Missing you - are you gardening?

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Missing you - are you gardening?

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1florahistora
Abr 10, 2007, 8:41 am

This group is a bit quiet at the moment. Is everyone out in their gardens? We are still getting frost every night so it is still slow going on Long Island so I am still somewhat indoors. I am a bit behind in the book of the month group. I am reading The gardener's year and find it a treasure. Thanks for the suggestion. I've also got my Dirr out and am planning to expand my shade garden. I love Dirr's opinionated prose!
Love to hear what everyone is doing/reading.

2Talbin
Abr 10, 2007, 1:04 pm

No gardening yet for me. I'm up in Minnesota, and we've had temps in the 30s for the past 1.5 weeks. With the unseasonably cold temperatures (it should be in the mid-50s) everything is on hold - nothing is growing yet, no blooms, no little leaves popping out. I've been consoling myself with garden magazines.

3vonlafin
Abr 10, 2007, 3:00 pm

Talbin, you are lucky. Everything here in Indiana had started leafing out, and then was hit with a freeze. The hosta leaves look like they do in the fall when they are hit by a freeze. I was able to enjoy my magnolia's blooming, but I am afraid the crab tree's and lilacs won't make it through.
It is starting to warm up a little this week, let's hope that this time it is for good!

4tardis
Abr 10, 2007, 3:16 pm

It's snowing here in Edmonton... again...

My daffodils are up although not yet blooming, and there are other things stirring. Fortunately, most of it can take the cold and snow.

I got a new gardening book - Create an impression : landscaping front yards for curb appeal which is timely as I am planning to expand my front garden this year. Seems to be pretty practical and has lots of sample plans. The thing I like is that the author has done most of the sample plans in phases that build on each other. You can stop at any level and still have a great looking garden, or you can do the works. Of course, none of them exactly fits my situation, but I'm getting lots of good ideas.

5Indygardener
Abr 10, 2007, 8:39 pm

I'm reading more books by Elizabeth Lawrence, while I wait for this cold snap to move along!

6reading_fox
Abr 11, 2007, 5:35 am

We've had a perfect start to Spring in the UK - if anything we need more rain! I'm sure it will be along shortly. Plesant enough to have lunch outside, if you can find shelter from the wind, but with cold morningns and evenings.

I spent most of the long weekend removing sycamore seedlings from all my flower beds. There was a forest coming up! Dandelions are also in full flower. grr. Everything else is greening along nicely.

7Talbin
Abr 11, 2007, 10:00 am

>6 reading_fox: All of us in the mostly unseasonably chilly North American are now quite jealous of all of you in the UK! ;)

>4 tardis: tardis: That sounds like a good book. Another good one - with plans - that I purchased this winter is The Perennial Gardener's Design Primer. What I especially like about it is that, after each plan, the authors list all the plants with a good description, and give one or two alternatives if you can't find that particular variety. It makes great bedtime reading!

8florahistora
Abr 11, 2007, 8:50 pm

I put in some pansies and primroses today but I do not trust the weatherman's promise that we will not have snow this weekend as previously reported. We are supposed to be in a temperate zone - what is happening to spring?

reading_fox, we need rain too. We seem to be either too wet or too dry here on Long Island NY.

I have temporarily put aside my gardening and landscape books for a very lightweight mystery.

Such is escapism!!!!

9Talbin
Abr 12, 2007, 10:42 am

After snow yesterday, the weather people are saying it will be sunny through the weekend, with it possibly being 60F by Sunday. Finally - the garden season can begin!

10pollysmith
Abr 12, 2007, 10:50 am

Hi! I pulled a couple weeds the other day but its still too cold here to think about planting yet.

11tardis
Abr 12, 2007, 10:55 am

Yeah, our weather-guessers are guessing it will be between 14 and 17 (celsius) all weekend - that's fabulous gardening weather IMHO. Warm enough for shirt sleeves, cool enough for comfort.

12OldRoses
Abr 12, 2007, 11:46 pm

I'm just wimpy. It's been about 10 degrees (F) cooler than usual here in NJ. Lots of wind. I could conceivably be gardening but I'm staying inside where it's warm instead. I did get some primroses, hellebores, ferns and a lavender planted in anticipation of rain Wed night.

13ColdClimateGardening
Abr 13, 2007, 7:18 am

>7 Talbin: Talbin, I am glad to hear you like that book! I am always afraid when I review books that someone will disagree with my review--after spending their hard-earned money on it.

(BTW, who started this marking speakers with arrows? It's a good idea and I've never seen it on a forum before.)

14florahistora
Abr 13, 2007, 8:19 am

>13 ColdClimateGardening: I do not know who started the ># bit but I also saw it on the cookbookers group. It seems to work. (That's a fun group too.)

15Talbin
Abr 13, 2007, 10:00 am

>13 ColdClimateGardening: I think I actually purchased it right before you reviewed it on your blog. I was at Borders and desperate for a gardening book, and I took a chance. I was very happy when I saw your and found that you liked it, too. I was surprised, because I usually don't like the pre-made plans, but with the plant descriptions and suggestions for alternatives, I've found it to be a very useful reference book. Also, it seems to be geared more toward northern gardeners, so most of the plant selections are hardy in zone 4. And if they're not, the authors often give a zone 4 alternative. There's nothing more depressing for a Minnesota gardener than seeing a really good gardening book and having all of the plants be hardy in zones 6 or warmer.

As for the arrows, I'm pretty active on the Combiners and Recommended Site Improvements forums, and people use them there all the time. It's very helpful.

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