In a message dated 10/29/2008 12:47:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, our soil is 50% cracked shale, 10% cobbles and 40% heavy clay, and utterly impossible to dig as well as non-draining. Melissa, You have my sympathy! I live on the…
Category: Diseases and Pests
Discussions about a wide variety of elements that can harm daffodils.
couple things
The Columbus Dispatch : Herbicide: Life on the street Thought some of you may be interested in the above-linked story about the Plant and Pest Diagnostic Clinic at Ohio State. Also, if any of you still have historics you’d like…
Interesting info
Hi Folks, I have been told two interesting things in the last couple of days. Both could be significant to daffodil growers. 1) We have a problem just arrived in New Zealand with Trilliums. The foliage withers and distorts, the…
visitors in the garden
Friends, You’ve heard my tales of woe regarding deer. I usually scream and yell at them to get them to leave, but I couldn’t resist these two little ones. They allowed me to get within about 15 feet of them…
Interesting Catalog from Colorblends
I received a catalog from Colorblends today. They are a relatively new group that sells Dutch bulbs of all kinds. I remember meeting their staff at a Garden Writers meeting a number of years ago when they were first forming…
weeds and moles
A few comments. The orange butterfly weed is a huge spreader in warmer states. It is all over New Mexico and marching east and west. I got a terrier for the moles, he has caught two mice and dug up…