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Posted: Apr 2nd, 2006 03:06 am |
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| Oh, just had to post here, to make another MAAN sweep!♥♥♥
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DToney
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Posted: Apr 25th, 2006 10:47 pm |
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Gardening! Now there's something I like!
I'm like you Scott... the stuff at the "big-box" stores is not all that good of a value... even tho the price is lower, so is the quality. I have had better luck at Lowes, but for the best, the garden centers are the tops.
Unless you need a truck full of dirt, the bagged variety of top soil will do for beds - especially needed in the clay like soil to get it in better shape.
It'd be nice to get a seed-swap going... I bet one of the Fire Depts or some local ball field would even do! It'd have to be soon... Spring has Sprung!
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Posted: Apr 26th, 2006 01:31 am |
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Gosh, I haven't checked in for a while, but what a pleasant surprise to see this wonderful topic posted for sharing gardening ideas. Thanks.
For those of you looking for really nice garden plants (tomato, cucumber, okra, squash, zucchini, watermelon, cantaloupe) check with George and Ann Thacker down on Hudson James Road (turn right off 158 East and about a mile on the right) in Summerfield. They sell really nice home grown plants for $1.00 for a 4 pack and some exceptionally nice 2 to 3 foot tomato plants in pots for $1.75.
For those who know which plants you are looking for, a suggestion would be to check with Spivery's Nursery located at 1998 Beeson Road (drive West on Stafford Mill Road (off Highway 68 in Oak Ridge) until it dead ends, then turn left and Spivey's is one half mile on the left). This is not a nursery which is easy to browse through, but they have excellent shrubs, trees, and evergreens which they sell both wholesale and retail. Their plants are much better than the big box plants and at a much more affordable price.
Town and Country Market in Walnut Cove also has affordable garden plants and some limited landscape plants at very affordable prices which the owner (Tommy Webster) grows for sale in his greenhouse in Rockingham County. They have an excellent garden seed selection (which can be purchased by the ounce or pound) at prices cheaper than any other seed source I have found in the triad. (Highway 68 West from Stokesdale, then turn right in Walnut Cove across the rail road tracks onto Highway 311, and Town and Country Market is located on your immediate right). They also have wonderful butcher cut meats, farm butter and cheeses, and locally produced pickles, jellies and jams. Sort of a country store atmosphere with friendly helpful employees.
For those interested in some nice azaleas and some other limited flowering and accent shrubs, there is a local family on Highway 158 just past the Monticello Golf Course (on the left almost directly across from the Monticello Fire Station) that grows azaleas in their own greenhouses, and then sells them in their front yard at prices lower than the big box and specialty garden centers. They have a large and nice selection of colors and varieties of azaleas which they sell for $3.50, $8 and $12 depending on size. A couple of weeks ago they had some 3'-4' Japanese Red Maples for $15 which is about 1/5th of what they sell for elsewhere. For those buying several plants, they will haggle on price.
I'm sure there are dozens of other local growers who produce and offer high quality garden and landscape plants and materials, but these are some of my favorites which I feel comfortable in recommending.
BTW, my personal experience with gardenias is that they are generally trouble free if they are planted correctly and watered amply during the first planting season. They can be propagated by planting cuttings, but I would suggest using some "rooting hormone" which you can ask for and purchase at most garden centers as well as the Summerfield Feed Mill, which also has a nice selection of more affordable garden seeds, slips and transplants. I highly recommend checking with the nice friendly Neal family at Summerfield Feed Mill before going to Lowes or Home Depot. Steve, Randy, Paul and Arleen know their gardening stuff and can be immensely helpful with garden questions, problems and suggestions for curing whatever ails your plants or garden.
Last edited on Apr 26th, 2006 01:43 am by Revpast
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Posted: Apr 26th, 2006 01:00 pm |
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| Thanks Revpast. With a new house just completed (got the CO today) and a remodel almost finished I needed that very helpful info.
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DToney
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Posted: Apr 30th, 2006 02:06 pm |
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I have a question about mulch. It seems like everyone around is using bark rather than pinestraw, but I prefer pinestraw. The problem is I cannot find a good source! Hubby went to Home Depot and bought about 50 bales... what an upset that was!  The stuff looks like last year's crop, full of dead weeds, and the bales are tiny!
Does anyone know a good source for pinestraw? If I could find some, I would gladly take this mess back to Home Depot today!
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Posted: May 1st, 2006 02:39 am |
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| Summerfield Feed Mill carries pine straw and can deliver if necessary. Prices are comparable or lower than Lowes and HD. They keep a large tractor trailer out front loaded with nothing but pine straw. If you want to call them first to inquire, their phone number is 643-4776. Give them a try.
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Posted: May 2nd, 2006 05:16 pm |
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| Did anyone else get/give a nice fresh bouquet of flowers for May Day yesterday? This was always a tradition for Scott's family as he was growing up and he has continued it with our boys, so I always get a beautiful bouquet of whatever is blooming in our garden on May 1. Beautiful colors and sweet smells! Hope others had that same experience!
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Posted: May 3rd, 2006 03:22 am |
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How nice for you Vicki!!!
You're a lucky mama!!!
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Posted: May 16th, 2006 01:25 am |
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| Is there a plant doctor in the house? My five laurels are several years old, planted in a grouping, and look very healthy. Four are perfect but one looks as if it has had a run-in with Pappy and his shotgun. Any ideas on how to get it back to normal?
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DToney
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Posted: May 16th, 2006 10:28 pm |
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Is it holes in the leaves? Is there a white powery looking stuff on the leaves? I MIGHT be able to help if you have more info.... The white powdery stuff is a bug... best killed with a good dose of dish water! I know it sounds nuts, but it works. When you have bugs getting on your plants, feed them dish water & it seeps into the leaves... the bugs don't like the soap taste and they leave it alone! 
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Posted: May 17th, 2006 01:18 am |
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| Nope, no powder on the leaves. Just lots of uniform holes about the size of a BB. Plant looks very healthy otherwise. I'll try dishwater anyway. Maybe it will help. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Posted: May 17th, 2006 04:35 pm |
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A mixture of 1T baking soda and 1T of vegetable oil in one half gallon of water makes a pretty good organic insecticide and fungicide spray. Maybe using dishwater in place of the water would be even better.
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DToney
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Posted: May 17th, 2006 05:45 pm |
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does anyone know anything about Palm trees? Is it too cold up here for them?
Also, I keep killing ficus trees... the last one made it thru the move up here, but moving it from one side of the room to the other at Christmas musta done it in! Any ideas how to keep them alive?
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Posted: May 18th, 2006 11:29 am |
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 Scott, thanks for the insecticide recipe. Is this good for all plants including roses?
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Posted: May 19th, 2006 01:09 am |
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DToney... I've had my ficus for 14 years and it is a tempermental thing indeed!
It doesn't like to be moved AT ALL (Takes weeks to get over a relocation)and barely endures an occasional dusting.
I have it beside a window that gets full morning sun, though the sun doesn't hit it dead on. It seems to like that spot.
It's no secret that I have a brown thumb so basically I just ignore the ficus and it lets me know when it would like a drink by showing me a yellow leaf or two. Makes my mom crazy, but that's just the nature of my relationship with my tree! 
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