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RE: Garden Talk - 4/2/2008 2:02:11 PM
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stellaluna
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Today is the first day I have ever done yard work on my own...sad I know, but I am just the outdoor kind of girl. I worked in a flower bed pulling weeds and am really wanting to plant stuff in it. Currently it has three hydrangea bushes in it which are staying. I just don't know what else would look good in the flower bed with them. Any suggestions?
That depends on how much room you have, how much sun, etc.
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RE: Garden Talk - 4/2/2008 2:16:32 PM
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Its not a huge bed, but there is plenty of area to work with. It does get some shade during the day as well as sunlight. There is also a tree (have no clue what kind, but beautiful when it blooms) in the middle. If I can a chance I will take a picture so it is easier to know what I am talking about.
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RE: Garden Talk - 4/3/2008 5:42:44 PM
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Auben
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Everything but the peppers is good here. I finally got some German Pink tomatoes to come up.
Outside is still dethawing though. Good maple syrup weather. I wrote a post on my blog (address posted on page 1 of this thread) about taping our trees this year for the first time.
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RE: Garden Talk - 4/10/2008 7:17:27 PM
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Auben
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We built a raised bed last weekend from old boards and cinder blocks. Dh half-filled it with compost and leaves.
Now I just have to keep the dog out of it before I can order some compost from the city. Its rained or snowed (yep, snowed) all this week.
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RE: Garden Talk - 4/11/2008 7:28:16 AM
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Our tulips are not blooming quite yet, neither are the daffydills. But the buds are there. However the Orange Barrels on the road ways and highways are blooming all over the place. That's a sure sign of spring in my area.
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RE: Garden Talk - 4/11/2008 12:38:36 PM
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The crocus are in full bloom and look beautiful. Yesterday I finally got my seeds started indoors for tomatoes and peppers.
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RE: Garden Talk - 5/5/2008 10:01:19 AM
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Auben
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Anything new? Anyone planting out?
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RE: Garden Talk - 5/5/2008 11:58:07 AM
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Auben
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One of mine is up in small leaves (I'm in central Wisconsin) and the other 2 aren't up at all. The ones that aren't up are shaded a bit and it's a late spring so I'm not worried yet.
Isn't it hard to kill black-eyed susans?
I'm focusing on veggies this year so I don't think I'm going to buy any perennials. Last year I bought several and maybe 2/3 are up now. The peonies, obediant plant, coreopsis, and clematis look the best, even the hostas are coming up late.
I planted out the lettuce, spinach, and some mustard last week and I have broccoli, chard, and cilantro hardening off on the porch. I keep the stuff I have planted covered at night still.
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RE: Garden Talk - 5/5/2008 12:06:56 PM
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stampinlady
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Isn't it hard to kill black-eyed susans?
I don't know, but I think mine died. I noticed about mid summer that the leaves were turning black and though maybe they were diseased. I'm gonna take a peek today to see if anything is peeking through. I just planted them in a sunny spot. Maybe it was too hot????
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RE: Garden Talk - 5/5/2008 12:08:54 PM
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Your black eye Susan will be fine. It's just way too early for them. They bloom more toward July and August. They are not a Spring flower, they are a middle of the summer flower.
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RE: Garden Talk - 5/6/2008 1:13:46 PM
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I've planted most of everything already, except for cosmos and tomatoes. I don't have that much to plant, since I mostly have perennials and shrubs. I am going to buy a few tomato plants later in May.
We had a garden bench made from a big crate years ago, and it was starting to come apart. So on the spur of the moment, I turned it into a large planter box for my tomatoes. I built a trellis thing on the back of it, to tie up the plants. I always grow tomatoes under a roof to protect them from blight. Now I want to paint it.
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RE: Garden Talk - 5/8/2008 9:30:00 AM
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OK, I'm so happy!!!! I saw a few BS leaves!!!!!
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RE: Garden Talk - 5/8/2008 10:01:59 AM
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Chelle,
Plants that like some shade are bleeding hearts, columbine, hostas, Jacob's ladder(try the variegated ones), Solomon's seal, Virginia bluebells, coral bells, or coleus (an annual). That's off the top of my head. You could put medium height hostas around the hydrangeas, or some of those other plants. I think I'd stick to just one or two other plants.
P. S. Check your local nursery to see if these plants grow where you live.
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RE: Garden Talk - 5/8/2008 10:35:13 AM
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We plant a good-sized vegetable garden (maybe 60' x 30'), but it's been SO wet since winter that we haven't been able to break ground yet! It's already May and warm and very soggy, so I'm afraid we're going to miss planting.  This weekend I'm going to start my seeds/plants in pots (squash, zucchini, okra, tomatoes). We are supposed to have a late frost.
Monday and Tuesday I'll plant and mulch in my flowerbeds. I have 3 large ones. I'll plant Wave Petunias, Begonias (I have some of those coming back from last year), Silver Fox, Marigolds, and another pretty flower I had last year -- not sure what they were, but they were beautiful! 
We have nice, rich, black soil here. My flowers last year got HUGE. We also had a lot of rain last summer. We're in NE Oklahoma. We've only been here 2 years, before we were in central/SW OK and all we had was hard, bright red clay. Nothing grows in that. 
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RE: Garden Talk - 5/8/2008 12:02:44 PM
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Wild-Rose
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OK, I'm so happy!!!! I saw a few BS leaves!!!!!
You are talking about the Black eye Susan that you were worried about? Yes, they are tough, almost like wild flowers. The black spots that you had in the middle of last summer was probably a fungus, and you can get a spray for that. But even if the leafs go bad toward the end of summer, the roots are still alive underground. That's why I was pretty sure they would be fine. Certain plants (day lilies is another) you see growing wild so you know they are tough.
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RE: Garden Talk - 5/8/2008 4:14:46 PM
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stampinlady
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I'll plant Wave Petunias
I love them! I love Hostas too.
WildRose, yes I was referring to my Blackeyed Susans. I just figured I'd abreviate. I wonder if poor air circulation has anything to do with fungus 'cause mine are in a very sunny spot, but the corner of my house and not much of a breeze.
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RE: Garden Talk - 5/9/2008 9:05:13 PM
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Auben
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I just put out broccoli, chard, and lettuce today.
I seeded the cucumber, melon, and squash last week. We don't put those out until June around here.
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) and I have pumpkins and cukes coming out my ears. I will need to transplant them at least once before they go out, but I am ok with that. We have 6 people and a lot of herbivores on our place, so I will take all the produce I can get. 
and bringing them in at night. I think I'm going to do the same with my larger herb plants too. 
