http://awaytogarden.com/out-with-the-old-goodbye-pansies-hello Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://awaytogarden.com/out-with-the-old-goodbye-pansies-hello/comment-page-1#comment-10837 chigal Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:49:05 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=5232#comment-10837 NOW I get it. I thought I'd keep my pansies going until frost, and the aphids went bananas. Not worth it. NOW I get it. I thought I’d keep my pansies going until frost, and the aphids went bananas. Not worth it.

]]> http://awaytogarden.com/out-with-the-old-goodbye-pansies-hello/comment-page-1#comment-9616 Margaret Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:02:37 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=5232#comment-9616 Welcome, Catherine. There are no overhanging trees in the area where I have the most gravel. I do use a flexible rake in spots where it is a problem, but better yet, a portable small leaf blower (but I resort to that maybe twice yearly as I hate the thing). In areas where there is a lot of fallen debris, topping up the pea stone a bit with new after we leaf-blow/rake is an annual ritual here. Welcome, Catherine. There are no overhanging trees in the area where I have the most gravel. I do use a flexible rake in spots where it is a problem, but better yet, a portable small leaf blower (but I resort to that maybe twice yearly as I hate the thing). In areas where there is a lot of fallen debris, topping up the pea stone a bit with new after we leaf-blow/rake is an annual ritual here.

]]> http://awaytogarden.com/out-with-the-old-goodbye-pansies-hello/comment-page-1#comment-9615 Catherine Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:42:47 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=5232#comment-9615 Hi Margaret, How do you keep your pea gravel looking so pristine? I have a large yard filled with pea gravel behind my brownstone in Brooklyn Heights and it is covered in all the delightful detritus that falls off of the large oak trees overhead. Raking doesn't seem to work. Any tips? Thanks! Hi Margaret,
How do you keep your pea gravel looking so pristine? I have a large yard filled with pea gravel behind my brownstone in Brooklyn Heights and it is covered in all the delightful detritus that falls off of the large oak trees overhead. Raking doesn’t seem to work. Any tips?
Thanks!

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