The Garden Lady

Summer Is Here Officially

Posted on Jun 22, 2009 under In The Garden | No Comment

 So how are those gardens going? Ours finally started to grow. Now we have tomatoes coming on, our Yukon Gold potatoes are doing great and we are picking a few green beans and cucumbers. All of our herbs have done well now that it has gotten hot. The peppers are starting to produce, but not read to pick yet……and the Weeds are terrible…..With all the rain, I am having trouble keeping them under control!                                                                                                                                                                                               

 

 Some of you have the Topsy Turvy Tomato Planters. How are they doing? Ours is starting to produce tomatoes, but it certainly does NOT look like the pictures we see on the advertisements.

Tips for you Garden:

Make eco-safe repellents from pure essential oils. Add 2 drops of garlic oil and 5 drops of lavender oil to a water-filled quart trigger sprayer. Shake contents as you spray plants. Be sure you do this in the cool of the morning or the cool of the evening, NOT during the heat of the day.

Place wood ashes around cucumber, squash and cabbage plants to deter those  vine bores and cabbage worms.

Dissolve nasty slugs by spraying them with a mix of one part ammonia to 2 parts water.

Prune spring-flowering shrubs and climbing roses right after they finish blooming.

Through the Garden Gate Party

Posted on Jun 04, 2009 under In The Garden | No Comment

 

The Flower Garden & Nature Society of Northwest Arkansas presents
Through the Garden Gate Party at the garden of Gail & Virgil Pianalto in Tontitown, 161 N. Barrington Road. This garden is full of whimsy, charm, and beauty. 

 June 6, 2009

9am to 12 noon  

Ticket prices are: $3.00 General Public

$2.00 FSGS members and children 12 & under get in free

  Purchase tickets early at Botanical Garden of the Ozarks, or morning of the tour at Fayetteville’ Farmers’ Market or at the Pianaltos’ garden. Ticket price includes chance on raffle items, homemade cookies, iced tea with fresh mint, and cold water with fresh orange and lemon slices.  Garden related items will be available for purchase. 

Directions: In Tontitown at intersection of Hwy. 412 & Barrington Road at traffic light, go north on Barrington. The Pianaltos’ home is first house on left, and parking is available in lot behind old St. Joseph Catholic Church building. The Pianaltos’ home faces this church parking lot.

This event will benefit both the Flower Garden & Nature Society and the Botanical Garden of the Ozarks. 

Due to devastating ice storm in late January, the annual garden tour was canceled this year, and this casual garden party was subsiituted as a cheerful alternative!