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LAST CALL! Calling all dog owners! Win a prize! | Western Garden

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Thursday, October 7, 2010. Calling all dog owners! We have some winners already. just TWO more prizes left to grab folks! Great day for dog owners at P. Garden. We’re having a contest, and you can win some excellent prizes! We have 6 fantastic sets of dog poop bag dispensers and biodegradable bags up for grabs in this contest. All you have to do is answer this one simple question by emailing me: annie at psgsf.org. Name ONE dog who visits the garden. Regularly and who has been mentioned in this blog!

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Plant profile: Crassula capitella "Campfire" | Western Garden

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Plant profile: Crassula capitella Campfire. Is one member of that large genus you won't forget. Words used to describe this plant include: Incendiary! And as you can see from the photo, they're quite apt. Crassula, Campfire Plant. Coastal southeastern South Africa. In the fall this plant has inconspicuous white flowers. Ignore them. It's the foliage that really wows! Full sun to light shade. Rain is enough - the more stressed the plant is, the redder it gets! Supported by Cash M...

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Nickels for P. Garden! | Western Garden

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Thursday, October 7, 2010. Nickels for P. Garden! Is doing their Nickels for Nonprofits thing again. This is where you bring your shopping bags and they donate $0.05 for each bag to one of three nonprofits. Between now and the holidays, PG is one of those nonprofits! So, every time you shop there, even if you’re only buying a tiny lip gloss or one apple, take a bag! International Tulip (Or Daffodil! One week before the sale! Sale plants looking GOOD! Nickels for P. Garden! Sloat sponsors raffle prizes!

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Garden Defense: July 2010

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Friday, July 30, 2010. The red seeded Chinese noodle beans are producing like crazy. Every other day our 6 ft row produces 3-4 pounds of beans. That' s today's picking, above. Most beans average about 16 inches long. I sometimes get a bit aggravated at hearing the same question from visitors to the garden. But what do you do with them? I resist raising my voice and saying - They are BEANS. Think about it, what do you normally do with BEANS. But I don't. I just explain, they are BEANS. It grows next to th...

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Mother Earth | Garden Defense

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010. I feel like I've lived in my truck for all of September. Wondering, even, where September went. I remember planning for Dallas and Garden. Writers. The 10 hour drive each way, coming back with lots of great new plants to trial, then barely unpacking just in time to pack for the 2 1/2 day drive to southwestern Pennsylvania. But it's all good, except for the garden. And I offer this photo, below, of Felder Rusing's garden. Anywhere, if they will simply try. This garden. And this o...

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Dallas Gardens | Garden Defense

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010. I missed attending the Garden Writers of America. Conference last year but didn't want to miss this one, held in Dallas at the downtown, Hyatt Regency. I always come away encouraged, inspired, flattered by folks who follow this blog, rejuvenated and refreshed after a GWA conference. Why? Plants like this pretty amazing Pink Lemonade Blueberry, above, developed for patio container growing. The name? The various companies host small parties for their supporters and friends and I'm...

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Autumn Garden Renovation, Take 2 | Garden Defense

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Tuesday, October 5, 2010. Autumn Garden Renovation, Take 2. Yesterday was a lovely 75 degree day so I did some more garden. Renovation. Planted the two cone headed boxwood and added a Knock Out rose shrub, a 'Sombrero Hot Pink ' coneflower, a true dwarf, and a 'Pure Silver' Veronica, the first that has silver foliage. Painted old Rusty the Rooster red as his features could hardly be seen and placed him at the side of the herb garden. He's holding up a pot of basil. Squirrels are eating them.

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A Cider Pressing Party | Garden Defense

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010. A Cider Pressing Party. Last Sunday, we participated in a truly lovely fall tradition - a cider pressing party hosted by family friends in Willow. It was a glorious day - brilliant blue skies, sunny, and that unique autumn mix of warm and brisk. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so here goes. I've also included a few great recipes that feature apple cider after the photos if you feel inspired. A basket of apples, bound for the press. Will weighs his options. Cider...

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40 Thousand Pumpkins | Garden Defense

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010. My little pumpkin patch here at Long Creek Herb Farm didn't produce anything this year. Between the squash bugs. And the 6 weeks of drought, the vines just gave up. But look what you can do if you have 40,000 pumpkins to play with. This is what I saw being constructed when I was at the Dallas Botanic Garden. A few weeks ago. Our kind host for the Botanic Garden. Writers of America conference, sent these photos along (and some pix are mine, as well). I couldn't help but wonder...

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Garden Defense: August 2010

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Tuesday, August 31, 2010. When I say aliens I'm not talking alien people. Nor even aliens from outer space. I'm talking about something much more frightening to a gardener. Cucumber beetles! Hoards, flocks, waves, masses of the yellow spotted devils. So many that just walking through the garden. I have them on me like flies. (Wonder if they'd eat me if I stood still? They arrived about a week ago, or actually, hatched out. They were already here, hiding in the soil like those pod people. That bountiful c...