House Garden Designs: Elegant Garden

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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Moss Rose, a Flowering Succulent Plant

Friday, June 17, 2011

June Gardening, Northern Hemisphere

Posted on June 7, 2011 at 2:25 PM

There are good and bad days for certain gardening activities, according to the moon.

June, 2011

5th-8th These are bad days for planting. It's now a good time to eliminate pests, and to cut down brush.

9th-11th Good days for planting seeds for above-ground food-crops and flowers.

12th-13th Very good days for planting leafy greens. Any above-ground crops planted during this period should do well.

14th-16th Avoid all planting. These are good days in which to do hay-cutting, perform administrative duties and to engage in general farm-work.

17th-18th Plant root-crops such as potatoes, celeriac, carrots and beets.

19th-21st Poor days for any sort of planting. Kill plant-pests, fertilize, and do general farming chores now.

22nd-23rd This is a good period in which to plant late root-crops and vines. Set strawberry plants now. These are favourable days during which to do transplanting.

24th-25th These are barren days on which it is favourable for plowing and cutting hay.

26th-27th Good for planting root-crops, and for transplanting.

28th-29th Do no planting during these days; seeds planted now will likely rot in the ground.

30th June: this is the best day of the month for planting root-crops, and will be excellent for sowing seed-beds and all transplanting.

©Elegant Gardening

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Hydrangeas can be blue, white, lavender or pink, depending upon the soil conditions where they are planted, and what they are fed.
©M-J de Mesterton.

Monday, May 16, 2011

It is time to buy and plant a large number of peonies in a place where they can be admired by all. I never bring them inside from my garden (pictured here), because they are usually crawling with ants, who love them as much as we do. Here is a source for peony plants on the web: Hollingsworth Peony Nursery
©Photo and text copyright M-J de Mesterton