Comments on: Monday’s Muse http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/11/30/mondays-muse/ Welcome to my country garden Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:49:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Jennifer Tidwell http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/11/30/mondays-muse/#comment-5419 Jennifer Tidwell Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:58:07 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=1981#comment-5419 Happy Blogoversary! I've been garden blogging on and off for the last 5 years and I don't see any end in sight. I just picked up a copy of "Wildflowers of Mississippi" on sale and I've had a chance to sit down and flip through it. It is full of really good info about the "region" I live in, a short section on the history of the state's native plant life. Happy Blogoversary! I’ve been garden blogging on and off for the last 5 years and I don’t see any end in sight.

I just picked up a copy of “Wildflowers of Mississippi” on sale and I’ve had a chance to sit down and flip through it. It is full of really good info about the “region” I live in, a short section on the history of the state’s native plant life.

]]> By: admin http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/11/30/mondays-muse/#comment-5416 admin Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:45:24 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=1981#comment-5416 Kimberly - I'm glad you found us too. Ramble - You have given us a good reminder. I'm impressed with your seed-starting. Pat Kimberly – I’m glad you found us too.
Ramble – You have given us a good reminder. I’m impressed with your seed-starting.
Pat

]]> By: Ramble on Rose http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/11/30/mondays-muse/#comment-5415 Ramble on Rose Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:00:06 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=1981#comment-5415 Happy Blogoversary! I have a seed-starting tip: check on the germination time before starting seeds of different plants in one tray of cells. I had coleus seeds and Canadian columbine seeds in the same tray of plastic cells, and the coleus germinated well before the columbines, so I had to remove the covering to keep the coleus from rotting in the humidity. Of course, this resulted in a over a week of fretting about the columbine seeds not getting sufficient moisture with the cover off. Happily, they sprouted in 14 days and were just fine, but I could have saved myself the unnecessary stress and hassle. Happy Blogoversary! I have a seed-starting tip: check on the germination time before starting seeds of different plants in one tray of cells. I had coleus seeds and Canadian columbine seeds in the same tray of plastic cells, and the coleus germinated well before the columbines, so I had to remove the covering to keep the coleus from rotting in the humidity. Of course, this resulted in a over a week of fretting about the columbine seeds not getting sufficient moisture with the cover off. Happily, they sprouted in 14 days and were just fine, but I could have saved myself the unnecessary stress and hassle.

]]> By: Kimberly http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/11/30/mondays-muse/#comment-5414 Kimberly Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:38:36 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=1981#comment-5414 Congrats on your bloaversary! So glad I found out about your blog!! Congrats on your bloaversary! So glad I found out about your blog!!

]]> By: Kathy http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/11/30/mondays-muse/#comment-5413 Kathy Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:28:49 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=1981#comment-5413 My house too overunneth with books! I will never be a Kindle person; I enjoy the smell and feel of the real thing too much! Being an avid herb gardener, my favorite tome is Rodale's The Herb Book, but I will read any gardening book on any topic that I can get my hands on! My house too overunneth with books! I will never be a Kindle person; I enjoy the smell and feel of the real thing too much! Being an avid herb gardener, my favorite tome is Rodale’s The Herb Book, but I will read any gardening book on any topic that I can get my hands on!

]]> By: Lisa at Greenbow http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/11/30/mondays-muse/#comment-5411 Lisa at Greenbow Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:19:23 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=1981#comment-5411 I don't really need the book but I want to congratulate you on your blogaversary. I like to see other peoples bookshelves. It is such fun. I would love to browse through your books and choose a few to read. I am at a point where I don't keep books I don't think I will read again and again. I have such a small house to try to cram in all I think is necessary. tee hee. I don’t really need the book but I want to congratulate you on your blogaversary. I like to see other peoples bookshelves. It is such fun. I would love to browse through your books and choose a few to read. I am at a point where I don’t keep books I don’t think I will read again and again. I have such a small house to try to cram in all I think is necessary. tee hee.

]]> By: admin http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/11/30/mondays-muse/#comment-5410 admin Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:11:25 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=1981#comment-5410 NancyB - Elsa's book must always be on our list of favorite books. Pat NancyB – Elsa’s book must always be on our list of favorite books.
Pat

]]> By: admin http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/11/30/mondays-muse/#comment-5409 admin Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:52:05 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=1981#comment-5409 nickie - Thanks for visiting. I love to think about many girls in the garden. AnneB- I'm glad you found me, and I just acquired a copy of Dear Mr. Jefferson which I am enjoying tremendously. Thanks for the suggestion. nickie – Thanks for visiting. I love to think about many girls in the garden.
AnneB- I’m glad you found me, and I just acquired a copy of Dear Mr. Jefferson which I am enjoying tremendously. Thanks for the suggestion.

]]> By: NancyB http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/11/30/mondays-muse/#comment-5408 NancyB Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:51:32 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=1981#comment-5408 Happy Blog Birthday, Pat! One of my favorite books is The Well-Tended Perennial Garden, by Tracy DiSabato-Aust. That's after Elsa Bakalar's book, of course, A Garden of One's Own. And there's always, Thalassa Cruso, Making Things Grow Outdoors, an old favorite. Happy Blog Birthday, Pat! One of my favorite books is The Well-Tended Perennial Garden, by Tracy DiSabato-Aust. That’s after Elsa Bakalar’s book, of course, A Garden of One’s Own. And there’s always, Thalassa Cruso, Making Things Grow Outdoors, an old favorite.

]]> By: AnneB http://www.commonweeder.com/2009/11/30/mondays-muse/#comment-5407 AnneB Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:35:12 +0000 http://www.commonweeder.com/?p=1981#comment-5407 Congratulations on your Blogoversary! I wish I'd known about your blog for all of its life, but I have certainly been enjoying it recently. I don't have a favorite gardening tip, but I do have the name of a book to share. It's "Dear Mr. Jefferson: Letters from a Nantucket Gardener", by Laura Simon. Simon writes to Thomas Jefferson, who of course was a passionate gardener himself, with details of her horticultural life. It's years since I read the book, but I still remember the description of a dinner of eggs fresh from the hen house, which she poached, I think, and slid on top of just-pulled asparagus that she roasted in the oven -- it filled me with envy! Lovely book. Congratulations on your Blogoversary! I wish I’d known about your blog for all of its life, but I have certainly been enjoying it recently. I don’t have a favorite gardening tip, but I do have the name of a book to share. It’s “Dear Mr. Jefferson: Letters from a Nantucket Gardener”, by Laura Simon. Simon writes to Thomas Jefferson, who of course was a passionate gardener himself, with details of her horticultural life. It’s years since I read the book, but I still remember the description of a dinner of eggs fresh from the hen house, which she poached, I think, and slid on top of just-pulled asparagus that she roasted in the oven — it filled me with envy! Lovely book.

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