were honored to welcome the
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information on vegetable and flower gardening for the new garden being
installed at the Governor’s Executive Residence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Accompanied by the horticulturist for the
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the herb garden is full of teaching
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touring the square foot, zombie and
three sisters gardens with Alisa are George Kilgore, John Wilson, Tammy Algood
and Mrs. Haslam while Amanda Kerns takes
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Also on the tour was Tammy Algood, who has had a chance to
participate in planning the garden at the Governor’s Executive Residence.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I asked Tammy about the opportunity to
work with the First Lady on this project she was excited to share the
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taste. I have told her this and I will echo it to you: I believe
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despite the rain, the garden did not float away! actually, it seems to have been just what many of the plants have needed to take off. suddenly, we are seeing lots of growth and fruit being set. </div>
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zucchini in the keyhole garden</div>
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eggplant in the keyhole garden-the first fruit is on its way</div>
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in three days, we had 5.5 inches of rain! </div>
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bumble bee in the mountain mint-this plant is a bee magnet. we easily can count half a dozen different types of bees on the mountain mint at any given time.<br />
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the logs that form the walls of the herb garden are decomposing rapidly thanks to many different types of mushrooms.<br />
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somewhere in that tangle of tansy and st. john's wort is a walkway.</div>
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believe it or not, that is a three sisters garden and somewhere in there are several stalks of corn.<br />
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the signs of summer: insects, specifically, a <a href="http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/veg/leaf/harlequin_bug.htm">harlequin bug</a>. needless to say, the cabbages and other brassicas were removed from the square foot garden to prevent more from appearing.<br />
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red noodle beans in the square foot garden</div>
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over in the vertical garden, we have asparagus long beans. both are tasty and easy to grow. we have become fans of both types and almost always have a few plants in the garden.<br />
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the garden phlox plants look spectacular this year which is nice after the awful time we had last year. we had the worst infestation of phlox plant bugs and the plants looked terrible. thankfully, they seem to have completely recovered and even to have spread a bit.<br />
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one of my personal favorites in the garden; a <a href="http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/weeds/plants/bb_lily.htm">blackberry lily</a>. we started out with one little rhiozome in the old perennial garden and they have spread out through the one section of the bed. the seeds are pretty easy to germinate so it is now wonder how this has happened!<br />
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beautiful day lily-don't you just love the color?</div>
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when you have coneflowers, you have bees. here are a couple of bumbles gathering nectar<br />
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the grapes in the arbor look a little worse for wear. they have some sort of fungus but we leave them for the birds who do not seem to mind at all. four years ago, i gathered a bundle of ripe grapes and created a sourdough starter for bread. believe it or not, that starter is still going. that reminds me, i need to think about baking some sourdough bread!<br />
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and as always, cake. this is a maple pecan cake with a cinnamon ribbon. to see the recipe, visit my <a href="http://downhomedesserts.blogspot.com/2013/07/maple-pecan-cake-with-cinnamon-ribbon.html">blogpage</a>, it is posted there.</div>
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it was a beautiful morning in the garden! it was just warm enough to make us sweat a little but not so hot that we were ready to pass out. things are looking exceptionally beautiful and i can only give a big round of applause to all of the wonderful volunteers who have made it all possible.</div>
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the rain garden</div>
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the newest vertical garden</div>
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the three sisters garden</div>
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red noodle beans in the square foot garden</div>
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the zombie garden</div>
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this bed in the shade garden has many ferns and is looking so lush and full</div>
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the rose garden and gazebo</div>
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the butterfly garden</div>
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believe it or not, we cut back the butterfly bushes so that you could actually walk between the beds. so much for that idea...<br />
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thanks to the hard work of ty ann, the old perennial garden is beginning to look like a garden again. <br />
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and since a lot of restoration has taken place, many of the plants are beginning to flower again.<br />
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over in jim's bee garden, the vitex (cut leaf chaste tree) is in full bloom and looking rather grand.<br />
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we love visitors to the garden, now if we could only get them to wear name tags...<br />
