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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Gardening supplies for your Garden, Tomoto's,Flower Bulbs,Flowers

Yesterday we talked about the wonders of using the right tools to get the job done. Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk about what we are going to put into that garden. Flower Bulbs, onions, tomoto's,bell peppers,jalepeno's or just putting in a flower garden.




What type of garden are you planting? I usually plant a little of both! Only because if you have read any of my previous blogs you would know that I love flowers! I always even if the season doesn't turn out to be what I thought it would be, plant tomoto's. Nothing taste better than a homegrown tomoto, i think it's the dirt taste. What do you think about the taste of those tomoto's in the store? Not very much flavor, give me a home grown one any ole day ..keeps ya wanting to come back for more. I plant the Beef Steak tomoto's and usually one cherry tomoto plant.



I have a inground swimming pool in my back yard and living in the midwest it can still stay hot at night. I have planting areas by the side, far enough away so that the tomoto's don't fall into the pool. The point I am trying to make is the humidity from the pool and the inground watering hoses make these tomoto's a delicous treat. I haven't tried the topsy turvey planters yet, have you? Do the tomoto's fall right on the ground and do they work good for you? I guess I am older and set in my ways and enjoy the old fashioned way of planting plants.



Now as I have stated before I am a flower lover! I always plant petunia's every year.. They make me happy with all the colors that they come in. Plus the petunia's attrack hummingbirds! I also put up feeders for them, so they come back year after year. Ok back to the flowers, one of my favorite flowers to plant in Oregon was the Begonia's. They are a tuberous plant, planting them around March and watch them grow. Just FYI if you plant a Begonia only plant about 1 inch deep in the soil with the seed looking side up. Cover with dirt and water and in about two weeks you will see some sinking soil, don't despare that means soon your going to have some pretty leaves first, then the beautiful flowers. I love the Orange,Red,Yellow colors of those begonias.



If you are looking for some interesting ways to decorate your back yard you should check this out!
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Let me know what your doing with your garden.


Happy Gardening and God Bless!



Mona

Garden Tools,the right tool for the Gardening job!

You know I told you in my last post how my dad was here from Oregon! Guess what we did? You guessed it yardwork. Well, most of you may not like gardening or yardwork, but I actually love it. I find that if I have the right garden tools I can turn a ugly duckly yard into a beautiful swan garden. Kind of makes me feel close to God playing in the dirt!

I hadn't really edged along my lawn and concrete pathways since I bought the house in 2006. So edging was really essential to making the lawn look professional. You would be surprised what a difference edging can make. That's why I am saying the proper garden tools for the job will make that gardening/yard much easier.

I did some shopping around, you see I have a home in Oregon already fully stocked with yard supplies. I have been slowly building up my yard supplies and garden tools back here in the big midwest. I have discovered that for different areas of this United States you can use some garden tools in some states and get away with it, and then on the other hand you might have to invest in something that works for the state that your in.

Let's take Edger's in Oregon a lightweight weedeater, can be used for a edger, because the soil is so different. Now here in Missouri, we are rock country. I was replacing the line on a lightweight weedeater every couple of inches...if I made it that far. Wasn't to happy with this situation as I was stopping, pulling on the line, pushing down, stopping get the picture! They are farily inexpensive these edgers/weedeaters. Works well if you don't use them as a edger in my opinion.

So I found a answer to my back ache, found a answer to not having to push down to get more line. Do I have your curiousity up yet? This Garden tool is also Eco-friendly! Runs on a 18 volt battery, not gas, not electricity(no cord to run over...I will have to tell you my lawnmower story some time about a cord I ran over). It's a 2 in 1 Trimmer/Edger. No sore back because the head of this puppy tilts 90%, the line automatically feeds. Did you read that the line automatically feeds! Cool huh! Weighs a whole whopping 7 lbs, has it's own built in wheels, has a 30 day no risk money back guarantee!

Try this product to save you money in the long run!

They have a payment plan of 3 payments of $33.33, plus a free lifetime of supply line! Ok every year for weedeating I always have to replace the line. Well now I don't have two because I get a free lifetime supply.


So bottom line here is if you want the job done right,for your garden or yard, always have the right tools for the job. If your husband wants to know how come you spent so much money on an edger/trimmer remind him of the right tools for gardening and yardwork will save on his pocketbook and back in the long run. See you on the green side!

P.S. Let me know how this worked out for you!

God Bless!

Monahttp://www.tissotweet.com/

Thursday, May 13, 2010