tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post2505238724338004092..comments2024-03-28T07:42:52.061-06:00Comments on Meadowbrook Farm: faq - the garden and greenhouseTeresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01760820420778613121noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-6069340669762033302012-08-18T23:19:31.036-06:002012-08-18T23:19:31.036-06:00I needed some inspiration for gardening. And your ...I needed some inspiration for gardening. And your gardens are inspiring! Nice pictures really.<br /><br />- Herman SwanIndiana Limestonehttp://www.marvelousmarbledesign.com/marvelous_marble_gallery/6/Exterior-Architectures.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-69780351264146564622012-07-19T06:44:48.121-06:002012-07-19T06:44:48.121-06:00Your gardening tips are great!Love your photos!Ama...Your gardening tips are great!Love your photos!Amazing and fantastic!cheap gothic victorian dresseshttp://www.cosfever.com/135-gothic-victorian-dressesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-31613522428083545972012-04-12T09:46:23.654-06:002012-04-12T09:46:23.654-06:00Your blog is so inspiring! I love to come here wit...Your blog is so inspiring! I love to come here with my cup of coffee…so relaxing.<br /><br />☺ HopeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-81310396635949380562012-04-08T09:44:32.463-06:002012-04-08T09:44:32.463-06:00You must have an awesome camera. Want to share wh...You must have an awesome camera. Want to share what kind it is? Nice photos.BearShe Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08347977290937619931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-91167239724451364062012-03-31T05:17:46.296-06:002012-03-31T05:17:46.296-06:00I wandered onto your blog this morning (the first ...I wandered onto your blog this morning (the first weekend I've had off in almost a month) and discovered this entry. Hooray for more advice right before planting time! I can't thank you enough for your advice regarding my upcoming wedding and the window boxes. Maybe I can help with basil... the one thing I have grown successfully (besides vegetables) since moving to the great white north and a climate similar to yours.<br /><br />A few years ago, after killing several basil plants, a local farmer suggested that I needed to treat it to an outdoor "Mediterranean climate" since it would like a greenhouse as little as it would like my northern soil (I rolled my eyes and glanced out the window at the snow and he kindly explained). He suggested starting it indoors at the same time I do my tomatoes and NEVER plant it in anything but pots with excellent drainage. So I invested in a few of those "feed from the bottom" pots. Now, here's the fun part. You harden it off like any other plant, and it lives outside, but if the temperature is going below fifty at night, you bring it inside. Also... it comes in when we get a hard rain... so, last year I grew fifty basil plants and am still eating fresh pesto regularly... and yes, it is a TON of work... but being able to take a packet of basil out of the freezer (what I didn't turn into pesto and freeze in ice cube trays immediately, I quick froze in 2c. baggies) is well worth it!. I fertilized it about once a week with miracle grow and ONLY watered from the top gently with a watering can, but holy basil that farmer was right! <br /><br />I may have a basil problem like your zinnia problem... this year I have planted 72 seedlings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-82443648942539353172012-03-23T09:19:42.042-06:002012-03-23T09:19:42.042-06:00Wow, I'm a little behind! So glad you are tak...Wow, I'm a little behind! So glad you are taking everything in stride. And I wanted to let you know that your lovely shot of the birdhouse and barn is beautifully framed at Pinecone Meadow Farm in lovely Fennville, Michigan. If you get this way I'll invite you over to see it!Janine at Rustic Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603179784500981673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-65559786499682321282012-03-22T10:53:27.973-06:002012-03-22T10:53:27.973-06:00I can't grow anything to save my life, even wh...I can't grow anything to save my life, even when I plant things they die. I don't have a green thumb that's for sure. Our first garden we were semi successful with little tomatoes and those deer got them. I love deer but I really wanted to ring their necks. We were waiting so patiently for just the right moment to go get them and we go down there and they were all gone. We thought at first someone stole them, I was saying- who would come and steal our tomatoes and my neighbor said- The deer. I didn't know they ate them and I just gave away how clueless I am. Anyway I never planted anything again because I know of the trouble everyone else around me has with the deer eating all their hard work. Love your photos by the way!GennieGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12170827561300132048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-71726925348829289322012-03-19T18:51:31.704-06:002012-03-19T18:51:31.704-06:00Thanks for sharing your secrets. Hopefully a gree...Thanks for sharing your secrets. Hopefully a greenhouse is in my future, albeit distantly. We had lots of sun in Colorado this past week but if we don't get more snow, we'll be paying for it later this summer!