For July gardening it's important to beat the heat before the heat beats you. Our friends south of the border have the right idea.
Mamie Allen walked steadily across a beam above the Kingston Mills Locks on Thursday to lay a handful of pink roses picked from her garden at a memorial honouring four Montreal residents who died there in a car crash days earlier.
It is often overlooked as a non-color, sacrificed for blues and reds and much hotter hues.
Vine ripened fruits and veggies are one of the sweet tastes of summer. Ag Reporter andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/sarah-gustinandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Sarah Gustinandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; travels north to check the progress of one grower's produce.
The White House says its high-profile garden on the South Lawn has tested positive for lead although it is not at dangerous levels.
With summer squash, its either feast or famine. Summer squash, which includes zucchini, yellow straight and crookneck and the flying saucer-shaped pattypan, is usually thought of as prolific. Who doesnt have a story about leaving bags of zucchini on your neighbors back step under cloak of darkness? But these same enthusiastic yielders can be frustratingly slow to get it in gear. Squash plants produce both male and female flowers and they tend to start off the season by producing a lot of male flowers only. So it can seem like your plants are getting ready to set fruit, but the flowers just fall off and leave you with nothing. Be patient. Once the plant is strong enough to support growing fruits, the female blossoms will appear and get the job done.
The term summer squash was coined because these squash varieties arent good for long term storage. Their short shelf life and perpetual harvest means youll need a lot of good squash recipes. If youd care to share your favorite, Im sure it would be more than welcome. Its summer squash season.
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Associated Press - July 2, 2009 1:55 PM ET PORTLAND, Maine - It's the day Americans celebrate the land of the free, and now a man from Maine wants governors to live off that land.
To those driving and walking past the residence on the corner of Roosevelt and Hudson streets in Marion, they see a colorful array of flowers, bushes, and vegetables.
Authorities have found another major marijuana growing operation in a remote area of Alameda County.
Chrysanthemums run the gamut, from bushy mounds covered with blossoms to stately, upright plants capped by one or just a few humongous blooms.
Tomato plants have been removed from stores in half a dozen states as a destructive and infectious plant disease makes its earliest and most widespread appearance ever in the eastern United States.
A lot of us have been having damp or humid summers and while a little water is great, too much dampness for too long can cause all kinds of problems. Even the seemingly carefree plants, like clematis, can start acting up. Problems that take hold in June really start showing symptoms in July, so keep a close eye on your plants. If your clematis was blooming fine and now the stems & leaves are starting to look brown, it's probably not because they need more water. It could very easily be a case of clematis wilt, a fungus disease that loves damp foliage and humid weather. The good news is that it doesnt attack the clematis roots. The bad news is that all affected portions will need to be cut back. Here are some tips for avoiding and controlling clematis wilt.
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GARDENERS have just a few days left to enter this year's Oxford in Bloom competition.
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