Mother Earth’s Garden

June 30th, 2008

Mother Earth’s Garden June in Review

Hope you’re having a wonderful weekend. It’s been a little very rainy here the whole month of June. The weeds are growing fast, and I can’t get into the garden to weed without being head to toe mud.
Since I can’t get in the garden, I thought I’d do a quick roundup of June […]

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June 27th, 2008

Being a Gardener Means…

Through the years I’ve discovered being a gardener can mean many things. Here are some of the things being a gardener means to me.
Being a gardener means always having green gunk under your fingernails, no matter how many times you wash them.
Being a gardener means you can’t drive by a garden center without […]

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June 27th, 2008

Knee High By The 4th Of July

This month the Lifstyles network is reflecting on 4th Of July’s of the past. I can’t think of Independence Day without remembering the saying for corn, it should be knee high by the 4th of July. These days most of the corn around here is usually much taller than knee high by the 4th.
Some fields […]

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June 25th, 2008

It’s Cherry Picking Time

It’s cherry picking time in Ohio. I have one lonely little cherry tree in my small orchard. I’ve thought about getting more cherry trees, but then I have flashbacks to picking cherries for hours at my grandma’s house growing up. After we spent the afternoon picking cherries, we spent all night pitting them.
I’ve […]

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June 24th, 2008

Become Bee Aware During National Pollinator Week

Sandy knows her holidays, and she sent me some important information on National Pollinator week.
The Pollinator Partnership declared June 22 to the 28th National Pollinator week to help raise awareness of the decline of bees and other pollinators. Honey bees have been hit especially hard in the last couple years with Bee Colony […]

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June 24th, 2008

Don’t Forget This Month’s Garden Poll

Don’t forget to vote in this month’s garden poll, check it out in the right sidebar. You have a couple more days to get your votes in.
What garden zone are you in? I’d love to know what garden zones you’d most like to learn about here at Mother Earth’s Garden.
You can also leave […]

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June 22nd, 2008

What In The World is a Litchi Tomato Plant?

Our local small town garden center has some unique heirloom variety tomatoes, and peppers. I probably bought one of everything this spring, I just can’t resist heirloom tomatoes.
One of the most unique varieties I purchased was a Litchi tomato (the scientific name is S. sisymbriifolium). It’s a very unusual looking plant, the leaves […]

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June 21st, 2008

My Hosta Collection

I’m a big hosta fan. We have several large mature trees around our house, so about half of the border garden around my house is shaded. Hostas grow great in the shade, and require very little work to look beautiful.
I’ve long forgotten most of their names. I know the one pictured above is […]

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June 20th, 2008

Native Plants For Your Woodland Garden

Here’s a quick video with some great native plants for woodland, or shady garden areas. These plants will do well in most northern gardens.
This video’s from Monkeysee.com, they have several other great gardening, and how to videos. Every time I go there, I find several new videos to check out.

Technorati Tags: native plants,woodland […]

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June 18th, 2008

The Lifestyles Network Is Blooming In June

If you enjoy Mother Earth’s Garden, I’m sure you’ll enjoy some of the other wonderful blogs in the Lifestyles Network here at b5media. In fact this month the Lifestyles Network is blooming everywhere.
Check out some of these wonderful blooms:
Marye at Baking Delights kicks us off with the 50 Best Edible Flower Recipes Ever, […]

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