Comments on: Holiday Gifts for Gardeners 2008

By: Charissa

Charissa — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 00:09:52 +0000

I like the little desk top greenhouse. I could see that on my desk.

By: niftygardener

niftygardener — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 07:12:48 +0000

#4 Is a must! Here is CA we got turned onto that book during the master gardeners program we have. I love the book! Filled with soooo much info…I bet a lot of you could find used on amazon.com

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:25:05 +0000

Though nothing is as fun as that USB green house. By jimmany, that thing is calling to me. I may get that for myself!

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:23:35 +0000

You could make the metal herb markers. Go to a craft store and check out the aisle where you find the metal sheets. You can make far more of them than you’d find in those packets, and for far less. And its lots more fun!

By: Lemongrass

Lemongrass — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:43:18 +0000

I love the metal herb markers, but when you’re unemployed, everything is out of your pay range.

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:36:50 +0000

Think Geek has the plant twitter thing for only $79 (us)I would really only want it if it tweeted things beyond- “I need water.” Maybe mint could share plans of world domination, succulents could complain about being underappreciated at work, venus flytraps could tell me what they had for lunch.

By: lauren

lauren — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:54:15 +0000

i am completely in love with those grobals. i will definitely be buying at least one for myself this christmas.

By: Kristi

Kristi — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:27:58 +0000

I really want to check out that book. I always need help with controlling the critters.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:54:46 +0000

Amen about the wildflower mixes being invasive. I’m still ripping up babys breath from a mix I used when I first started gardening. Perhaps in some places, baby’s breath is a tricky plant to grow, and delicately trods along and hesitantly sets new branches.
Even though I never let it flower after that first year, the seeds just keep coming up, and I keep ripping it up. It was pretty the first year, though rather spooky how vigorous the baby’s breath BUSHES grew and spread into my tomato plots from this little bitty row I planted with a tiny packet of wildflower seeds I got for 10 cents at the Dollar Tree. All the rest of the flowers (weeds, really, except for the marigolds, which are useful in preventing bugs around tomatoes) died in the heat, but baby’s breath just took over.

By: Gayla

Gayla — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 22:48:18 +0000

KJ: Unfortunately no, not this year. I didn’t have time.