All the Dirt on Gardening

A great email newsletter just arrived from the University of Minnesota. Called Yard and Garden , the email has tips for each month for that area. Yard cleanup is one of the fall suggestions and I made some headway on that today. It is amazing how much dead and half dead material is on the beds at this time of year. But the weather is still good so it is pleasant to be out taking care of it. Fall is for planting - Mountain Valley Growers plants are on sale in groups of 6. I've had good luck with their sale plants though not 100%. Renee's Seeds is having a 30% off all seeds sale. Jungle Paradise is having a going out of business sale....retirement sale. Click on the link and then click on Plants for Sale. Owner Jan Jost said in an email that they also have Alocasias - macrorrhiza Borneo Giant Amorphophallus albus bulbifer (a few) dunnii (aka odoratus) Titanum Anthuriums guildingii hookeri clarinervium berriozabalense verrapazense vietchii Mon...

We think there are a thousand daffodils blooming in the back yard today. There may be more but who can count? The weekend was spent pruning, weeding, planting. Glorious 78 degrees and windy days, including today. Snow peas are replanted, kale and chard transplants are in the row, Renee's spicy salad green transplants are in. We really need the rain the weather persons promised. Today I dragged hose all around the back yard watering the dozen baby trees we planted last week. TREE AND SHRUB SOURCE I bought lots of stuff this year as usual. The source of the best trees and shrubs was University of Idaho seedling program. If you have any space for more trees or bird feeding shrubs click on the link http://seedlings.uidaho.com/NurseryShop/default.asp ? to take a look. They came on a freezing cold day and I left them outside as directed by the papers in the box. They all had excellent looking roots, great packaging, and the plants are leafing out their first week in the ground. Oh, plus...