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By joenesgarden, 1 month and 16 days ago

Gardening Oops – February 2010

Shoulda, woulda, coulda.  That's my gardening oops this month.  Here at joene's garden, the first of each month is Gardening oops -  GOOPs for short – Day. On GOOPs day, I fess up one of my gardening blunders in the hopes that you might avoid a GOOPs of your own after reading one of mine.  I figure we all learn from our mistakes, and often from mistakes of others.  So why not share our mistakes with each other and, therefore, enhance everyone's overall chance to learn.

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By joenesgarden, 1 month and 23 days ago

How life’s guide steers your gardening path

winter Irving-3 1-10 Winter months present northern gardeners with ample opportunities to slow down and reflect, and in doing so I began to wonder how a quote I live by has guided my gardening path.

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By joenesgarden, 2 months and 12 days ago

Lost in luscious narratives

Ooohhh … there's purple beans and white cucumbers; blushed red lettuce and 'diminutive, spoon-shaped' greens; bi-color sweet corn with 'soft-crisp texture and ambrosial flavor' and don't forget those 'perfectly round' pumpkins with 'fine-grained flesh and superb flavor.'  Nix the sugar plums – they're yesterday's dreams – I have visions of freshly picked salads dancing in my head.

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By joenesgarden, 3 months and 21 days ago

Stars aligned to bring fall pleasures

Irving 11-22-09 November 23, 2009.  The stars aligned this weekend  - the combination of good weather, diminishing cold symptoms, and no other plans meant I had time to rake up, clean up, dig in, fence out, and generally prep for winter.  I had pots to empty and store, compost to turn, leaves to tend, and deer fencing to secure.  But my wanders uncovered a few surprises.  Irving watched as I discovered scabiosa, gazania, and salvia still blooming. 

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By joenesgarden, 3 months and 24 days ago

A Veggie-wrap, please.

volunteer cherry tomatoes November 20, 2009.  I would love to be growing salad greens and cilantro in outside beds as I have in the past,  but it's just not going to happen this year. The vegetable garden needs a major re-work that I hope to have at least partially done by spring, so outside of whatever I plant inside, growing edibles in Joene's garden is done.  So, with 2009 veggies tastes, smells, successes, and disappointments still fresh in my mind, here's my 2009 veggie-wrap.

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  • Spring promises – GB Bloom Day:
    • joenesgarden: Jean, these iris are only about 4 inches tall and they don't last long, but they bloom when nearly nothing else does. You definitely need these in your gardens.
    • Jean: Joene, I can't fgure out why I have never planted this gorgeous species of iris in my garden, but clearly it's an oversight I need to rectify! -Jean
    • joenesgarden: I'm going to watch the progress of my budding plants closely over the next few days of warmth, Debbie. I expect things to really pop.
    • Debbie: Hi Joene, Happy Belated Bloom Day! Your irises are so colorful even when deluged by rain. I imagine the next few days of sun and warm temps will make your garden come to life even more than.
    • joenesgarden: Cyndy ... the iris are little but pack a powerful punch.
    • joenesgarden: Noel, my blooms aren't sweet smelling, but sweet looking. Thanks for the complement on my photos.
    • Cyndy: Oh my, those iris are knockouts!
    • noel: aloha joene, you have alot of beautiful blooms coming from your garden today and it looks like alot of sweet smelling blooms also...thanks for sharing....i love the intense blue of your iris...your photography is beautiful
    • joenesgarden: I'll bet your iris reticulata will be even more beautiful, Christine. Enjoy mine now and share your's with us later.

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