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Member since: Nov 08 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 12 | Organic gardener
Member since: Nov 08 | Last seen: May 13 | Years gardening: 12 | Organic gardener
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It was a beautiful day, so, after working the vegetable garden, I decided to turn my attention here. It took about two hours to clean the weeds and last year’s dead fall. I pulled out lots of Creeping Charlie runners and had to use a shovel to dig out four Rose of Sharon suckers that had go...
A gorgeous day today – I was feeling healthy again (after straining a muscle in my hip 3 weeks ago) and I had nothing else scheduled so I was able to really get out and do some gardening, Finally!!!
The vegetables have all been growing along without any assistance from me really. Everything...
Bloom Day - Strawberries are Flowering
Fragaria x ananassa - Strawberry 'Berri Basket' Flowering, Fragaria x ananassa - Strawberry - "Sequoia" Flo...
I was surprised to see the flowers on the Strawberries so soon, especially since we have had such lingering cold weather this spring. There has been a frost warning for the past few nights, and though I haven’t actually had any frost, the temperature was only 32*F this morning when I got up...
Setting up some herbal infusions
Viola odorata - Wild Violets Preserved, Plantago major - Broad-leaf Plantain Preserved, Symphytum officinal...
Preparations for making another batch of herbal balm. I am using Grape Seed oil this time, instead of Olive Oil. Since it’s too early for Calendula flowers, I thought i would try Wild Violet leaves. With some research, I’ve found that Violet leaf is a soother of inflamed skin and can ...
There isn’t much in the way of edibles or herbals to harvest yet here in southern New England. So, instead I am harvesting Spring! or, the flower that, to me, most represents the arrival of Spring.
Lilacs!
My old heirloom Lilac suffered a lot of damage during the blizzard this past winter. ...
More Vintage Violets in a Trade
Saintpaulia - African Violet 'French Lilac' LEAF (BS126) Repotted, Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Tin Soldie...
I just received several vintage violets in a trade with AV friend Debbie P. in AZ. She sent some that I have had my eye on for a while. They were all very healthy and some quite large. Two of the largest, Seafoam and Pink Cushion, lost quite a few leaves in transit, but I saved a couple of the be...
Several little stems with leaves poking up through the soil!
Tomatoes, Peppers and Calendula are all dong fantastic. The Coreopsis Mahogany Midget has finally started to grow. The other seeds did not germinate.
Culling and Cleaning Out, and a bit of Repotting
Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Senk's Vespa Verde' (SW1270) Repotted, Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Senk's T...
I have decided to narrow the focus of my AV collection, or actually I have been considering it for some time. I have decided to cull many of the plants that don’t fit. I am focusing on species and vintage violets primarily, with a very few other preferences – Senk, some Optimara, Stor...
Bay State African Violet Society Annual Spring Show
Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Pride's Pink Trail' (BS131) Treating, Saintpaulia - African Violet 'Adeara' (...
A great show held at the Tower Hill Botanical Center in Boylston MA. Even though it is a small show, in comparison to some others, it is always well attended. There were no new seminars, and I skipped the potting class since I went last year. The sales were from Lyndon Lyon Greenhouses and contri...