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By joenesgarden, 4 days ago

Spring promises – GB Bloom Day

A few bulbs are showing off in my Connecticut gardens.  A small bunch of iris reticulata are my current show stoppers.

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By joenesgarden, 5 days ago

Implements of Gardening

garden bag-1 A week until it's officially spring, when a gardener's fancy turns not to love but to tools … which handy old standby to replace and which enticing new gadget to try.  Every gardener needs a basic spade or two, a garden fork, loppers, pruners, limb saw, and a couple of rakes … and every gardener has their own list of must-haves.  On top of my must have list is the invaluable Hori Hori knife … the nasty looking weapon leaning against my garden bag.  It has a heavy steel blade that cuts through roots, acts as a trowel, pries up rocks, digs out weeds, and generally becomes an extension of my hand during gardening season … at least it has for about the last 20 years.  When not in hand it's either in the back pocket of my jeans or sitting ready in it's own pocket of my garden bag.

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By joenesgarden, 8 days ago

Home to signs of spring

A few days in Lake Placid, New York shows ice still covers many streams,

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By joenesgarden, 18 days ago

Generosity Abounds - Gardening OOPs for March

Today, being the first day of March, is GOOPS day at joene's garden.  GOOPS stands for gardening OOPs.  I fess up one of the many gardening mistakes I've made over the years, hoping that my admission will help prevent other gardeners from doing the same.  Then I encourage you to share a GOOPs as well.

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By joenesgarden, 1 month and 3 days ago

Foliage fashionistas

Coleus, dressed in orangey reds, or deep maroons and bright greens, or solid limey green; any way you look at this group of plants you must admit they are foliage fashionistas  There are varieties for sun, shade, and anything in between.  Some are tall, others short, and the amazing range of colors from the ever increasing varieties allows just about anyone to use them in gardens and containers – I do both.  Coleus are easy to start from cuttings or seed – I do both.  Plus, they make good houseplants for all the northern gardeners – like me – who crave color during winter months.  Coleus adorn my kitchen windowsill (bright light but no direct sun) most of the year.  In late summer, I load fresh cuttings into vases of water and wait for them to root.  From rooted cuttings they become small potted plants.  Some years they adorn window sills all around the house, other years I manage to save just a few – usually depending on how I'm able to control aphids – but most often you will find my sills holding a coleus collection.

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  • Simply said, Delightful.:
    • Deborah Elliott: I hope you are able to save the boxwoods. Leafminerrs have been a problem for some of my plants, but not my boxwoods — so far. Voles are real pests, but my neighbor's cats and an owl family seem to be putting a dent in their population.
    • joenesgarden: Cyndy, I'm in spring heaven.
    • Cyndy: Oh isn't this weather just unbelievable - it's so good to have dirty hands and sore muscles again! Glad you were able to get outside too...
  • 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.

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