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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
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 Posted - Dec 17 2006 : 3:48:14 PM
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In planning my garden for this year ( I know its early, can't help it) I found a great site for cottage gardens. www.gracefulgardens.com/cottagegarden.htm. It's full of old fashioned great flowers. I spent most of my day today drawing sketches & going through my catalogs. I just can't wait to plant, prune, dig, water & watch the butterflies, bees, ladybugs & birds. I filled my birdfeeder this morning & bought another fruit & nut bell. I've got many birds & I love it. I even went to the flea market down the road to find a small black metal table to go w/ my black iron chairs, no luck yet.
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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westernhorse51
True Blue Farmgirl
1681 Posts
michele
farmingdale
n.j.
USA
1681 Posts |
Posted - Dec 17 2006 : 3:51:11 PM
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Sorry, the web-site is www.gracefulgardens.com
she selects wool and flax and works with eager hands Prov.31:13 |
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bramble
True Blue Farmgirl
2044 Posts
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Posted - Dec 17 2006 : 3:59:19 PM
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Very nice Michele! Now if our gardens could be that full and vibrant all season! They are North of us so... if they can grow them, so can we! Thanks for the discovery! (And it was a nice surprise on a grey Sunday!)
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
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Posted - Dec 17 2006 : 5:49:11 PM
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| Ohhh, I needed that! Thanks for sharing, Michele! |
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lilpunkin
True Blue Farmgirl
368 Posts
Texas
USA
368 Posts |
Posted - Dec 17 2006 : 9:58:55 PM
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Thanks for the site. I don't know if I will get to plant much this year, but I love to look and dream!
lilpunkin
Life isn't measured by how many breaths you take, but by how many moments take your breath away. |
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Duchess
True Blue Farmgirl
109 Posts
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Jan 02 2007 : 10:06:51 AM
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| Michele, Thank you so much for that site, I enjoy so many of those flowers and now have a good place to order from. I shared it with my neighbor because she like hollyhocks and mallows also. Thanks again. |
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
1045 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2007 : 10:20:17 AM
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I love hollyhocks too; they're always all over my place. This pic was taken off my deck, looking toward the woods beyond the fields where we often hike and ride. So here's to a taste of early July!
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ponyexpress
True Blue Farmgirl
320 Posts
Sandy
Kirkwood
Missouri
USA
320 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2007 : 10:57:41 AM
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Mary Ann, those flowers are beautiful! Do hollyhocks require staking to stay upright? I love peonies, also, but don't like the way they can droop.
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DaisyFarm
True Blue Farmgirl
1646 Posts
Diane
Victoria
BC
Canada
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Posted - Jan 02 2007 : 11:03:29 AM
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Sandy, one of my favorite plants in my garden is my peony...but mostly because it came from my much loved Grandmother's garden. It does get droopy, so last year a bought a small-sized tomato cage and put it over the peony before it started to get too tall. It worked great and the greenery soon hid the cage.
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
1323 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2007 : 11:38:18 AM
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Michele,
Thank you. What a beautiful site. I've saved it as I love cottage gardens.
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
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ponyexpress
True Blue Farmgirl
320 Posts
Sandy
Kirkwood
Missouri
USA
320 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2007 : 2:07:33 PM
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Tomato cages are a great idea. When my peonies would droop to the ground, ants would end up invading the blooms, and then I didn't want to bring them inside. I'll try that this year!
Sandy
I don't iron anymore. If I'm not wrinkle-free, why should my clothes be? |
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Horseyrider
True Blue Farmgirl
1045 Posts
Mary Ann
Illinois
1045 Posts |
Posted - Jan 02 2007 : 2:58:09 PM
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Sandy, you sure don't have to stake them! I live out in a really windy prairie, and if anything would knock them down, these winds would; but they're fine. They're biennials, and they self sew. We've lived her for 24 years, and we've never planted any. They come up by themselves. They put on quite a display every July around Fair time.
If you look off to the left of them, there are some peonies. I always swear that THIS IS THE YEAR I'm going to support them, and I've forgotten to buy supports every single time. It's fun when the blooms start to fade, though; the petals come off very easily, so my grandsons and I take big fragrant handfuls and throw them at each other like pink confetti! |
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4811 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jan 02 2007 : 8:02:31 PM
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Thanks for the beautiful website. I love growing hollyhocks and mallows too. I have been dreaming and planning my flowers beds too. The seed catalogs are so tempting, I want to buy one of everything.
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elah
True Blue Farmgirl
349 Posts
Emily
SW
Michigan
USA
349 Posts |
Posted - Jan 09 2007 : 12:17:26 PM
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| I love the website and the photo! I'm really getting the spring gardening bug! |
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Rosemary
True Blue Farmgirl
1825 Posts
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Jan 12 2007 : 07:00:42 AM
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| Does anyone have a good source of seeds for SINGLE blossom hollyhocks? I want to get some started along the fence this year, or maybe around one of the outbuildings. Do they need to be started indoors and then set out? OR do you sow them right in the ground? Since they're biennials, I guess it's a good idea to start seeds along with some nursery-bought plants that a ready to bloom, so you have some always rarin' to go every year. |
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shelle
True Blue Farmgirl
404 Posts
Shelle
oklahoma
USA
404 Posts |
Posted - Jan 12 2007 : 7:32:07 PM
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Michele,
You have made me want to look at gardening catalogues! I cant wait to plant some flowers this spring!
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yellojewl
True Blue Farmgirl
72 Posts
Amber
Hurley
MO
USA
72 Posts |
Posted - Jan 21 2007 : 12:21:05 PM
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| Loved the website...I was just browsing the Internet for cottage garden plants when I decided to see what the farmgirls had to say about them. I'm starting fresh, so I'll have lots of work ahead of me this year. |
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oceanfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
231 Posts
Rachel
A Little Closer to Heaven
Oregon Coast
USA
231 Posts |
Posted - Jan 31 2007 : 11:08:22 AM
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Just another thought on caging peony's (or tomatoes) I am using old fencing. Just the regular farm fencing, that My grandma had taken down to repair. It's no good for fencing anymore, but it's great for making cages for plants! The squares on it are about 4X4, and they are perfect for cages. Plus, the stuff was FREE, and I like FREE. :)
Rachel
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