Garden thoughts...

[j_cheney]

I'll be mostly off-line again this week-end, but we've got snow here, which keeps me out of the garden.

Accuweather is predicting a low of 27 tonight, which is not a terrible freeze, and probably not a serious threat to anything in the garden except the Amaryllis plants that have already sent up straps. I'm going to trust that all my geraniums (being the hardy varieties, not those silly zonal things which are actually pelargoniums despite being commonly called geraniums) will prove hardy enough to make it through this.

Accuweather shows up getting back up to 58 degrees tomorrow, which will take care of any lingering snow.

My bluebeards have been shipped, which will fill out some holes in the garden. I hope Fedex is timely.

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[marshall-payne.livejournal.com]

My bluebeards have been shipped,

Not having a green thumb, my first thought was you'd written another cool pirate story I didn't know about. But the pirate's name was Blackbeard, Bluebeard was the fairytale nobleman with the unfortunte wives. ;o)

Stay warm tonight!

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Fooled you ;o)

It wasn't too bad. The weather guys overestimated...again.

[marshall-payne.livejournal.com]

Well, you know me, I'll sometimes chime in even if I'm ignorant on the subject matter just to be witty or say hi.

Glad the cold snap wasn't all that snappy! ;-)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Me, too! ;o)

DOn't worry, most people don't know their plants...

[kara-gnome.livejournal.com]

I just peeked outside; it's still dark as it's just a little after 6 AM, and we have snow, too! It won't stay long, this time of year, either, but it's so pretty while it's here. I love snow. Ice I could do without, but snow is great.

Do you know of a good site that talks about lawns and gardens and flowers and how to take care of things without trying to sell you everything and driving you insane with too much information?

I think that what I'd really like is something that says, "Kara, for you, with your soil and house and location, here are three choices for how to make your yard look prettiest, choose one...Okay, that will be nice, now, it's almost April, so what you need to do is...and so on :D

Is that asking too much!?

Is your cute little bunny yard ornament icon from your garden? :)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

OK, here's what you need to look up on-line: Most counties have a County Extension Service. Generally this is attached to some state agricultural college (ours is part of Oklahoma State, I think).

These people often have excellent websites that talk about lawns and gardening in your area. Also, in my experience, they often have a contact number or e-mail where you can ask specific questions.

I would start there.

Also, sometimes nurseries host gardening classses, but yes, they do hope you purchase all your stuff there....but they could also be very informative.

And local horticultural societies are likely to host classes. You can probably find links for those on the extension service's page...

That was easy to find...

www.msue.msu.edu
Go look at the Home and Garden Page, which has a lot of interesting looking links. ;o)

Sadly, I don't own that bunny....but if I see one I'll buy it. ;o)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

http://www.turf.msu.edu/

THe turfgrass science page might be of particular interest...

[kara-gnome.livejournal.com]

This is awesome! I make a copy and I know there's some good things there.

I've got loads of bulbs coming up from what I'd planted in the late fall, and so far the trees we transplanted seem as if they're putting out new shoots. I understand that there are potatoes and onions growing in back, so that's cool, too :)

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

Aha, you get to refine someone else's garden ;o) Good luck!