Our friends at our neighborhood microbrewery happened to have a few hop rhizomes that they were going to try planting themselves. Since they knew I did A Gardener’s Notebook, they offered up 2 to me. I wanted to get them in the ground right away, so walked home from my Sunday afternoon pint and got to work. I show you the results in coming weeks.
(See the end of this post for information on how to enter to win today)Get your garden started right this year with a Parrot Flower Power sensor!
Parrot has been very gracious and sent me Flower Power garden sensors to give away to 2 lucky readers/viewers of A Gardener’s Notebook. I have been using my own Flower Power to monitor plants in my garden and found it to be an amazing device.
Parrot Flower Power: An incredible sensor that assesses your plants’ needs and sends alerts to your smartphone
Flower Powercommunicates to your smartphone or tablet using Bluetooth and reports on:
Moisture levels
Fertilizer levels
Temperature
Sunlight
You can tell the Flower Power which specific plant you are monitoring and whether it is growing in your garden soil or in a container, and it will make intelligent recommendation and provide alerts when the conditions are not optimal. The built-in Plant Database contains thousands of plants to choose from.
1. Middleton Place, Charleston, South Carolina “This is one of the most magical gardens in the United States, and our oldest landscaped garden. Set on a curve of Ashley River — and people used to arrive at Middleton Place by water — a very strong European influence shows in the beautiful geometry, with a series of terraced lawns and butterfly lakes, and tiny “rooms” of secret gardens.
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Video: In the garden…April 5, 2013 – Checking in on old and new plants
Video: In the neighborhood…Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia) – A Photo Montage
Video: What Douglas Dug…Show 005 – Cool Gardening Items from August 2012
