Dear Daffnetters, We have two new members and one member who has renewed their membership. Bill Brimm of Murfreesboro, Tennessee renewed his Daffnet membership. Billy is a member of the American Iris Society and Mid-State Iris Association. He has attended…
Month: February 2009
I beat the heavy equipment
There is a brand new data center near where I work. Over the last few months, cable is being buried underground to this facility. For years, I have enjoyed the early daffodils which grow by the side of the road…
You want to hear Trudi Temple
Trudi will speak at the Convention in Chicago about Green Gardening, an area she has been an expert in for years. She has a really unique way of composting. On a nearby farm she has a solar power system that…
fires near Daylesford, SE Australia
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=37096 See link above for satellite photos of active brushfires in Southeast Australia today. There is now an active fire near Daylesford, too close for comfort to Kyneton and the daffodil areas there. Fires have flared up again significantly, and…
natural soil fumigants from plants
Keith Kridler Mt. Pleasant, Texas One of Texas A&M graduates that is now a plant pathologist for the state is saying that their research is looking good for using some plants tilled under to replace methyl bromide as a soil…
another nitrogen picture
Last shot of daffodil foliage but again the blue Pepsi can is where there was no added nitrogen and you can see how much wider and darker green the foliage is that had a handful of 33% nitrogen applied to…