A Second Spring???

Scarecrow’s Log: 29:11:2009:The Black Sultana Grapes on the back pergolahave survived the heatand are filling out nicely with the rain.Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 8.8CLowest Max 19.5CHighest Max 30.4C18mm RainMilder temperatures, chilly at times, with some rain and very strong winds have been a feature of that week…sounds like a second chance at spring…possibly! What’s happening in the garden?We have been settling in those new little chicks.They have had their first dust baths, love an…

Save Water On Your Landscape

Lots of folks think that landscaping is a great way to save water. On the other hand, many critics challenge that fact by claiming that landscaping is the number 1 water customer. The reason is considering they think that the more colorful and arranged the garden is, it just needs to be consuming a bigger quantity of water.
Over recent times studies have proven that landscaping actually only uses about 2.9% of the state water consumption. that is going to be lowered still whether public would j…

Help Your Lawn Survive Weed, Insect and Disease Attacks

If a once-healthy lawn no longer seems to have the dense, lush surface it had (or perhaps “dense” and “lush” are two words that have never been associated with that specific lawn), now is the day to identify the cause of the problem. A lawn must be hardy to survive weed, insect and disease attacks.
“Pesticides” is the broad term for the insecticides, herbicides and fungicides meant to eliminate or control weeds, nonbeneficial insects, fungus and other disease…

The Heat is On…

Scarecrow’s Log: 8:11:2009:…and it isn’t even summer yet!Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 3.4CLowest Max 19.8CHighest Max 36.8CNo Recorded RainfallWhat’s happening in the garden?With the heat on it’s way the shade covers are up, we use 50% white shade cloth on the vegetable beds as it allows sufficient light through for flowering but cuts the heat. We left the main cover loose so we can move it as the sun goes by. The newly planted seedlings will need all the help they can get that week.Sugar…

Organic Gardening for Dummies - Book Review

Title: Organic Gardening for Dummies, Second Edition

Author: Ann Whitman, Suzanne DeJohn, Editors of National Gardening Association

2009 Wiley Publishing, Inc.

that a straight-to-the-point, organic gardening primer book. As with most of the Dummies books, that book starts out by providing the reader with a Cheat Sheet giving reasons to be an organic gardener and a checklist to use for assessing your gardening site.

From there, it helps readers understand the basics of organic gardening….

Bugs to the Rescue…Yet Again!

Scarecrow’s Log: 1:11:2009:Dusty Miller Centaurea gymnocarpa is flowering,when it’s finished I shall prune the plants back hard for shape.Temperatures that week:Lowest Min 4.9CLowest Max 19.8CHighest Max 36CNo Recorded RainfallWhat’s happening in the garden?The Loganberries are setting fruit but with the arrival of the hot weather we’ve put the shadecloth cover by the bed…that black thing is the solar panel for the light in The Black Ninja’s house …the Strawberries on the ground (also ripeni…