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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots: In-line Growth
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots. Rambling thoughts and observations about horticulture and nature. Sunday, July 11, 2010. The photo on the left shows in-line drip irrigation tubing placed over the landscape as recommend in my book Drip Irrigation, for Every Landscape and All Climates. The right photo is a bit over one month of growth. Good growth. less water. 8220;BUY FROM THE SOURCE TO HELP KEEP WRITERS WRITING”. Labels: Drip irrigation- for every landscape and all climates. Subscribe Now: Feed Icon.
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots: Peasant Gardens versus Convenience
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots. Rambling thoughts and observations about horticulture and nature. Thursday, May 27, 2010. Peasant Gardens versus Convenience. One of the big trends in gardening these days is planting a multilayered garden with edible plants as ground cover, shrubs, and fruit trees, with a few herbs and/or ornamentals thrown into the mix. I was intrigued by this concept in the mid-70s. I learned my lesson well—the hard way. 8220;BUY FROM THE SOURCE TO HELP KEEP WRITERS WRITING”. Please see m...
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots: Basket Bondage?
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots. Rambling thoughts and observations about horticulture and nature. Sunday, May 16, 2010. It’s spring in full-tilt boogie. Where there are gophers, the trend has been to plant in wire baskets. In the past ½-inch aviary wire was used. While fairly easy to work with, it doesn’t last a long hardware cloth with regards to rust. There are some pre-made commercial wire baskets. They aren’t very deep, but the wire is studier than aviary wire. In my experience a plum tree planted in a...
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots: Trees Bent Out of Shape, Actually the Right Way
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots. Rambling thoughts and observations about horticulture and nature. Friday, June 18, 2010. Trees Bent Out of Shape, Actually the Right Way. Summer and many gardeners are planting trees. But what to do with wobbly trees after they are cut from the stake in the pot or B&B? 8220;BUY FROM THE SOURCE TO HELP KEEP WRITERS WRITING”. Let me know what you think. Visit my web site to learn about my new book on drip irrigation and other gardening books. Thanks, Robert. Thomas O. Perry.
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots: More & More Garlic
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots. Rambling thoughts and observations about horticulture and nature. Saturday, August 7, 2010. More and More Garlic. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Wwwrobertkourik.com Come on by or buy, or both. Subscribe Now: Feed Icon. Subscribe in a reader. More and More Garlic. Drip irrigation- for every landscape and all climates. Book reviews of Roots Demystified. California coast live oak. L angustifolia. L.dentata. Steve Solomon poplar trees. Thomas O. Perry. Dirt by Amy Stewart.
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots: Peasant Gardens vrs. Convenience
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots. Rambling thoughts and observations about horticulture and nature. Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Peasant Gardens vrs. Convenience. One of the big trends in gardening these days is planting a multilayered garden with edible plants as ground cover, shrubs, and fruit trees, with a few herbs and/ornamental thrown into the mix. I was intrigued by this concept in the mid-70s. I learned my lesson well—the hard way. 8220;BUY FROM THE SOURCE TO HELP KEEP WRITERS WRITING”. Your Edible Lands...
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots: Chaos as Beauty
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots. Rambling thoughts and observations about horticulture and nature. Tuesday, July 6, 2010. I came out one morning to see dozens of spider orbs gracing the former summers lavender stalks. An angelic beauty I had only seen this once because I now prune back all my lavenders. This photo never got into my book The Lavender Garden. 8220;BUY FROM THE SOURCE TO HELP KEEP WRITERS WRITING”. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Wwwrobertkourik.com Come on by or buy, or both.
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots: My Garden
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots. Rambling thoughts and observations about horticulture and nature. Wednesday, July 7, 2010. A view of my little garden. I let the foxglove "walk around". A different pleasure each year. This section was drip irrigated for three years, then 20 years without irrigation. Not a benefit to a publisher of my book Drip Irrigation for Every Landscape All Climates. Labels: Drip irrigation- for every landscape and all climates. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe in a reader.
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots: Fasciation is Fascinating (not a typo)
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Robert Kourik's Garden Roots. Rambling thoughts and observations about horticulture and nature. Monday, August 16, 2010. Fasciation is Fascinating (not a typo). Fasciation is when a plant's stem widens out to be abnormally wide instead of round. Here is a small example. The photo on the right is a normal foxglove after blooming. The one on the left is the fasciated top, - the usual place where fasication is found. Let me know if you've found a fasciated plant. Newer Posts Older Posts. Im planning to take...