Garden Guru

Greenhouse time!

2010-04-12T18:43:00.001-07:00

I've been helping at my friends' greenhouse this month. Learning LOTS from the guys as well as Suzanne, the other "helper." Suzanne is a Master Gardener and she's convincing me I want to know more about that!

But this greenhouse earns most of it's income from doing fundraisers with school groups. LOTS of baskets, flats, and planters go out of here each year. The first day we did over 100 baskets easy.

They have all kinds of flowers: petunias, wave petunias, periwinkles, begonia, tobacco plant, black-eyed susans, you-name-it! Annuals all over the place! And some of my favorites are the million bells.

Basically it's the time for transplanting everything. From plug trays to flat cubes, and from flat cubes to baskets or planters. And I'm so thankful the weather's been so gorgeous! It can be 70 degrees outside, but inside the greenhouse it can get over 100 at the same time. Needless to say, I've already gotten a start on a great tan!

Tiger lilly

2009-07-19T20:15:00.000-07:00

My Tiger lilly has FINALLY started blooming. I got a new house a few years ago and had to move a lot of flowers around and it's taken this long just to get it to bloom again. I was thrilled!

Fresh Project!

2009-07-14T10:19:00.000-07:00

This little area was just begging for a shady flower garden.

So it finally got one! With hostas, elephant ear, some lillies, impatients, forget-me-nots, periwinkle and ferns - there's room to grow each year. And there's a little turtle hiding - can you see him?

Local Event for Green Thumbs or Wanna-be's

2009-05-27T12:09:00.000-07:00

Saturday, June 6, 2009
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Rain or shine
Clark County 4-H Fairgrounds, 9608 Hwy 62, Charlestown, Indiana
HERB &GARDEN
FESTIVAL
“GROWING GREEN”
The Sunnyside Master Gardeners’
This is a free event, open to all and is handicap accessible.
For information, call 812-948-5470.
to see the original flyer click here

“Growing Green” Presentations Throughout the Day:
9:30 am Bill Abel, Grant Line Nursery
Earth Friendly Solutions to Garden Problems
11:30 am Dr. Tom Barnes, Extension Wildlife Specialist
Gardening with Wildflowers
1:30 pm Bob Hill, Hidden Hill Nursery, Homegrown/NPR
Low Maintenance, High Impact Plants for Your Landscape

Door Prizes
Drawings Hourly

Herbal Luncheon 11A - 1P
Prepared by Sunnyside Master Gardeners

Children’s Corner
Learn to make and take home a
“chia” person

Booths with local and regional vendors selling herbs,
perennials and native plants as well as garden-related
items such as woodcrafts and lawn art.
Master Gardeners will staff a consumer gardening
information booth where your garden and lawn care
questions can be answered.

First bloom!

2009-05-20T12:35:00.001-07:00

For my first posting, I wanted to show this first bloom of my hosta! I can't remember the name of this hosta, but this is the coolest bloom I've seen!

So - welcome to my gardening blog! This will be all about my enjoyment of seeing God's artwork - and getting to be a part of the process!

More to come...