tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48579546908618895842012-02-09T11:48:13.440-08:00Andrea Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224144224646856274noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4857954690861889584.post-8921448396202479442011-02-17T07:21:00.000-08:002011-02-17T07:38:30.353-08:002011-02-17T07:38:30.353-08:00

It might have seemed like I died. I actually didn't. I just had to set aside a full year for a recovery for spinal surgery. I had to put in a resignation to my beloved job, not because I wanted to, not because they wouldn't have modified the job for me, but because it's just one of those signs in life where your body says stop and you need to listen. I've done my garden center work since I was

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We, the unknowing.... ...led by the unprepared........are doing the impossible.......for the ungrateful . I, Andrea Scott, dug to china (with my husband and baby) as threatened and woe to discover more clay! (And interlocking underneath). While I was sick, I thought it would be a good idea to move the soil pile to the garden. Good idea? Wrong!I'm paying for it now by being sicker and sore. Amen

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Here you go Joy! The Seven weirdest things I can think of for you! (and hopefully you still talk to me afterwards). I'm a HUGE fan of John Barrowman because he's A)Gay B)Gay activist C)Married to Scott Gill and D) he's in Torchwood. There's a dozen other reasons but he is definitly an idol of mine. I suck at counting and can't have anyone talking to me while I count or I lose my place.I write.

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We're enjoying our Friday. TGIF.Simply put, I hate my new boots. Maybe hate is a harsh word because I don't usually say it and yet when I do, I usually reserve it for the latest 80's song I've heard on the radio, or asking myself how many times Pitbull tells me I should know he wants me. My other coworker has them and though I know she got blisters countless times, I thought that I could pass

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I've heard lots of people having problems with these and my very first lily 'Matrix' got eaten at this year by them. So next year, I'm going to pick up some Neem Oil, which I've heard all across the board that it works (aside from the usual picking off the parents from your plant). Now I don't know plenty about bugs on plants, but I was recommended that to get the parents, you put newspaper down

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It's wedding season so I thought I would do up two wedding planters. Pictures never do them justice and at first, I hated these but I got the flowers down right and now they look okay. This is the second one. The first one didn't turn out as well obviously....A bit boring but that's what wedding planters are. Wow Whites without the WOW factor. Boring.....

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These are all sitting at the side of my house, watered and getting a lot of sun but honestly, I havn't planted anything. ha! I'm going to rip up the front and do the garden there, but its going to take me a bit.... a bit....this is my fullshade hanging basket that seriously, I only ever water once every three days, if that. It's doing amazingThis is the hydrangea group at work. I bought three. I

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I know! I have a lot to post but I can't wait!!! It has to be now and I've a lot to catch up on!Grower Trials are coming up August 12th! LOTS of pictures to follow and information! I WILL keep you posted on varieties to look for, for 2010!http://www.focusgreenhousemanagement.com/sawayagardentrials/Lots of growers there. Looking forward to it!

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Pennisetum Fireworks. We planted it. We're waiting to see what it does. 2 feet, zone nine which means we need an insane amount of heat in a zone 5 to get this baby flowering. So far, slow as hell due to cooler weather conditions and rain. Like we're in august now people. What the heck is happening? We're having October weather here! Anyways, I think we're going to heckle our grower to do this one

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05ip-N0H1Ig

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I finally cut the garden in the back. FINALLY. It only took me from April until the end of July to do it but I got it done! Ten bags of soil later, mixed into clay and I was able to finish planting the veggie plants I got free from work (end of season stuff). It has my Jap maples in it but you can't see them so well. It nearly killed me.My son is learning to mow the lawn now.The dog run! We

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I bought a Japanese Maple Acer palmatum 'Olsens Frosted Strawberry' !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!BE JEALOUS!!!!!!! I have no pictures yet of my japanese Maple collection yet because man, am I scoring these babies left and right. I wish I had bought Ghost but I didn't. I wish I did. But I didn't. Sigh. Next time, I will. I have to stop impulse buying these trees but it's hard. I have a long property

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It happened around the corner of my house last Saturday morning. No one was hurt but the damage was extensive.... And just to cheer you up, baby picture! He's getting older and a lot more helpful.

