Learn About Pear Tree Pollination
21.07.2023 - 23:06 / awaytogarden.com
A FRIENDLY SUGGESTION just filtered in as a comment this morning, and mplonski is right, I haven’t given you any real lawn help yet and should open a forum on the subject. Mea culpa. Here’s how I answered him, which hopefully serves as a place-holder for those in similar circumstances until then:I replied:
“Good idea…I will put it on my to-do list. Meantime my favorite lawn resources are Safe Lawns (a non-profit promoting organic care), and Cornell Cooperative Extension (assuming you are in a northern region like mine). The Cornell site includes chemical and non-chemical options; you know where I stand I expect.
Paul Tukey, formerly of Safe Lawns nonprofit that promoted organic lawncare, wrote a fantastic book called “The Organic Lawn Care Manual,” and it really is the best, sanest program I can imagine–answers every question. On the Safe Lawns site he does a series of videos and if you can get past the pre-roll ads they are also good. Hope this helps.”
A FEW MORE QUICK THOUGHTS
My basic approach is not far from benign neglect, frankly. I don’t feed, and I definitely don’t use weed-and-feed products because they contain herbicides (as well as chemical fertilizers). If it’s green (including some weeds and clover), I try to love it and care for it kindly. That means: I mow frequently (never let your lawn grow so long between mowings that you need to remove more than one-third of the height at a time).
I mow with a sharp blade, which I have honed or replaced every year or more frequently if I am working in rough areas. Tearing grass blades with a dull mower invites pests and diseases. I let my clippings lie, returning all that Nitrogen to the soil to feed the lawn. I incorporate clover into my grass seed for its soil-improving
Learn About Pear Tree Pollination
The Chervil or Anthriscus cerefolium is a delicious annual herb that never fails to create a solid impression in kitchen gardens and outdoors with its lush green look. With a unique, sweet, peppery flavor that loves to grow in cool, shady spots, it can be a superstar plant to grow at home.
There’s an ugly truth behind those beautiful alstroemeria, dahlias, and roses we adore—80 percent of them are grown overseas and imported on gas-guzzling jets—often soaked in pesticides—despite the fact that they can be grown right here in the U.S. These blooms are often called “fresh” cut flowers, but they’re anything but.
The solitary mason bee is a North American native pollinator that deserves more attention and respect. Honeybees do a lot of pollinating, but they are not native, their populations are in decline, and they are not as efficient at pollinating as some other species, including mason bees. Learn more about this humble bee and how to support it in your garden.
In an oval roundabout in Menston a dozen Poplar trees were planted in the 1970s. As you can see only about half survive and these have been mistreated by polling them to restrict height.
I have 35 good ceramic pots and numerous plastic pots and containers dotted around the garden. There is a 3 foot wide path all around the house that hosts many of these pots on a permanent or seasonally temporary basis. I enjoy ringing the changes about location and container content. What I don’t enjoy is watering the pots! Since the floods early in the year we have had scarcely any rain in Yorkshire and the ground is now dry and cracking up. Looking at the forecast April looks like being a shower free zone never mind a good soaker.
Sugar shortages have hit the U.S.—and they might mean that it costs you way more to stock your bowls with Halloween candy this year.
Peacock
If you’re keen on health trends, you might be hearing the buzz around maca root. If you haven’t, though, don’t fret: You won’t be seeing maca next to the other root vegetables in your local produce section, despite its many benefits. So, what is maca root, and how does it impact us? Where can you find it, and is it worth seeking out? Read on for everything you need to know.
Choosing to start vegetable plants from seeds allows gardeners the freedom to try varieties that are not readily available as transplants, such as heirloom varieties. It also allows gardeners to get transplants ready and, in the ground, quicker than they might be found in the garden center. Not only does starting transplants from seed save time, it also saves money. For example, ten heirloom tomato plants started from seed is much cheaper than buying those tomato plants from a retail store.
APPARENTLY MRS. ANDRE’S TOMATOES succumbed to “tiny insect things that will not leave our garden alone,” we hear this week from Himself, who very sweetly shared the actual sympathy postcard he drew for Herself on the occasion of her lost tomatoes.
HAVE YOU VISITED OUR Urgent Garden Question Forums? And if not, why not? (I felt I had to ask.) Read what they’re about…or just go. And while you’re there, upload photos of your sick/beautiful/unknown plant and get it promptly healed/admired/identified.