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The Intrepid Yellow Tulip Submitted by Ginny Davis, 4/18/2012 When I bought my house in 1986, my back yard had evidence that at some time someone lived here who liked to garden but they were long gone. When I started on my gardening adventures, I planted spring bulbs, including tulips, around an old, overgrown and misshaped Yew in the corner of my yard near the garage. After several years elapsed, I had the Yew dug out and a Lilac planted. The spring after the Lilac was planted, much to my delight, one of the tulips I had planted around the Yew emerged. None of the other bulbs survived the excavation but I left the tulip there. Here it is in 2012...
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It's in the Bag
Submitted by Ginny Davis, 6/20/2012
While visiting the RHS Wisley Gardens in England recently*, I saw that they were growing strawberries in bags of soil. This was a technique that they employed for some fruits and vegetables guaranteeing fresh soil every year and creating a somewhat "portable" garden. The bags were placed on benches in a greenhouse and 3-4 strawberry plants were planted in holes cut in the top of the bag. I asked if tomatoes could be grown with that method and was assured that it would work. Thinking about the need for fresh soil for tomatoes every year, I decided to try it in my own garden using new bags of garden soil.
Pictured below are the strawberries in England and one of my two tomato plants.
We'll see if it works!
*A highly recommended English Garden Tour conducted by Sisley Garden Tours. See link to the left.