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lance@gardencarpentry.com
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Dinner for the Ladies...
Aphids, mites and caterpillars will begin emerging in your garden this month. So get out now and visually inspect your plants.
The natural diet of Lady Bugs consists of soft bodied insects such as aphids, spider mites, and young caterpillars. Adults can consume up to 100 aphids a day. They are eco friendly and widely available at local garden shops.
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Bed Love... Now is the time to prepare your beds for spring planting. This year try fertalizing with manure instead of synthetics. Manure is produced locally and is available at your local garden center. This time tested plant food is a great way to increase yeilds, improve soil structure, go green, and help local farmers. |
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Save your trees Support your vines.
Vines like to climb. If you don't provide support structres for them, they gravitate to your trees. There, they will steal light and nutrients.
Maximize the full beauty of viney plants by training them to grow on trellises, arbors, or walls.
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Pergola Reignites the Romance...
 The passion is gone. What was once new and exciting, is now routine and uninspired. It used to be that you couldn't wait to get home from work and lose yourself in giving hours of your undivided attention and time. Now, it's just something you do on weekends once in a while, and even that has grown tired and stale. Yes, you are falling out of love...
To read more about this tragic tale please visit our blog.....www.gardencarpentry.com/blog
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We Never Knew!
Trivia That will not change your Life
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What is the only word in english, that ends in "mt"
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What animal has the largest eye?
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How old does an oak tree have to be to produce acorns?
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What is the only food that doesn't spoil?
Did you know??
The natural diet of Lady Beetles consists of soft bodied insects such as aphids, spider mites, and young caterpillars. Adults can consume up to 100 aphids a day.
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Project of the Month Staghorn Fern Arbors
 These Staghorn arbors have become more and more popular over the years. The pressure treated pine weathers well in the shaded area these stucture are built in, and allow our clients easy access to prune and care for their plants. Wrapping the fern for protection during freezes is much easier when it hangs form our arbors. This arbor also takes the stress off of tree limbs and fences that are often used to hold up heavy staghorn ferns. see more at www.tampaarbor.com | |
 Plant of the Month
The Pansy
The pansy is a perennial plant that is grown as an annual by most gardeners. It thrives in cooler weather and has become a popular winter annual in Florida and similar warm climates. Pansies form small mounds of deep green foliage that are resistant to light frosts. With this year's cold, it has been one of the best plants around that "dodges" the damages caused by the cold. The plants smile back at you with a "face" formed by a whimsical patterning of color blotches, making the pansy the happiest plant in the garden. With expressions ranging from mischievous to adorable to jolly, pansies are the pixies of the plant world.
Pansies are not fussy about soil. Do, however, add organic matter if your soil is very light and sandy to help retain moisture, and prevent plants from wilting in bright sun. Fertilize when setting out to insure a good display of flowers.
 
They can grow in a wide range of light. From bright sun to partial shade. It will even grow in deep shade but expect fewer flowers and the stems may become 'leggier'. Pansies will take the Florida rains but likes for the ground to be dry before rewatering. In our zone the pansy is a favorite winter flower in all the nurseries. It sometimes gets overlooked for the more spectacular flowering plants, but there is great beauty and satisfaction in knowing that the plant colors and hardiness of the plant will almost assure that they will be around throughout the winter season. Pansies do not, however, enjoy the Florida summertime temperatures. |
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Mark Your Calendar
February 2010
Pluto is a planet Day-(New Mexico Only) Sat 13th
Valentines Day Sun 14th
Presidents Day Mon 15th
National Chili Day Thurs 25th
March 2010
World Day of Prayer Fri 5th
Organize your home office Day Tues 9th
Donald Duck Day Sat 13th
Daylight Savings Begins Sun 14th
St. Patrick's Day Wed 17th
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Picking Your Rose...
If you're going to plant roses in your garden or outdoor room this spring, select them with the same selectivity you would when choosing fresh vegetables. In addition...
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make sure new shoots are forming
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avoid dead or browning limbs
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pass over plants with black spots or pests
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Being the owner of a small, business today certainly comes with its share of stress. The phone calls, the bills to pay, clients to see; they all keep me very busy. Sometimes it seems as though the deals that I didn't close could be the end of the world, or the lumber delivery delay is a catastrophy.
Then I see the news footage form our neighbor to they South, Haiti, and things suddenly look a lot different to me. The death and devastation that I see in the papers and online make me cringe. I am sadened for the children of Haiti and horrified by how agonizing it must be for the parents of the lost chilren.
It all makes me want to hold both of my boys closer, and thank God for thier health. It makes me kiss my wife a little more often and makes me thankful for all that I have... Clean water to drink...food to give my family... a sturdy dwelling to live in....electricity to heat my home....a hospital if my child is hurt. These are things we often take for granted, but cannot live without.
Sometimes we must see how terrible life can be in order to realize how good things are in this country. God bless the people of Haiti, and may good things arise from this tradgedy.
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