Month: August 2011
Labels
Just a little tip for labelling plants. I use cut up aluminium venetian blinds for my labels. This advice is useful for them, for plastic labels or any other media you use. Get a proper garden marker, tag pen…
Laser printer plant labels
Hey Bill do you have the type of Avery address labels that you all use for sticking on your daffodil markers? Also do any/all of the laser printers ink last the same? I need about one summers lifetime for the…
June
Weeding advice needed!
We are putting in additional beds, which is great! Now, however, added chore of more weeds to pull. We wonder if Round-Up has been used by any of you on daffodil beds…(IF the holes left by foliage are thoroughly filled…
Narcissus fly control
Narcissus fly can be eliminated virtually completely–I am tempted to say 100%–by using imidacloprid. It is sold in granular form as a grub killer for lawns. This chemical persists in the soil for about two months, according to the label,…