Comments on: What a beautiful Spring we’re having

By: Daffodils in the garden | You are in My World Now

Daffodils in the garden | You are in My World Now — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:06:44 +0000

[...] of the garden beds have filled in and there are literally flowers everywhere! Tulips, Hyacinth, Muscari (Grape Hyacinth), glories of the snow and of course, [...]

By: Blooms and greenery everywhere | As the Garden Grows

Blooms and greenery everywhere | As the Garden Grows — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:45:19 +0000

[...] a peek at my Grape Hyacinth (Muscari) and my Daffodils take a peek at my other blogs. Related Reading: Turk Pasque Flower 15 Seeds [...]

By: Mark Ramos

Mark Ramos — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:29:20 +0000

sadly, my only memory of “gardening” is when I killed my roommates plant that she had had for 15 years by placing it under our heating vent. oops!

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best wordpress themes — Thu, 14 May 2009 06:35:25 +0000

I have also Muscari in my garden, Really everyone like it.

By: I Love Postcards

I Love Postcards — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:34:20 +0000

Wow! That photo of your grape hyacinth is beautiful. My garden is starting to come in nicely. Unfortunately we had several boxwoods not make it through the harsh Chicago winter. But the daffodils look glorious and brighten my day whenever I see them. Thanks for the helpful tip of using coffee grounds

By: Odchudzanie Poznan

Odchudzanie Poznan — Wed, 13 May 2009 13:25:47 +0000

I’m affraid it’s a bit too late to start growing flowers. But at least thanks to the fact that it’s spring and all that I can take a walk through the park and it looks amazing!

By: CECiL

CECiL — Tue, 12 May 2009 06:43:27 +0000

Makes me feel like growing some flowers too

By: 10 ways to minimize slugs and snails in the garden | As the Garden Grows

10 ways to minimize slugs and snails in the garden | As the Garden Grows — Mon, 11 May 2009 20:16:10 +0000

[...] just received a comment on my main blog, Tricia’s Musings, from a regular reader and he said that he lost most of his Hyacinth flowers to slugs this year. [...]

By: Adam

Adam — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:40:21 +0000

Thanks a lot for the suggestions. We do drink a lot of coffee and have a ready supply of ground coffee grounds.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:12:37 +0000

Adam I’m sorry to hear that you lost your Hyacinths to slugs! You must have a bad infestation. I haven’t seen any slugs yet but I’m sure they are coming.

Some tips on keeping slugs at bay …

1. Stir up the earth in your garden beds in the spring. This helps to expose the slug eggs/ larvae and causes them to die from the exposure.

2. Don’t put mulch down until early June (at least here in this Zone 5b area, might be earlier in your area)

3. Add used coffee grounds to the soil or apply around the base of plants troubled by slugs. Each year we make several trips to coffee shops and ask for their used coffee grounds. Most will give them away to the public as they are just throwing them out in the garbage anyway. Some will even take a bucket from you and fill it up throughout the day. We add the coffee grounds to our garden beds, especially around slug troubled plants like Hostas and we also add the coffee grounds to our compost container as they help make a rich compost when they break down.

As you can probably tell I’m not into using pesticides to get rid of slugs and other bad bugs. in fact here in Toronto they’ve banned most pesticides and herbicides so it’s a good thing I’ve been gardening without chemicals anyway! LOL

Hope this helps a bit!