http://www.beginner-gardening.com/beginner-gardening-blog.html Hi - this is the place to get all the latest gardening blog articles, gardening questions and answers and notices of photography posted on this site. en-us beginner gardening Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:52:50 GMT Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:52:50 GMT beginner-gardening.com http://www.beginner-gardening.com/what-grass-in-no-light-too-much-water.html What type of grass seed grows best where drainage is poor, sunlight is limited, and there is too much natural water from slope drainage and rain. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:52:46 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/honeysuckle-vine-blooms-are-deformed.html my honeysuckle vine is growing beautifully but lately the flowers are not opening up, and some of the leaves are curling. It gets plenty of sun and Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:17:53 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/i-just-bought-bulbs-and-now-we-are-going-to-move.html I just received bulbs from Holland about a week ago. When I purchased them this spring from Brecks, I didn't know we would be moving. We will probably Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:48:02 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/post-blight-garden-care.html I lost all of my tomatoes this summer to blight...I pulled all the plants out of my garden and plan to turn the soil over for the winter..anything Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:05:13 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/earth-worms.html How can I get rid of earth worms that are under my lawn and are destroying it. The lawn has lumps all over and is difficult to walk on without shoes, Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:02:20 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/when-to-plant-garlic.html I live in Toronto and I'd like to grow garlic. What varieties do you recommend and when do I plant them? Doug says that garlic is planted in the late Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:59:18 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/compost-thoughts.html My neighbor won't use compost, says it can make the soil too acidic. I disagree, told him the plants take what nutrients they need - when they need it Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:51:18 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/black-walnut-thuggery.html Hi, We have two old, beautiful black walnuts at the back of our yard. Our compost heap is somewhat close to them-about 15 feet. If I use the compost Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:48:18 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/burgandy-plant-with-brushlike-flowers.html This flower came up in a flower bed in which I had planted an old packet of old-fashion mixture. It was not there last year. The plant stands Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:14:42 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/when-can-i-relocate-the-dianthus-firewitch.html I live in the area of zone 5. I need to move my dianthus plant to a new location. When can I do it? Doug says I prefer to move Dianthus in the spring Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:38:32 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/storing-lily-bulbs-over-winter.html I have 50 mixed hybrid lillies that I ordered from a catalog. We may be moving this winter so I'd like to wait until spring to plant them. How do I Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:37:17 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/rotating-planting-locations.html In your article about tomato blight you said, Do not plant any crop in the same place more than one year (etc.) Which raises the questions (1) How Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:35:13 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/green-spiky-plant-with-purple-and-white-flower.html Green Spiky Plant with purple and white flower Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:29:53 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/succulent-with-fuzzy-leaves.html I'd like to know what kind of plant this is so that I can care for it properly. The tag was labeled Succulant. I am wondering about how big it will Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:28:56 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/getting-rid-of-raspberries.html The previous owner grew an unbounded raspberry patch in our backyard, and I pulled out all the roots from the patch, but it spread underground and the Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:52:16 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/tomato-blight1.html Is there anything that can be put on the garden in the fall after late blight that can help the garden in the next year Doug says not really. It's Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:48:58 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/can-dirt-from-containers-go-onto-garden-soil.html Due to many trees and poor garden space, we grow tomatos in large pots. Can the used dirt from tomato plant be used in flower garden? Doug says I Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:45:54 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/lawn-alternative.html A couple of us in Maine are using white clover instead of grass as a lawn cover. It mows really well, is soft when walking barefoot on it and looks Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:40:58 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/soil-and-tomato-blight.html I've suffered Tomato Blight and lost about half my crop. I normally use the gro-bag compost in the garden. Would the compost be contaminated and is Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:24:16 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/eating-tomatoes-with-late-blight.html Is it okay to eat the tomatoes from plants that are infected with late blight? Doug says that if you have late blight - the tomatoes will be Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:20:50 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/supposed-to-be-a-plum.html I purchased this bush about 5 years ago when it was about a foot tall. The insert said it was a Oregon plum. It is now about four foot tall, growing Mon, 05 Oct 2009 13:19:16 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/stunning-colour.html This flower was the most stunning I saw at the Halifax (Nova Scotia) Public Gardens. The photo was taken Sept. 20, 2009. It was in full sun amid Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:13:32 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/orange-all-the-way.html Another old-time favorite, a real beautiful flower, which tends to often get Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:31:26 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/on-the-vertical.html Could not resist snapping a shot of this lusious blossom growing in nephews front yard this past spring. