The Seasons of Giverny -- "The Moon Remembers" Like the last audiovisual presentation, this fourth garden view is a slide show that's of mainly close-ups -- some extreme! The sequence of flowers and floral scenes that were photographed in the last few days are as follows: various shots of our Aspen grove -- mainly impatiens and petunias (Supertunias); blue Salvia -- with a bee!; Petunia hanging baskets, pots and tubs; red Salvia; Hosta and Impatiens; Daylilies; Roses -- 35 slides -- our favorite flower!!; Zinnias; Phlox; pink Malva; Osteospermum (African Daisies); Goldenrod, "Yellow Submarine"; Fever Few; Begonias; Delphinium; Gloriosa Daisy; Purple Cone Flower; Foxglove -- "Camelot"; Lamium and blue Clematis. Many of our annual flowers are in containers such as 20" hanging baskets, 25-gallon tubs, 5 gal pots, and window boxes. This use of containers is primarily for ease of mobility -- producing migrating "flower power!" For example, as the earlier-blooming perennials (i.e., tulips, daffodils, iris, peonies) cease blooming, we tuck the portable pots of flowering annuals in-between the bloomless perennial plants' foliage. This is the primary method we use to maintain high floral density throughout most of the growing season -- from mid March to mid October (usually!!). Two other important ways to keep maximum "flower power" are to use a very good (homemade) soil-less potting mix with a slow-release fertilizer AND to fertilize weekly with a water-soluble, 15-30-15 fertilizer. There will be more info about our horticultural "trade secrets" in future videos/slide shows. To most easily visit our botanical site again, please Google: Kimball ne meyers gardens

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Farmers' Day at the Library!

September 25, 2010

The Friends of the Library will have their annual BIG book sale with all the usual bargins plus more… to be posted later.

There will also be a display in the Cultural Room for all to enjoy…more details later.

September 25, 2010

The Friends of the Library will have their annual BIG book sale with all the usual bargins plus more… to be posted later.

There will also be a display in the Cultural Room for all to enjoy…more details later.

Giverny "Portrait of the Waterlilies" -- This second garden video was also "panned" from our car. Unlike the 1st video, we filmed the video later in the day (3:30 p.m.) traveling in the opposite direction -- first moving westward on Fifth Street, starting at the back alley and aspen grove, and then turning left onto Adams street, finishing at our waterfall/rail fence. The optical quality is somewhat improved since we used manual focus (rather than auto) and we utilized a large piece of cardboard -- extending from the car roof to shade the handycam from sun glare. We are learning from our experiments, experiences, successes and failures!! In our "moat" of flowering plants, which pretty much surrounds our house, the "stars" which yield the most kaleidoscopic "flower power", have to be the annuals -- most of which bloom the entire growing season -- until the first hard frost. The top "performers" to us, are the petunias -- especially the very beautiful, vigorous Supertunias (i.e., Bourdeaux; Royal Velvet; Citrus; Vista Bubblegum; Vista Fuchia; and Vista Silverberry. Other excellent petunia cultivars are Shockwave Denim; Wave Purple; and Tidal Wave Silver. Almost all of our annuals (except the Proven-Winners Supertunias) are started from seed by us in our basement "climatron" -- starting about mid-February. For artificial light, we use 45 standard fluorescent shop lights and 18 energy-efficient 300W compact fluorescent lights (CFLs). From February to May, we produce over 2000 healthy annual seedlings for our "SunnyView Gardens." If there is any interest we will present more horticultural details in future videos! Any questions? No! We don't grow any medicinal herbs in our basement!! To most easily view our gardening videos/slide programs, please Google the phrase: kimball ne meyers gardens

Keep Kimball Beautiful presented Main Street Market with the August Golden Broom award!

Mozart's Symphony #40 This video was "shot"/panned from our slowly moving car -- traveling first northward down Adams Street and then turning right onto Fifth Street. This corner-lot, streetside, cottage garden consists of about 80% perennials and 20% annuals. The dominant perennials now include: Daylilies; Gloriosa Daisies; Oxeye Daisies; Shasta Daisies; Russian Sage; Purple Cone Flowers; Roses; Achillea; Delphinium; Veronica; Phlox; Hosta; Hardy Asiatic Lilies; Monarda; Geum; & Ornamental Grasses. Our annuals presently in bloom include: Petunias; Impatiens; Foxglove; Geranium; Bacopa; Zinnias; Alyssum; Lobelia; Salvia(red and blue); Bidens; Diamond Frost; African Daisies; Cosmos, Marigolds, Dwarf Purple Castor Beans; Purple Fountain Grass & Fever Few. The addition of a few "flower-power" videos to our kimbnebritelites YouTube site should demonstrate to viewers that the Meyers not only love to decorate their home and yard with LED "blossoms of light" during the Holidays, but also with thousands of colorful blooms during the growing season. If you look closely at this video, you will notice some LED strings and ornaments hanging from some trees. Every evening during the warmer months, we have at least 5,000 LEDs lit up for several hours, especially over our front-yard, pondless waterfall. We will be uploading another flower-garden video in a few days. In our spare time, we have started to build LED panels/set pieces for our goblin/ghost-singing Halloween Musical Light Show!! To most easily view our gardening videos/slide programs, please Google the phrase: Kimball ne meyers garden Thank you!

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