PFS2k9!!

This year Dylan and I attended the Philadelphia horticultural society flowershow.

The theme was "Bella Italia" There was a high emphasis on many things Italian that had little to do with flowers. One being cars, the other being fashion. There was (as always) a ton of displays involving wedding themes, (which personally I have grown very tired of) but I must say from past years at the Flowershow, I truely feel that this could have been better.

While I do not wish to drag every topic through the mucky mud of our fiscal state, I feel even in this wondrous place, the poor economy had snuck in a stunk up my flower show.

Where there's green, there should be no down trodden attitudes, so there was a saving grace. (besides the plant shopping of course!) The Organic Gardening Lecture that Dylan and I attended.

She was a little old lady who kept refering to her husband in such a nice way and all the work he does. They own a little farm, and rent some of their land to an organic farmer who sells to the markets.

Here are our notes taken from our lovely enlightening seminar.

PFS2K9-3/2 Organic Gardening Lecture

*Puree basil with oil and freeze to preserve

*Soak greens in salt water to clean.

-Encourage birds.

-Obtain chickens, hens, and a rooster.

-After mothers day –basil, pepper

-Plant garden on Halloween

-Organic Tom. Soil—Maneur based soil, leaves, wood chips.

-Make a list- make garden diagram, cover with black plastic to germinate seeds and kill weeds. Have soil tested by the county extension services (will inform you on what supplements your soil needs)

-Annual poppies- scatter beginning of March---- calenjula marigolds, sweet peas, greens, beets, cabbage, onions parsley, buttercrunch lettuce, (dill & cilantro- “Successive gardening”, must replant every 3 weeks.)

While my home garden has not begun, it is long over do, and it's quite amazing what the dog poop in our yard has grown in terms of weeds.

Photos will follow.