Hello Fellow Gardeners,

We all know the meanings of common roses like red (passionate love), white (innocence), and yellow (friendship), however, there are more and more color choices available in roses every year, but what do they mean?

Well I found this nice website called Pro Flowers that explains the meaning of lavender and orange roses! Did you know that lavender roses mean “enchantment, majesty, (and my personal favorite) love at first sight!” How romantic! I would really enjoy receiving a bouquet of those now or even growing them myself! Orange roses mean “desire, enthusiasm, and passion!” There is lots more interesting information included in these articles as well, so check them out! And if you end up with an uncontrollable desire to actually grow some lovely lavender or orange roses (like moi!), I did find a few that will work out for cold climates!

Happy Thoughts (left) miniature.

Livin’ Easy (middle)

Cary Grant (right)

Blueberry Hill (left).

Lavender Lassie (right).

Happy Gardening,

Marie Suzanne

Hello Fellow Gardeners,

Many of us gardeners buy little gardening sets for our kids and grandkids so they can learn and help out in the garden. That’s why I wanted to let you all know about this voluntary recall from Troy-Bilt…

The “Budding Gardener Complete Gardening Set” has been recalled due to the fact that there is harmful lead in the gloves.

Thankfully, there has been no one injured so far, and we at the Daily Weeder want to keep it that way–so if you bought a set for your child, or received one as a gift– make sure to check it out! Let your friends know about it too!

This is what the gloves look like…

What to do!

Courtesy of the Troy-Bilt website…

“Consumers should take these gloves away from children immediately. Troy-Bilt is directly contacting consumers who purchased these gloves and will be providing each consumer a self-addressed stamped envelope so that the gardening gloves may be returned to Troy-Bilt directly. Additionally, a kid-size gardener’s apron shall be provided at no cost to each customer as an accommodation and in exchange for the gardening gloves.”

Troy-Bilt Contact Information

(888) 848-6038 Open between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday,

www.troybilt.com

Happy and Safe Gardening,

Marie Suzanne

Hello Fellow Gardeners,

This is the time of year for gardening! Unfortunately along with the flowers comes those pesky things called weeds! I thought I would compile a list of websites and links to help you learn and identify weeds in your garden. As you will see– it’s quite a list!

Some weeds look as nice as flowers– but be warned! Don’t leave that weed in your flower bed, it will just spread…and spread…and spread! Weeds are tricky little buggers!

Here is a list of common weeds to watch for…

Common Chickweed

Curly Dock

Dandelion

Giant Foxtail

Goosegrass

Wild Violet

For a more complete list check out…

MSU Turf Weeds

Common Weed Seedlings of Michigan

My ultimate gardening enemy is Nettle! I have gotten stung by this prickly plant so many times, I’ve lost count! However, recently I found a very interesting website that actually shows a good side to Nettle. Needless to say, I was fascinated! In my opinion, this is a must read!

Check out…
All about Nettle

Nettle and People

Nettle and Wildlife

Nettles in the Garden

I find it useful to go around my garden once a week with my homemade book of weeds! In it I printed out pictures of all those nasty plants, complete with information such as their name and removal methods, so I can easily identify them in my garden and stop them in their tracks!

Happy Gardening,

Marie Suzanne