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11 Nisan 2016 Pazartesi

Singing the Blues

Happy Monday!

I hope you had a great weekend. We enjoyed a

lovely spring day on Saturday and then woke up

Sunday morning the a winter wonderland.

So today I am singing the blues!

I bought those two little bowls last week to

plant blue violas in but alas none as blooming

here yet so that will have to wait.

I have some campanulas blooming
indoors for some spring color.

I found some iris reticulata blooming
in the garden along with some crocus
and snowdrops.....always exciting to
see color in the garden again.

I took these shots yesterday but Sunday

was a whole different picture as seen below.

So, somewhere under several cm. of snow,

these babies are blooming away. The good news

is milder temperatures are returning so the snow

will quickly melt into the ground.

This was the scene here Sunday morning.

The pond has melted and we have had a

pair of Canada geese return to nest again.

I spotted these robins enjoying the seedpods

on our sumac.....good to know they have food

even if the ground is covered in snow.

Hope you have a happy day!

Carolyn

9 Nisan 2016 Cumartesi

Spring Cheer

Happy Weekend!

Just a little spring cheer for you on

this spring weekend.

Our tulips are growing well in the
garden but it will be awhile before
they bloom so in the meantime I
am enjoying these locally grown
greenhouse tulips from Vanco.

These beauties bring me so
much pleasure.

My transferware does as well.

Mauve and white transferware

is hard to find around here.

A mixed set.

Are you enjoying tulips in your
garden yet......or patiently waiting
like me?

Enjoy the rest of your
weekend!

Carolyn

Quick Ideas for Frost Protection of Plants in a Vegetable Garden

Quick Ideas for Frost Protection of Plants in a Vegetable Garden

Well as the story goes... "What? Frost this time of year. Are you kidding me?" This is the time of the season where we have put out a lot of our plants, some warm weather plants, but mostly the cool weather crops. Luckily the cool weather crops can take a frost and the leaves can freeze. The problem is that we don't want their roots systems to freeze. And any frost damages the warm weather crops.

If we get a light frost, the cool weather plants survive. The leaves might get beat up and new ones may need to grow but the plant survives. Cool weather crop leaves can freeze and survive. The warm weather plants leaves can't do this and are destroyed if they freeze.

If the root system or area where the roots and stem meet, freeze out hard, the plant can die. So with a 25 degree night on the horizon... here are some tips that I will use to add some protection to my cold weather crops like kale, lettuces, broccoli, endives, beets and kohlrabi.

Good Luck with Your Garden,
Gary (The Rusted Garden)

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6 Nisan 2016 Çarşamba

The Color Purple

Hello everyone,

Today my theme is the color purple or at

least shades there of.

The lupins are just stating to grow again

here .....so many plants are poking up now.

I am hoping they will spread around our pond

as they grow wild here in ditches etc..

Delphiniums and clematis.

Clematis

Looking forward to the lilacs
blooming in our garden.

Phlox and beebalm.

Lupines growing in the wild.

We have lots of clematis in our
garden to add beauty and height.

For a softer shade of purple....
an old handmade quilt.

On our summer porch

An old wooden bucket full
of lilacs.

Sensation lilac is so pretty!

Well, that is it for The Color Purple for today.

This is the time of year that I am a little starved
for color as I wait for the grass to turn green,
the trees to leaf out and of course the garden to
burst into color!
Thank you for your visit,

Carolyn