As a master gardener I know that we should have our soil tested before we plant. However I had a lot of top soil brought in last year and didn’t test it. It turned out to be loaded with nematodes. …
Category: Planting
“Narcissus Viridiflora Collection” offered by Dutch Grown
Who else ordered the “Narcissus Viridiflora Collection” offered at dutchgrown.com? I split the order with a friend and the bulbs have arrived and look good. I emailed the company asking two questions: 1) Can a seedling number be assigned to…
Very Early Season
The spring daffodils started a couple of weeks ago here. Species cyclamineus was later this year. I finally managed to split some of the clumps so that they would be less likely to rot. This was done a month or…
A Different Marking Pen
Here’s a different marking pen that I am using this season. I found it in the tool section of Home Depot. I like it for the loop on the cap to put a string through and the fact that it does’t…
Brent Heath in Louisiana
Here’s a reminder to anyone needing to escape winter weather. Louisiana is yellow! Brent Heath is speaking twice on Feb 28th at Cypress Bend Resort (west of Many, LA, on Toledo Bend). The event is nearly sold out so contact…
Planting hope one daffodil at a time…
Cindy Haeffner, from Hermann, MO, continues to spread the joy of daffodils with another wonderful day of planting at the “Growing Together” planting site! We just posted an article on our Greater St Louis Daffodil Society blog about this festive…