Each sign is associated with a different element and corresponding part of the plant: earth (roots), water (leaves), air (flowers), and fire (fruit). In general, water are the most productive signs, followed by earth. Air and fire signs can be beneficial for particular crops, but are ...
A favorable time for sowing grains, hay, and forage crops. Plant flowers. Favorable days for planting root crops. 21st – 22nd Start seedbeds. Good days for transplanting. Plant carrots, turnips, onions, beets, Irish potatoes, other root crops in the South. Also good for leafy vegetables....
Astilbes prefer light to moderate shade, but deep shade will result in few and/or poor flowers; full sun will burn the tender foliage. These plants demand moist, damp soil, but they must also drain well and not puddle, which would ensure their failure. Amend the soil with compost or age...
Ornamental impatiens are primarily from two groups,Impatiens wallerianaand New Guinea impatiens,Impatiens hawkeri. The two look different, but growing them is pretty much the same.I. wallerinacultivars are less tolerant of sunshine than the New Guinea hybrids, and the latter has larger foliage. Of...
Spring is right around the corner. If you live in a state like mine that cannot make up its mind in March, thinking about the flowers of spring gets you
The hardest part is the wait for the bud to begin to emerge. It may take just a few days in a warm, sunny room, but it can just as easily take longer. Amaryllis don’t always cooperate with our timetables. Take a look at this“Holiday Flowers” postfrom last year and you’ll see...
The new growth slowed considerably, but I was harvesting kale on winter days. Then in the spring, the plant started to become productive once more before growing flowers and going to seed. If you allow your kale to bloom in its second season, it will produce lovely edible yellow flowers th...
Scott is in the doorway of the Dower House (Boughton House) looking down at a small display of flowers. The dog is likely Kate, the last pug David owned. Valerie Finnis’ pug in the garden at The Dower House, Boughton House. Valerie Finnis’ pug sitting next to a statue of a pug ...
Photo album, Major Oak, Bear Mead, Oakwood, Flooding, Wildflowers, Galls Other websites by this author, see: Eyemead.com and Wirksworth website ---2007--- Most recent entry 3 Nov. Cleared grass and many thistles in South spinney by hand 2 Nov. Keith Childs, archeologist from East...
When I was a child, every spring in anticipation of Memorial Day we would go to the cemetery to visit the graves of my mother’s father and sisters. My parents tidied up around the headstone and planted new flowers, like petunias and geraniums. There was one job I liked to help with,...