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Okay, my pictures are backwards here. Just visualize okay?the front yard.The back yard (last year's planting)Peony at my sister's house. a TREE peony. It's huge.Allium. This was my no frills purchase last year. Remember the 3 allium bulbs for a $1.99?? Oh yeah, it was allium all right. Tulip bulbs 'queen of night' and yes, this was also a no frills $1.99 purchase. It rocked.The weeping green

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So the long weekend madness is far from over. Because of the cold weather, it carried over into this week and it's far more busy than I anticipated. We're loaded and ready to go and even sold out on a few things (which is insane because I've NEVER been THIS sold out before!). I thought I would take a few pictures of the greenhouse monday morning, even though I only get to it wednesday. It was

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Geranium 'Esspresso'. Looks like someone needs a spellchecker, but I kid you not, this is how it's spelled. Do I know a lot about this perennial? Not too much. Hardy to zone 4, full to part sun, May-june blooming. It's actually a nice little plant, more english garden feel to it. Dicentra ' Burning Hearts'. If you don't know this one by now, get to know it! It's a sister to 'King of hearts' ,

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There's nothing like going out to get your hands dirty in the garden, hunched over, one hand supporting your body, the other working frantically against the time it takes for your back to call it quits. Your wrists complain with a increased ache that climbs up your trembling arm and you push your back into the opposite of an arch, trying to stretch that dull ache out, just to hold off a little

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At work, across from vegetables, in the shrub and tree lot, we have a pond. It's where we send everyone to go to talk about trees and shrubs. It's a key meeting point and everyyear we plant stuff into it. Well, last year, one of the employees pulled a lot of stuff out, cut back and opened up the garden so I could go in there and plant the hell out of this garden with bulbs. Here's the result of

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Okay. I lied. Not what's new exactly but what came in. Some of them are new. Some are not. We just got them in the greenhouse and they're going pretty good. We sat down last year and picked out our varieties, found the ones that grow better, bloom more, and are more uniform in growth habit. That's where we differ from the regular greenhouses, where they're annuals are generic, ours are superb! I

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My son looking suspiciously bad and cute at the same time. Last week I got the pleasure of going to another greenhouse and going standard shopping. It took me awhile to find someone to show me the new stock that had just arrived (it was everywhere) and I was looking for specific things. Eventually though, I snagged someone and we walked around and I discovered some neat things amongst many

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Planter haven! I didn't have time nor energy to post this last week and I'm on my second wind tonight, so I have time to actually show the numbers and pictures. 32 of these wednesday! (above) 26 of these, I think? 18 of these, or was that 24?Yes this is our mess. Assembly line!Messy! Hanging baskets!

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I can't tell you how disheartening it is to find that people buy plants from big box stores. Don't do it! You're not just taking out the family retail businesses but you're also hurting the local farmers/growers. Agriculture as a whole is suffering terribly and most of your plant growers sell at the market over the winter, just to make meat ends. Living off their summer earnings is never enough

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My lastest purchase! I was originally going to buy a flat of Angelo's Garlic but I decided that I wanted the kettle more than the garlic. They've been walking out of the garden centre without people batting an eyelash to what's in it. Peppermint, Spearmint and Pineapple mint, three mints that i'm not too crazy about but honestly? The pot is cool! AND it has holes in the bottom for drainage and I

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This is what I came home to. Baby in the cupboard. Caught in the act! I got a gift from one of my growers today! Last year we were talking about making up black gardens and I'm currently in the process of making my gothic garden! This section of my garden will be completely devoted to plants that are black in leaf and in flower and I can't wait toget to that point! My first step was planting a

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