Sunday, November 15, 2009

1 Dollar End Of Season Sale


Come to my shop for our $1.00 season end seeds sale. These are some of the items you'll find here.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Shirley Poppies Gorgeous!
Red with a a white cross in the middle what will nature come up with next?
So Beautiful up close!!!
Gorgeous Salmon and White!!!
Gorgeous pinks in different shades
Beautiful pink
White with pink edge
Red With white center close-up so pretty!!!    Pure white with a beautiful yellow center pretty!
Check them out here at my etsy shop www.sweetoldstuff.etsy.com
thanks Wes

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

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Springtime in the Rockies
(Whoa those colors hurt my eyes sorry)

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

My dream Lawn Mower completely Gas/Emissions free. I like mowing the lawn but hate the smell that sticks with me after I mow. And plus I love the environment and would rather not use gas to mow my lawn or send fumes to who knows where. I got an E-mail advertising the new WORX lawn mower and some of their other electric lawn tools and they sound pretty cool to me.

WORX Green Movement

But, the lawn mower sounds the best for me. So please help me in my dream of owning my own sweet WORX lawn mower and click on the links here and get your own When you click on my links you'll automatically save $70.00 off MSRP making this lawn mower a steal at $429.00. I hope that you will see how cool this lawn mower is as I have.

"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"

WORX GT 2-in-1 Cordless Lawn Trimmer / Edger

Monday, March 16, 2009

Miss Amaryllis... Although You Photograph Well, a Picture Doesn't Capture Your Charm

Holiday Amaryllis

Hippeastrum 'Minerva'

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.

Amaryllis 'Susan'
Perfect Fortune!!!

We had another bloom the last of Feb. early mar. (just in time for my B-day) a beautiful dark pink named Susan. One is in bud right now named Nymph a beautiful double. I love these showy flowers.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Thanksgiving in YUMA

This year we spent Thanksgiving in Yuma, Arizona leaving the snow for the mid-winter glow of the snowbirds in beautiful Yuma. I don't have any pictures of the Yuma landscape but I have plenty of the snow we left behind if only for a blissful moment.
UTAH
Utah a couple weeks after our return. I must admit it is very beautiful cold yet, beautiful. No mater how much we grumble we wouldn't trade the winter months for anything

Friday, January 23, 2009

WELL TIME TO UPDATE WHAT DO YA THINK?
Orange Beastlings

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 ?