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:31:15 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/butterfly-habitate.html Better known as simply butterfly weeds, these bright beauties add sparkle to most any flower garden or bed. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:30:58 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/monarch-magnet.html Monarch Butterfly on Swamp Milkweed (asclepias incarnata). As a co-caretaker of our town?s Monarch Butterfly Waystation, established last year as a Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:30:44 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/summer-snow.html This lovely blossom was just one of many on a shrub by our sunroom, blooming for much of the month of July. It is actually False Spirea (Sorbaria Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:30:32 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/breath-of-spring.html These dainty little gems are more commonly called Baby's Breath, usually only seen as fillers in bouquets, but they make for a nice display, blending Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:30:19 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/mellow-yellow.html It seems like it wants to just jump right out of the Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:30:08 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/close-encounter-with-a-peony.html our gardens.. just s. of warkworth ontario is well taken care of by cheryl, the chipmunks, many types of birds, and myself , taking pics watering and Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:29:55 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/pale-pink-lilly.html From my back yard Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:29:26 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/welcome-turtleheads.html Noticed these odd little fellows blooming on the edge the woods for the first time this summer and immediatley had to look them up. Seems some Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:29:11 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/obedient-dragons.html Have seen these listed as 'Dragon Flowers' but I have only known them as Obedient Flowers, though they are anyhting but very obedient. By any name, Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:29:00 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/newest-member1.html This beauty, a new rose of sharon, Violet Satin was an anniversary gift -#33! - from my husband this year. He sure knows how to pick a Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:28:48 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/close-up-of-odd-double-calla-lily.html this pink calla lily suddenly came up with a double flower, first and last I've ever Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:28:35 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/after-the-rain1.html Soft, serene, fragile, breathtakingly beautiful, what else can you feel. This lily grows in my rock garden on the southwest side of my home. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:28:23 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/im-pinned-again-.html Easy to see why it's common name is Pincushion Flower. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:28:13 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/georgia-okeeffeinspired-rose.html A rose from my Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:28:01 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/fuzzy-curls.html The setting sun picks up all the fuzz and curves of the Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:27:50 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/oldfashioned-ladys.html Not knowing their proper name, that is what I call these lovely old roses, although someone once suggested they may actually be Mr. LIncoln Roses. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:27:38 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/beeeeeutiful.html These flowers were covered in tiny bees for most of the Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:27:27 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/ghostly-cosmos.html I love photographing my flowers at night- that's when I get the best Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:27:18 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/cosmos-in-the-nighttime-breeze.html Such a lovely color and Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:27:06 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/honesty.html These hold a special spot for me. I can remember helping my Grandmother as she showed me the wonder of gathering the pods from her 'Poor mans Dollars' Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:26:53 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/rose-red.html A gift from a friend a few years ago, this little rose has never seemed to settle in its location, so this spring it was put back into the 'baby bed' Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:26:41 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/pink-poppies.html These stunning poppies made every morning that much brighter when I saw them as I left for Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:26:28 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/coneflower-awakening.html Caught this little guy just as the petals were Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:26:04 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/stately-hyssop.html What a plant - beautiful pastel flowers all summer - and little visitors to Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:25:53 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/coneflower-cluster.html So very pretty and elegant when they first Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:25:37 GMT http://www.beginner-gardening.com/canna-lily-flower-closeup.html I really liked the spikes mixed in among the flower petals. Also the red-yellow colour... all very Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:25:25 GMT