tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post6402577796447175147..comments2010-01-12T17:17:24.705-06:00Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12589473046882217457noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-57995506397155099942010-01-12T17:17:24.705-06:002010-01-12T17:17:24.705-06:00We are offering a free pair of Womanswork garden gloves each week in January on our blog. Go to http://womanswork.com/garden-gloves-blog/?m=200912 and add your 2010 gardening resolutions under Comments. --Dorian Winslow, owner/president, WomansworkDorianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06932038471689007882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-77961329459315671352010-01-08T16:39:21.305-06:002010-01-08T16:39:21.305-06:00Even though I have plans for the garden in 2010, I purposefully don&#39;t call them resolutions. Because resolutions are usually self-discipline-y and serious adult-y, and all. I also never list garden tasks on any to-do list. I have to keep gardening fun!!!! I forgot what awful science fiction a friend read, but it kept mentioning &quot;loathsome abominations&quot; and that&#39;s now a catch phrase for us... so turgid is better than that! :) And, gasp!, you don&#39;t like tomatoes?!?!?! I&#39;ll try very hard not to hold that against you, LOL! Please tell me you like beets? That would make it up! LOL! The thin strip will be perfect for your debut veggie garden, because it will be easy to reach into to weed, water, and harvest, without compressing the soil by trudging in it!!! Do you have a compost pile/bin? I really recommend one as a source to amend the soil for the veggie bed.Monica the Garden Faeriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06369882350990949968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-32817840532965755372010-01-02T21:07:16.678-06:002010-01-02T21:07:16.678-06:00You have a busy year...I&#39;m in it for the weight thing. I also have alot of sewing to do to get ready for our first grandbaby in April, many books to read, start oil painting again..... then there&#39;s the backyard.....must talk the hubby into pulling some plants &amp; then reworking that planter area with drought tolerant &amp; dog tolerant plants.<br />Happy New Year!susiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02431629480215008197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-60258160282582342022010-01-01T22:50:32.434-06:002010-01-01T22:50:32.434-06:00@Diane,<br /><br />Get out! That&#39;s funny, I&#39;m spiritual/religious but I just find Kirk and his antics a little too much. I&#39;m still laughing at the banana video after all this time.MrBrownThumbhttp://mrbrownthumb.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-39243240166811935812010-01-01T16:42:33.287-06:002010-01-01T16:42:33.287-06:00GG - You&#39;re right, I should do more pinching of various plants. The only thing I regularly pinch back is the mums. I once pinched back the heliopsis and they ended up so short that I wished I hadn&#39;t done it - I guess I should have done it sooner!<br /><br />Maybe I should chew some maple sticks. We certainly get enough, courtesy of the silver maple overhanging our yard. Aren&#39;t dogs awesome? :)<br /><br />Happy New Year!!Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12589473046882217457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-44308863068894370582010-01-01T12:07:43.893-06:002010-01-01T12:07:43.893-06:00p.s. Happy New Year!garden girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-63241613317205131612010-01-01T12:07:25.028-06:002010-01-01T12:07:25.028-06:00Sounds like you&#39;ve got some big plans Diane! Best wishes on accomplishing you goals!<br /><br />Our dog George isn&#39;t big on veggies, but he&#39;s nuts for green beans from the garden. He loves to keep me company everywhere I go, and the veggie garden is his favorite place to hang out in hopes I&#39;ll be tossing him a few beans. His other favorite outdoor food is fallen maple sticks. The vet thinks his love of eating them is one of the reasons for his sweet breath and healthy teeth and gums. He&#39;s been eating them since he was a puppy and I had a silver maple growing out of the middle of the deck at my last house. He helped keep the deck cleared of all those little twigs that fell on it!<br /><br />One thing that&#39;s helped with floppy plants in our dry, shady garden is pinching them a couple of times early in the season. Pinching them delays their bloom, but keeps them fuller (and shorter.) They also tend to have more blooms when they&#39;re pinched. It doesn&#39;t work with everything, but really helps keep a lot of stuff much tidier and more upright.garden girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13284047851881823280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-6715074970090628152009-12-30T19:16:17.022-06:002009-12-30T19:16:17.022-06:00Ha, MrBT - That *is* the second copy! I have another one just like it at the office. We were all very amused the day their minions were handing them out.Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12589473046882217457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-33399885754575017602009-12-30T15:08:22.601-06:002009-12-30T15:08:22.601-06:00If you need another copy of Origins, I&#39;m sure Kirk Cameron and his church friends would be happy to send you a copy of the one they&#39;re reissuing for the 150th Anniversary. <br /><br />:0)<br /><br /><i>Edit:</i> my word verification is &quot;creator.&quot; lolz.MrBrownThumbhttp://mrbrownthumb.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-26967585271466910472009-12-29T17:55:25.449-06:002009-12-29T17:55:25.449-06:00MMD - The greyhound won&#39;t eat food that came from plants, and we don&#39;t know yet what the beagle likes to eat. She does like to *dig* however, and this could be a problem :/<br /><br />As for the prairie plants, that garden is in full sun all day. The flopping isn&#39;t just a lean; the plants fall over right at the soil level, then turn 90 degrees and keep growing upwards so I end up with large, unsightly areas of horizontal stems. Happens with Helianthus, asters, monarda, even some of the milkweed. I am about 80% sure it&#39;s the soil, but fixing it is daunting.<br /><br />RambleOnRose - There is another book, <i>Darwin&#39;s Ghost</i>, that I&#39;ve heard is like a modern rewrite of Origin. If I feel ambitious I will read it concurrently with the real Origin.Dianehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12589473046882217457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-81965789143749880972009-12-29T08:10:11.465-06:002009-12-29T08:10:11.465-06:00Thanks for the link love, Diane! I have always wanted to read the entire Origins (Darwin being one of my favorite people ever), but I&#39;ve only read snippets here and there. Please let us know if you make it through, which might finally motivate me to do it! This past year being the book&#39;s 150th anniversary I thought I&#39;d make it happen, but alas, no dice.<br /><br />I heartily agree with the plan to grow edibles you like. I began to get carried away thinking of all the stuff I could grow and then had to realize the garden should have utility, not just stuff growing for the fun of it. And I second MMD&#39;s comment about the prairie plants leaning for the light. I have that same problem in one corner of my front border. Sadly, there&#39;s not much I can do about it now, it was just some poor planning on my part!rambleonrosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18407299834073788678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-63449920403531447842009-12-28T16:08:45.726-06:002009-12-28T16:08:45.726-06:00It sounds like you have a good plan for the edible garden. Will you be planting any goodies for the dogs? I wonder if your prairie plant floppiness is because of the shade pattern? My prairie plants lean over, way over, to get as much sunlight as possible. In my experience, it&#39;s hard to have the soil be too dry for them. Your corollary to #3 is something I need to work on. I get all excited about the things that look good that I forget to take photos of the problem areas.Mr. McGregor's Daughterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05911409327006498766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27597072.post-64338875039699036842009-12-28T15:30:26.700-06:002009-12-28T15:30:26.700-06:00I&#39;ve given up making and breaking new year&#39;s resolutions. I did manage to get my cholesterol down to a near perfect number. I will loose the extra pounds I&#39;ve put on (since my hours at work were cut back I seem to eat a lot more:) <br /><br />Good luck with your 2010 resolutions. <br />MarnieRoses and Lilacshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07121676379580186489noreply@blogger.com