<br /><br />I hope you are feeling better :)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14123920968850176646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-81309967223227104712012-03-17T16:51:41.652-06:002012-03-17T16:51:41.652-06:00...So glad to hear you're feeling better! Whe......So glad to hear you're feeling better! Where have I been that I missed out on all of this badness (you in surgery) & goodness (you sharing gardening tips)? Sheesh. And sadly my brain fog isn't caused from a little heavenly pill either. *sigh*giggle* ;o)<br /><br />...Thank you so much for sharing your tips with us! I never over plant my annuals and now I see why my pots and window boxes look so sparse compared to yours. And I only fertilized every couple of weeks, if my plants were lucky. :o\ Now that I know your secrets I am gonna really try and do it up right this year, I'm gonna follow your advice to a "T" and see if I can't get my flowers to rock like yours. Wish me luck. :o)<br /><br />...I do have one teeny question for you if you're still taking questions. What do you use for your lawn? I've noticed in your awesome photos that your lawn is just as beautiful as your flowers. Do you fertilize each Spring? Reseed? Plant plugs? If you fertilize or use a lawn treatment would you share the brand please? Thank you so much!<br /><br />...Sorry my Get Well wishes are so late but I'm glad to hear you're doing fine.<br /><br />...Have a wonderful weekend!<br /><br />...Blessings :o)tjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15595340637449976534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-75976812701375562722012-03-17T07:37:18.153-06:002012-03-17T07:37:18.153-06:00To get rid of slugs ...I have tried this and it wo...To get rid of slugs ...I have tried this and it works. Use washed out tuna cans, add beer to the can. Place under plants. It has always worked for me.Bevie Pearlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13583654963330649169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-84344175858228924722012-03-16T18:14:03.677-06:002012-03-16T18:14:03.677-06:00My job has kept me away from blogging for a bit so...My job has kept me away from blogging for a bit so I just read of your surgery today. So glad to hear all went well. I was laughing with you on the doctors leaving things in you comment. I think I watched the same episode. My husband is a doctor and tells me that it doesn't happen as much as we think, but once is too much for me! I finally figured out my plants don't last long because I'm not fertilizing them enough (or ever), so because of you, I'm going to do better this year and respect my plants. Have a wonderful weekend!Sewn With Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137376998525862928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-84773954715608283482012-03-16T10:14:53.951-06:002012-03-16T10:14:53.951-06:00Well first of all, I'll wear flip flops for yo...Well first of all, I'll wear flip flops for you... except that it has been a constant downpour here and I'd have prune feet AND I don't actually own or wear flips flops... will Chacos do? They'd probably work better in the rain too!<br /><br />Thanks for all of the gardening tips. I admit I need to fertilize MORE than I do but I also use a watering can and am just too lazy I suppose. I also tend to over plant and never thin! If I planted that seed and it grows I can't bear to pull it out :( I'm about to get my impatien and wave petunia seeds planted to keep indoors for now... my zinnias, sunflowers, marigolds, etc won't be planted until April and I do them in my (unheated) greenhouse.<br /><br />I for one cannot wait for spring and some COLOR! Tired of grey, wet days.<br /><br />~Chris<br /><br />PS happy to hear you are on the mend!Chris at Red Gate Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12339700094067226000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-82234562434673131302012-03-15T15:48:26.490-06:002012-03-15T15:48:26.490-06:00Thank you for the permission to over plant. I alwa...Thank you for the permission to over plant. I always do that for the same reason you do, despite the raised eyebrows of other, well-haved, rule-following gardeners. <br /><br />And why is it when I watched the weather report last night, every inch of the country had a big, yellow sun on the map except for our little corner of the country which had a big, dumb snowflake on it? It is March, universe! Bring me some sun, please.Into Vintagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14207115790435481356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-38119327902964839542012-03-15T12:04:45.340-06:002012-03-15T12:04:45.340-06:00Millie and I went on a 25 minute walk through town...Millie and I went on a 25 minute walk through town today and thought of you. Thank you for more great gardening advice. I will admit that I cannot imagine my life without fresh basil. Keep in mind while you are looking through the Village real estate guide that you can have loads of it effort free when you move here.Jen Kershnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16128661586028201160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-70544258044279534922012-03-15T11:21:40.674-06:002012-03-15T11:21:40.674-06:00Yeah!! You are better!! Thanks for the great tip...Yeah!! You are better!! Thanks for the great tips. We finally put a deer fence around the back yard and "gave" the front to the sweet little critters. About the Lady bugs...I noticed in your first picture the Ladys had a yellowish/orange color and the others were red. We get a swarm of the y/o ones in the fall and they hibernate in our garage and attic. Now that the weather is a little warmer they are coming in the house. I understand they are "foreign" bugs that don't die off in winter....any info you may have on them??Andy's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03678877163992395190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-10649275216828275952012-03-15T10:59:59.869-06:002012-03-15T10:59:59.869-06:00glad to hear you're doing better! love all th...glad to hear you're doing better! love all the garden info - it may even help my black thumb!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08026642983521186196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-17378146753822531272012-03-15T10:26:15.365-06:002012-03-15T10:26:15.365-06:00Thanks for your gardening tips, and I am glad you ...Thanks for your gardening tips, and I am glad you are feeling better! Stunning photos! Have a blessed week! xo Heathervintage greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04244334698699187987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-71259366586808156232012-03-15T06:22:27.589-06:002012-03-15T06:22:27.589-06:00We had a problem with deer also-until we got our L...We had a problem with deer also-until we got our Labrador. He stays out (unless it gets very cold) on an electric fence and no more deer! I did have to re-route the wire for the electric b/c he liked to lay on the hostas! <br />Thanks for the tips!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-61405318750659611562012-03-15T00:30:02.716-06:002012-03-15T00:30:02.716-06:00I'm sure glad to hear you're better. We h...I'm sure glad to hear you're better. We had snow this week too.. I am *so* over the winter/snow thing. I want warmth and sun.. bring it on. We wintered over a big red banana plant and some geraniums. Hope they do okay when we bring them out. ((hugs)), Teresa :-)Teresa Kasnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06228404538876664577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-70289996623779281482012-03-14T22:21:20.461-06:002012-03-14T22:21:20.461-06:00It snowed here too. Dying for some sun and planti...It snowed here too. Dying for some sun and planting time!<br /><br />Becca<br />homeiswheremystorybegins.comBecca Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08848398486925857953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-56893397495353009892012-03-14T21:22:15.736-06:002012-03-14T21:22:15.736-06:00I love all of your gardening tips! Spring is just ...I love all of your gardening tips! Spring is just around the corner and I can hardly wait! Love the photos, especially the ladybugs.<br /><br />~ShanonShanon at Vintage Sparkle Chichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480935131451730046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-20851403682864847392012-03-14T20:38:25.541-06:002012-03-14T20:38:25.541-06:00Great post Teresa!!! I have weather envy too, howe...Great post Teresa!!! I have weather envy too, however with a few more days like today it should be GONE! I have greenhouse envy now, after reading your post. I laughed about your slug comment : )<br />I can't wait to get out and get my hands dirty. I will wish some great weather your way okay?Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17283259375743586344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-47227771942502808692012-03-14T18:46:55.301-06:002012-03-14T18:46:55.301-06:00Great words . . . helpful thoughts . . . we are ch...Great words . . . helpful thoughts . . . we are changing up an area this year so you gave me ideas. Going with drip irrigation and not following space suggestions.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08723721131329150461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-15347240453536176512012-03-14T18:34:38.626-06:002012-03-14T18:34:38.626-06:00Thanks for the garden blog! You will not hear anyt...Thanks for the garden blog! You will not hear anything nice about deer from me. I call them big mice.becky up the hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07285976186390362549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3719027560662681292.post-38657547768612820732012-03-14T16:36:58.768-06:002012-03-14T16:36:58.768-06:00Hi Kelly!
My pots are all from Home Depot or K-mar...Hi Kelly!<br />My pots are all from Home Depot or K-mart. I try to buy extras when K-mart is closing them out in the fall because I always break a few during the summer. <br />Oooh, zinnias, cosmos and sunflowers are the best. Larkspur is another really fun and pretty cutting flower. I can't wait for farmer's market season to be here!Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01760820420778613121noreply@blogger.com