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tiny bee in the st. john's wort</div>
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leaf hopper on the oregano</div>
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witch's butter on a log in the herb garden</div>
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water drops on a canna leaf</div>
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that bee again, in a squash blossom in the three sisters garden</div>
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dumb dog! (dog vomit fungus)</div>
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our pot people hanging out in the shade garden</div>
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vitex blossoms are a favorite with bumble bees</div>
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love in the mist in bloom</div>
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and the seed pods-be warned, love in the mist is a prolific seeder that can spread quickly<br />
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another visitor on cleome</div>
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yarrow</div>
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blackberry lily almost ready for the close up</div>
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bumble bees also love coneflowers</div>
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summer is here! just look at how the rain garden has exploded! the yucca has put on its show and several other plants are too. <br />
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we aren't the only ones loving the yucca, <a href="http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/leaffooted_bug.htm">leaf footed bugs</a> seem to like it too. i spent some time catching them and dropping them into a bucket of soapy water to kill them.<br />
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<a href="http://www.uky.edu/Ag/CritterFiles/casefile/insects/beetles/soldier/soldier.htm">soldier beetles</a> are always welcome-they are predatory and can eat large numbers of pests such as aphids.<br />
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native butterfly weed and salvia in full bloom near the rain garden.</div>
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beauty berry in the rain garden is blooming. it won't be too long before it is covered in tiny purple berries.<br />
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the three sisters are growing up and out!</div>
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the lavender is in full bloom too and the bees are loving the nectar</div>
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we have a raised bed that if home to asparagus and potatoes. did you ever see the blossom from a potato vine? they are pretty and short lived. these were gone in a day.<br />
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when you see this blossom, it is pretty obvious that potatoes are a night shade plant. <br />
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just look at the square foot garden! can you believe how nicely it is doing? a big round of applause goes to shirley for such an impressive sight!<br />
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there is so much to see in that 4x8 bed</div>
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have you ever wondered what a carrot flower looks like? wonder no more. shirley let some of the carrots in the square foot garden flower.<br />
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thousands of tiny white blooms on each stem. can you see the resemblance to <a href="http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/bi/2000/Ethnobotany/queen_anne_s_lace.html">queen anne's lace</a> and <a href="http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/icm/2007/7-9/poison.html">poison hemlock</a>; they are all in the same plant family.<br />
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radish blooms</div>
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the vertical garden is finally planted and beginning to grow</div>
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black and blue salvia in bloom</div>
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarda">monarda</a>, commonly called bee balm, in the herb garden</div>
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tarragon in bloom</div>
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walk around the garden and you will find buckwheat growing in random places. we just toss the seeds around so that it will grow all over. it attracts <a href="http://www.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/green_lacewing.htm">green lacewings</a> which are beneficial to the garden since they love to eat other insects. it also attracts little bees.<br />
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the next generation of buckwheat plants</div>
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this year i have decided that thyme is one of my favorite plants in the garden. there are so many types to choose from. it is considered a beneficial plant because of the insects it will attract, it can be used in many dishes and some varieties, like this elfin thyme, make a great ground cover that can withstand some foot traffic.<br />
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and i am not sure who we have here. isn't it pretty? this little metallic insect investigated that entire coneflower blossom-i wonder what it was looking for.<br />
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and as always, a cake. this weeks offering was a strawberry ribbon cake with nut crumb topping.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1499142506356093196.post-50959546783604408872013-06-03T20:24:00.000-05:002013-06-03T20:24:46.865-05:00sunday, june 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
the garden is looking wonderful! we have been able to take advantage of the cooler than usual temperatures to get things done. the cool weather has also allowed transplants to adjust and begin growing. the drier weather has also worked in our favor where seeds are concerned; we have finally been able to get seeds to sprout rather than rot! </div>
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the keyhole garden is humming along nicely. the seeds are sprouting, the flowers are blooming and things look good. <br />
