Comments on: Every day is daffodil day http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/every-day-is-daffodil-day/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: luis torrado http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/every-day-is-daffodil-day/comment-page-1/#comment-7677 luis torrado Thu, 08 Apr 2010 05:34:47 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=3494#comment-7677 I recently partook on a brief stroll through the gardens at Blithewold and while traversing through the landscape I unknowingly came into contact with poison ivy, oak or sumac. I would advise anyone who is planning on attending any sort of trip through the gardens to be aware of the dangers that lie due to the carelessness of the groundskeepers. <em>Luis, I'm sorry to hear that on your "traverse" of the property you may have encountered poison ivy (-poison oak is found on the west coast, and to my knowledge, in our delicate swampy areas we have no poison sumac). We work very hard to weed out poison ivy when we find it, and we also work hard to ensure that our paths are wide enough for visitors to walk through comfortably. We do hope that visitors keep to the paths for their own safety as well as to protect any precious specimen plants we have planted off the paths. I hope you're not uncomfortable for long! (Poison ivy may just be leafing out now, but you may find it helpful to learn how to identify it. Visit <a href="http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G4880" rel="nofollow">this site</a> - it's one of many - for more information.) -kris</em> I recently partook on a brief stroll through the gardens at Blithewold and while traversing through the landscape I unknowingly came into contact with poison ivy, oak or sumac. I would advise anyone who is planning on attending any sort of trip through the gardens to be aware of the dangers that lie due to the carelessness of the groundskeepers.

Luis, I’m sorry to hear that on your “traverse” of the property you may have encountered poison ivy (-poison oak is found on the west coast, and to my knowledge, in our delicate swampy areas we have no poison sumac). We work very hard to weed out poison ivy when we find it, and we also work hard to ensure that our paths are wide enough for visitors to walk through comfortably. We do hope that visitors keep to the paths for their own safety as well as to protect any precious specimen plants we have planted off the paths. I hope you’re not uncomfortable for long! (Poison ivy may just be leafing out now, but you may find it helpful to learn how to identify it. Visit this site – it’s one of many – for more information.) -kris

]]> By: Christine B. http://blog.blithewold.org/spring/every-day-is-daffodil-day/comment-page-1/#comment-7672 Christine B. Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:10:45 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=3494#comment-7672 I celebrated spring by putting away the cross country skiis for the season. It snowed four inches today. Spring really is coming, isn't it? Christine in Alaska <em>Christine, I hope you weren't too hasty putting away your skiis... But if our spring is anything to go by, it'll be upon you before you know it! -kris</em> I celebrated spring by putting away the cross country skiis for the season. It snowed four inches today. Spring really is coming, isn’t it?

Christine in Alaska

Christine, I hope you weren’t too hasty putting away your skiis… But if our spring is anything to go by, it’ll be upon you before you know it! -kris

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