Topic 35 of 41: Gardener's Almanac
Wed, Jul 5, 2000 (18:16) |
Hosta (wolf)
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Topic 35 of 41 [garden]: Gardener's Almanac
Response 1 of 4: Hosta (wolf) * Wed, Jul 5, 2000 (18:17) * 71 lines
let's get this topic going with a saying maggie brought to us:
Garden sayings
When the leaves show their undersides
Be very sure that rain betides
The scent of flowers if very strong
When rain will not be long
The anemone closes and goes to bed
Just before rain falls on your head
The leaves of clover smaller get
If the sky for storm is set
Now look! Our weather glass is spread-
The pimpernel whose flower
Closes its leaves of spotted red
Against a rainy hour
The hanging teasel opens out
When sunny weather is about
But if the teasel closes up
The falling rain will fill your cup
When dry leaves rattle on the tree
A fall of snow you soon will see
If the dogwood’s flowers are here
The frost will not again appear
When there’s many a hip and haw
A bitter winter is in store
But if the hips and haws be few
A milder winter’s coming due
Onion’s skin very thin
Mild winter coming in
Onion’s skin thick and tough
Coming winter’s cold and rough
When the flowers are early out
There’ll be but little fruit about
But if the flowers wait til later
The crop of fruit will be the greater
If oak trees hang full
And beech nuts thrive well
A very hard winter
Be sure to foretell
If the ash is out before the oak
You may expect a summer soak
But if the oak is out before the ash
You’ll hardly get a single splash
If on the trees the leaves still hold
The coming winter will be cold
October leaves upon the tress
Foretell a winter when you’ll freeze
But if October bring cold and wind
February leaves the frost behind
The vine that buds in April
Will not the barrel fill.
A pear year, a dear year
A cherry year, a merry year
A plum year, a dumb year
Topic 35 of 41 [garden]: Gardener's Almanac
Response 2 of 4: Marcia Hosta (MarciaH) * Thu, Oct 4, 2001 (00:28) * 9 lines
Rather than start a new topic for catalogs for gardening and their websites I will put them here.
http://www.heirloomseeds.com/ for the best in old time veggies and everything garden including totally organic things and how to plant them and tools for doing so. Excellent links everywhere.
http://www.rhshumway.com/ This catalog has been in business since 1870. Good links too. Since 1870
http://www.burpee.com/ The one I grew up with. In business since 1876
Topic 35 of 41 [garden]: Gardener's Almanac
Response 3 of 4: Hosta (wolf) * Thu, Nov 1, 2001 (20:15) * 1 lines
thanks marcia!!
Topic 35 of 41 [garden]: Gardener's Almanac
Response 4 of 4: Marcia Hosta (MarciaH) * Sat, Dec 1, 2001 (15:36) * 1 lines
Those catalogs have the several-pound pink tomatoes. I think they do not taste as good as the red ones, though. Like white strawberries (native to Hawaii) and yellow watermelon, I also suspect that if you eat them with your eyes closed, you cannot tell the difference!
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