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alyssum and marigolds planted in the outer blocks of the keyhole garden. these are just two of the plants that will included in the keyhole garden just to attract beneficial insects. alyssum attracts aphidius wasps and parasitic wasps while the marigolds attract hover (syrphid) flies and may help repel deer.<br />
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a zinnia watching over the eggplants in the keyhole garden. yet another of the flowers planted to attract beneficial insects; it will hopefully draw in hover flies and parasitic wasps.<br />
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look closely at the passion flower bloom-apparently, stink bugs like them.</div>
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the logs in the herb garden are alive with mushrooms. </div>
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identifying feverfew and chamomile can be tough until they begin to bloom. the petals on feverfew are short and stubby and they stick straight out.<br />
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the flowers on chamomile are considerably longer and they sometimes hang down like these in the photo.<br />
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can you believe the square foot garden? just look at all of the plants and how they have filled the squares.<br />
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the cabbage is forming heads.</div>
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marigolds are keeping watch</div>
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the three sisters are hanging in there and filling in nicely. </div>
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in the raised enabling garden, the asiatic lilies are blooming like crazy!</div>
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last fall, we had to rescue all of our hostas from the voles. the damage was pretty extensive and to let them recover, we put the surviving pieces in pots and let them winter over in my carport. now that they are recovered, smaller but stronger, we are replanting them in cages made of hardware cloth. we dug holes and set the cages in.<br />
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we filled in the gaps around the sides but made sure to leave a little above ground. then we began filling the cage with soil.<br />
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here we put the empress wu, filled it in and put a little of the hardware cloth around the crown as well. we covered the cloth as well.<br />
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to make it look pretty, we covered the area with pine needles. the empress wu is new to the garden and we wanted to make sure that we protected the crown. we will put the rest in this week-a total of 10 crowns to be replanted and possibly 10 more to cage.<br />
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and always, a cake; mocha swirl bundt cake. join us and you too can feast on cake...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1499142506356093196.post-58331278045448439912013-05-26T13:49:00.000-05:002013-05-26T13:49:15.739-05:00sunday morning in the garden, may 26 garden update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
just another beautiful sunday morning in the garden. having arrived a little early, i was given the chance to enjoy the garden and all it offers by myself. a little bit of quiet solitude that helped wash away the stress of a busy week...</div>
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the rain garden is amazing! how the plants have flourished and filled the basin. </div>
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a hearty thanks to the kind person who turned the soil in the basin of the rain garden!!! this will allow for better absorption by improving the soil structure and eliminating the compaction that had taken place.<br />
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vertical garden seedlings. boy is it late this year!</div>
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the new three sisters garden. i am excited to see it doing well so soon after planting. the extra rainfall has helped us by keeping the soil moist so that the plants can get established.<br />
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the square foot garden is packed full of plants that are growing quickly.</div>
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the theme for the herb garden this year-conquer and divide!!!</div>
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the comfrey is loving the cooler weather and is bigger than it ever has been.</div>
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earlier this season, i cut the southern wood plant back-severely. to look at it now, you might not guess it has only been about 6 weeks...<br />
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the keyhole garden is doing well too.<br />
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the plants have adjusted to their new homes and seeds are beginning to sprout.</div>
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the flowers and herbs around the bed will hopefully attract lots of beneficial insects.</div>
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can you see the little beet seedlings? it is so exciting to see them!</div>
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sedums are one of my favorite types of plants. they require little care, thrive in poor soil and can withstand drought conditions. there are also so many types of them.<br />
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ice plant is not a sedum but it is just as hardy</div>
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sedum variagated blue spruce</div>
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and it just wouldn't be a sunday morning in the garden without a cake. strawberry swirl cake made from strawberries in my home garden. come on out and visit us, we will give you a tour!</div>
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after a frantic couple of months of planning, planting and just about anything you can think of as related to maintaining a garden, we finally had our chance to show it all off. thankfully, the rain held off and we had some sun, especially nice since we set it all up in the rain on friday! as you came in from the parking area, these electric pink azalea bushes greeted you.<br />
