Sunday, November 15, 2009
1 Dollar End Of Season Sale
Friday, September 4, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Monday, August 31, 2009
Orange Beauties
This is a beautiful perennial poppy that is very drought resistant. It grows wild in the fields of Alpine, Utah planted there by pioneers hundreds of years ago. They do best in full sun but also do well in partial shade (Partial shade is where I grow mine they get about 6 hours of morning sun they do tend to get tall and leggy though). They will Grow in almost any soil (I grow them in clay soil here no matter how hard I try to remedy it). The flowers grow on about 1-2 foot stems (depending on amount of shade) on bush like plants that are about 2 feet in diameter when fully grown takes 1 season to become full grown (blooming size). They grow in zones 3-9. Check it out here Sweetoldstuff.etsy.com
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
"No gas... no oil... no smelly exhaust - and now, no cord. The WORX 19-inch Cordless Mower features a powerful 24-volt battery capable of cutting up to 12,000 square feet of lawn on a single charge"
Monday, March 16, 2009
Miss Amaryllis... Although You Photograph Well, a Picture Doesn't Capture Your Charm
This year I did not force my Hippeastrum to bloom during the Christmas season (I had hoped to, but...) but this one was "Just Perfect" for Valentines. (Minerva is a funny name for an amaryllis though.... um no offence to anyone named Minerva)
Hippeastrum 'Minerva'
I like this pot this is a new addition to my pot inventory. I bought it this year at "The D.I." (our local charity store) for under $2.00. Good buy? I love getting all my pots at "The D.I."
Hippeastrum 'Minerva'
Making a gorgeous and very impressive display this is one of the biggest Hippeastrum I have seen. It measured over 2 feet tall not including the bulb, just starting from the stem to the top.
Amaryllis 'Apple Blossom'
AKA
Our Clearance Puppy
This Amaryllis bloomed next, it's an apple blossom hippeastrum that was not nearly as tall but just as beautiful as the other. We bought it on clearance for $2.99 at Home depot about jan. 20th. It bloomed about the 20th of Feb. It was a wonderful buy. We've nick named it "Our Clearance Puppy" Like "Marley" from "Marley and Me". You should check it out at B&N (see side panel)
My B-day Amaryllis
Amaryllis 'Susan'
Grown in a beautiful green and white glass vase with just rocks and water. I was afraid it wouldn't bloom but it put up a very short stock and just a few days later it bloomed on the shortest stem i have seen only about 2 inches from the bulb (but, you can't really tell here). It's leaves also just gave up after it bloomed are just laying limp to the side of the vase very sad really. But, Hopefully It'll get enough sun (and fertilizer if I do not forget) to give me a good showing next year. Have any of you had luck growing amaryllis in water? So I've had the largest and most healthy Amaryllis and the shortest weakest that I've ever seen.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Monday, January 26, 2009
Thanksgiving in YUMA
Friday, January 23, 2009
So, yeah, Halloween happened, summer is over, and fall began. What is fall with out these orange beasts. This year mine weren't beasts but baby beastlings. We had lots of fun this Halloween, we carved "PUNKINS" with friends. I dressed like a farmer Jess dressed like a flower, and Sophie a lady bug. A gardeners halloween family. Don't cha think ?