Month: June 2009

Winter Sun 2

More winter sun . It,s on rather short stems at the moment  — suffered a few frosts recently and will  probably get another in the morning. From  4  —  12  very neat , round  flowers  per stem. And the sweet…

Winter Sun

Hi Daffnetters,  The flower season is slowerly getting under way in New Zealand , despite a cold front over the country at the moment  and snow in many areas. No better way to start than with some  8Y  Y  Winter …

Confession Time – Roundup

Two stories I was in the garden section of a warehouse when another customer asked what concentration of Roundup to use when spraying. The directions for spraying with Roundup are folded under the product label. I was able to tell…

Roundup

Hi all I have always used roundup to clean the daffodils beds, in the summer months I clean them with switch hoe ( bit like a Dutch hoe but only one side connected to the shaft and the blade cuts both ways)…

Silene virginica

Fire Pink. Blooming here today.  I haven’t found it in bloom in some four years, and there are more than I’ve seen before this year.  In the past, I’ve usually seen it late May. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silene_virginica A Good Credit Score is…