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the rose society had a lovely selection of roses for sale.</div>
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our own plant sale featuring plants from our home gardens.</div>
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the new kid on the block, the keyhole garden. to see how we built it, be sure to look at the keyhole garden page by clicking the tab above.<br />
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all around the outer edge are herbs and beneficial plants that will attract beneficial insects to help us control the damaging ones.<br />
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henny penny abandoned her nest but we left it up in the arbor for another bird to use.<br />
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the herb garden has exploded with all of the rain that has fallen. the large plant in the left/back is a comfrey that is putting on quite a display with all of its blooms.<br />
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beautiful iris in the herb garden</div>
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this orange thyme has become one of my favorite plants.</div>
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so many people were intrigued by the pallet garden. i answered many questions about building one.<br />
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a new feature for the show, a wildlife garden. it is easy to get your yard certified as a <a href="http://www.nwf.org/How-to-Help/Garden-for-Wildlife/Create-a-Habitat.aspx">wildlife habitat</a>. <br />
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cute statue and a lovely weigela in a pot</div>
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the coreopsis in the rain garden is showing off its color</div>
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the rain garden had a real workout the last few weeks and it shows in the lush new growth of all of the plants.<br />
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the square foot garden, a great way to produce large amounts of vegetables in a small space.<br />
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the zombie garden looks a little sparse but that will change as we add more dead bodies...<br />
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our sedum garden is filling in nicely.</div>
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sedums have become one of my favorite plant groups. they are hardy, versatile and the number of varieties is so great that you can always find one more...<br />
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all in all, the show was a success. we had two food trucks join us, <a href="http://www.yourdishisourcommand.net/">your dish is our command </a> and the <a href="http://www.yumcupcaketruck.com/index.html">yum cupcake truck</a>, the food was great! we hope you come out again next year! Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1499142506356093196.post-27739147114620858032013-05-12T14:51:00.001-05:002013-05-12T14:51:21.634-05:00happy mothers day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
although a little chilly, it was a beautiful morning in the garden.</div>
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the rain garden is doing well, it is the only one of us that has truly enjoyed the heavy rainfall!<br />
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comfrey in bloom in the herb garden</div>
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here come the three sisters...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(agriculture)">three sisters garden</a> that is!</div>
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the square foot garden is coming along nicely</div>
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false blue indigo is just beginning to bloom in the rain garden</div>
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horehound, one of my new favorite plants because of it's color and shape </div>
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hostas in the shade garden-we will be leaving these in the pots and adding rocks to the holes in the hope of keeping the voles at bay.</div>
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the entire shade garden is looking good with mulch in the walkways and pine needles in the beds.<br />
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the view across the garden is pretty. just wait until the perennial garden begins to bloom!<br />
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love the gazebo, our little slice of eye candy!</div>
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clematis on the gazebo-open already!</div>
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the view from the shade garden is impressive</div>
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and for the snackage, a freshly baked loaf of date-walnut bread. come join us as we prepare for our big event on 5/18.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1499142506356093196.post-37161942239741273522013-05-05T21:11:00.000-05:002013-05-05T21:12:42.903-05:00cool weather makes for great gardening! 5/5/13 update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
despite the wet weather and the dire predictions, we went out to the garden. not a single drop of rain fell! as a matter of fact, it was a little chilly and it warmed up slowly. by mid-afternoon, the sun was breaking through. all in all, it was the perfect morning to be in the garden doing work-after all, today was the day to build the keyhole garden and build it we did! to see the photos of the process, check the keyhole garden page by clicking on the tab above. </div>
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according to the rain gauge, we had just over 1.5 inches of rain on saturday.</div>
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the old tomato garden is ready for the three sisters garden to be built.</div>
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our rock star has returned from rehab with a new attitude. let's help him keep it together!<br />
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and as always, cake. today's offering was a semolina cake with almond flour, lemon zest and thyme. it was tasty and we ate at least half of it. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1499142506356093196.post-47699488913010857242013-04-28T12:18:00.000-05:002013-04-28T12:18:57.799-05:00rainy morning in the garden-4/28/13<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
