I hate to change the subject as I need a couple more recipes but I got this strange phone call last night. One of my local daffodil ladies called all in a panic. Out of breath, incoherent gibberish, words all…
Month: January 2009
Safflower seeds
If you use only Safflower seeds, you will feed the “Goldfinches” and other birds with out feeding squirrels. Sunflower hulls have an effect on seeds so that nothing can grow where the hulls pile up under the feeders but the…
spoilers of daffodil blooms
Snails and slugs definitely eat daffodil blooms but here in Tennessee I am beginning to have an epidemic of earwhigs coming out after 11 o’clock to ruin a lot of fresh blooms. There was a query for a safe way…
Flore Pleno
Hi all, I’m on holiday at the moment so haven’t fully followed the discussion on flore pleno. I have a cultivar which I’ve always called N jonquilla flore pleno. It is not recognised as a species but has all the…
Squirrels on the Menu
Hey! Do I see a market at last for my pesky gray squirrels? Anybody want a recipe for Brunswick Stew? Actually, I haven’t seen as many squirrels around as I used to – maybe somebody in the Minneapolis area has…
Blooming now
‘New Charm’ is beginning to open now. It’s going to be really cold for the next week or so, so the blooms should last awhile. But it may be a challenge to keep my garage warm enough for my pots…