Comments for The Trusty Gardener's Blog http://thetrustygardener.com/blog Gardening community interaction Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:09:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on My Organic Fruit Tree Program by How To Take Care Of Fruit Trees | About Alta Monte Springs http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/2011/02/17/my-organic-fruit-tree-program/comment-page-1/#comment-2004 How To Take Care Of Fruit Trees | About Alta Monte Springs Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:09:30 +0000 http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/?p=1479#comment-2004 [...] that will attract them, but try this only after the sun has gone down or in the early morning.In your garden, fruit trees can be an attractive feature and there is always the prospect of collect...the trees is that you will never need magic tricks and incantations to keep them healthy. Fruit [...] [...] that will attract them, but try this only after the sun has gone down or in the early morning.In your garden, fruit trees can be an attractive feature and there is always the prospect of collect…the trees is that you will never need magic tricks and incantations to keep them healthy. Fruit [...]

]]> Comment on Blooming Now . . . April 2012 by Sue http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/2012/04/15/blooming-now-april-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-1900 Sue Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:01:17 +0000 http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/?p=2205#comment-1900 Thanks, Sri! Good luck in your new home. Thanks, Sri! Good luck in your new home.

]]> Comment on Blooming Now . . . April 2012 by Sriranjani http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/2012/04/15/blooming-now-april-2012/comment-page-1/#comment-1897 Sriranjani Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:56:09 +0000 http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/?p=2205#comment-1897 Look at all those blooms... They all look so beautiful.... You house must be really wonderful to live in now.... Great post. Nice photography too. Look at all those blooms… They all look so beautiful…. You house must be really wonderful to live in now…. Great post. Nice photography too.

]]> Comment on Asparagus Time! by Sue http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/2012/04/11/asparagus-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1890 Sue Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:52:22 +0000 http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/?p=2191#comment-1890 Interesting comments, Jamie. You do need to check every day during the "season" to keep on top of things! I forgot to mention that the ferns are terrific in flower arrangements. Interesting comments, Jamie. You do need to check every day during the “season” to keep on top of things! I forgot to mention that the ferns are terrific in flower arrangements.

]]> Comment on Asparagus Time! by Jamie (@va_grown) http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/2012/04/11/asparagus-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1885 Jamie (@va_grown) Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:02:06 +0000 http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/?p=2191#comment-1885 We have a raised bed for our asparagus since it's a perennial, and I think ours is Jersey Giant too. My kids get so excited to go out there and "hunt" the tiny little heads as they just start to come up in early spring. It's something you have to check every day though! Ours will grow inches in a day and you can shoot right past the tender days if you miss harvesting for a day or two. I know a friend who actually grows some mostly FOR the ferns for using in flower arrangements later in the summer. We have a raised bed for our asparagus since it’s a perennial, and I think ours is Jersey Giant too. My kids get so excited to go out there and “hunt” the tiny little heads as they just start to come up in early spring. It’s something you have to check every day though! Ours will grow inches in a day and you can shoot right past the tender days if you miss harvesting for a day or two.

I know a friend who actually grows some mostly FOR the ferns for using in flower arrangements later in the summer.

]]> Comment on Bloom Day April 2011 by Blooming Now . . . April 2012 | The Trusty Gardener's Blog http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/2011/04/16/bloom-day-april-2011/comment-page-1/#comment-1873 Blooming Now . . . April 2012 | The Trusty Gardener's Blog Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:02:44 +0000 http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/?p=1685#comment-1873 [...] show you a few of the showiest or more unusual spring blooms, or those that I didn’t show last April. Oh, that’s right – those plants finished blooming weeks [...] [...] show you a few of the showiest or more unusual spring blooms, or those that I didn’t show last April. Oh, that’s right – those plants finished blooming weeks [...]

]]> Comment on Beautiful Brassicas by Sow Brassicas « Gardora.net http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/2012/03/13/beautiful-brassicas/comment-page-1/#comment-1778 Sow Brassicas « Gardora.net Sun, 01 Apr 2012 16:48:07 +0000 http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/?p=2133#comment-1778 [...] a seedbed of brassicas now for planting out in June or July! About growing brassicas: http://j.mp/H4bA17 TwitterFacebook [...] [...] a seedbed of brassicas now for planting out in June or July! About growing brassicas: http://j.mp/H4bA17 TwitterFacebook [...]

]]> Comment on Choice Conifers for Cincinnati Gardens by Sue http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/2012/01/05/choice-conifers-cincinnati-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 Sue Tue, 20 Mar 2012 20:41:56 +0000 http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/?p=2015#comment-1743 Thanks, Ed. They certainly are the backbone of the garden. I only wish I had planted more when I first moved here! Thanks, Ed. They certainly are the backbone of the garden. I only wish I had planted more when I first moved here!

]]> Comment on Choice Conifers for Cincinnati Gardens by Ed Remsrola http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/2012/01/05/choice-conifers-cincinnati-gardens/comment-page-1/#comment-1739 Ed Remsrola Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:27:24 +0000 http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/?p=2015#comment-1739 Hooray for conifers! Nice post - I always love to find others writing about my favorite plants! Hooray for conifers! Nice post – I always love to find others writing about my favorite plants!

]]> Comment on Tips for Beginner Composters by Sue http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/2010/11/26/tips-for-beginner-composters/comment-page-1/#comment-1730 Sue Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:45:29 +0000 http://thetrustygardener.com/blog/?p=1191#comment-1730 Adding wood ashes is o.k. in moderation. Dust in thin layers rather than dumping in a whole pile at once. This will increase the potassium content of the pile. Compost cant be too rich - but if it is not completely broken down, it can burn the plants or rob them of nitrogen temporarily. Once it is broken down enough to smell sweet and earthy, and the particles are no longer distinguishable, it is o.k. to use. Adding wood ashes is o.k. in moderation. Dust in thin layers rather than dumping in a whole pile at once. This will increase the potassium content of the pile. Compost cant be too rich – but if it is not completely broken down, it can burn the plants or rob them of nitrogen temporarily. Once it is broken down enough to smell sweet and earthy, and the particles are no longer distinguishable, it is o.k. to use.

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