there is great peace in the garden on a rainy morning. perfect for clearing away the stress of the week. </div>
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a few moments to stroll the beds and take in the view, will do much to rejuvenate a tired body. to see the beauty of rain drops on day lily leaves...<br />
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the promise of beauty in an iris waiting to bloom...</div>
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the quiet knowledge of what will become of the logs sprouting turkey tails...</div>
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a slight awakening of the appetite with wood ears, velvety and plump, awaiting the journey home to the kitchen and...</div>
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the joy of finding a mother bird sitting still and keeping her eggs safe and warm...</div>
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the garden is all of these things on a rainy morning. it is also these things on a sunny afternoon, on any morning, afternoon or evening for that matter. but to experience it, you must visit. you need to take the time to walk through and see what the season has to offer. bring a weeder and some gloves, we've got work to do.</div>
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the bluebird nest is active-mom and dad are busy tending to the first brood of the year. take care not to linger too long or loudly near the box. the mother robin is just behind the box in the top of the arbor, tread carefully in the arbor so that she doesn't abandon the nest.<br />
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in dr. bost's garden, i found the largest turnips i have ever seen! don't even think about eating them-he works with fungus and those are just some of his "patients"<br />
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i never saw the rain gauge here-we had about 3.5" of rain in this last storm.</div>
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we always assume that the rain garden does it's job. well, here is proof of that. the basin is holding some rainwater and it is slowly draining. rainwater is best kept where it falls and i am glad to see we are making that happen. it is also pretty clear that we need to clean this garden up-lots of weeds and sedum plants need to be removed from the basin.<br />
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columbines blooming in the shade garden</div>
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the iris garden down the hill from our garden is a popular site for outdoor weddings. these clematis plants would make a beautiful backdrop for a wedding photo.<br />
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our new sedum garden. do you have any unusual varieties of sedum to share? we are looking to plant as many as we can in these blocks.<br />
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rosemary in bloom. one of my favorite plants in the herb garden. the bees are loving it too. it is a great addition to many dishes. add it to bread dough. roast it with potatoes. stuff it into the cavity of a whole chicken before baking it. the list goes on and on...<br />
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personally, i like to bake with it. for this mornings cake, i took some freshly picked rosemary and combined it with dried currants for a lovely, yeast risen cake. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1499142506356093196.post-43712404400850213392013-04-22T11:37:00.001-05:002013-04-22T11:37:31.138-05:00spring has finally sprung!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
if you have visited the garden recently, then you have seen the gradual shift from a garden neglected for the winter to a garden that is awakening to spring. we have been going out as often as we can and working on any number of tasks. slowly, we are conquering the weeds and cleaning the beds.</div>
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the tin man has room to dance in his bottle bed. weeds were removed and the southern wood shrub that threatened to eat him has been tamed.</div>
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the grasses in the rain garden berm have all been cut to the ground.</div>
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irises are in full bloom</div>
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friends are visiting</div>
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you missed quite a show in the gazebo...</div>
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it was the show of shows and everyone was dressed to the nines.</div>
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even the lungwort, pulmonaria, gave it a go in the shade garden.</div>
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a new arrival in the shade garden. the mahonia was a gift from the family of steve draper, one of our founding members who passed away. even better is that it came from steve's home garden so it is as if he is still with us in the garden.<br />
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last year's poppies have returned.</div>
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over in the herb garden, there is lots to see. i love this combination of marjoram and orange thyme<br />
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and when michael shows up with power tools, watch out! he took hedge clippers to the grass garden and in no time, they were trimmed and ready for the season.<br />
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now doesn't that look better? thank you michael!</div>
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and if the grasses weren't enough for michael, he took loppers to the butterfly bushes.<br />
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they are also ready for spring and even better, we can now walk between the two monster bushes!<br />
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the little bushes are looking good too! thanks again michael!</div>
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and while i know you hear me speak of cake, i am very rarely out in the garden without one. this is a pear-cranberry crumb cake with almonds. come join us, the cake is calling you...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0