daylily Dance on a Moonbeam
I hope everyone had a great Easter. We had a very nice day over at some friends for a big barbeque and egg hunt. Yes ate too much – but the food was too good to pass up. We did get a short lived shower that gave us 1/10th of an inch of rain yesterday morning. After the showers had passed, I walked outside and saw several new blooms had opened up. Dance on Moonbeam is a very pretty light yellow daylily. The second one was Coronal Light. A very pretty dark pink with a slight white edge. You can see the water drops still on the blooms, and the Coronal Light bloom looks a little blotchey because of the water.
daylily Coronal Light
This week are hosting the Poth Kindergarten classes, and then selling at the Pearl Brewery Farmer’s Market (9 am til 1 pm) on Saturday. Saturday afternoon (1 pm) I will be giving a daylily and iris seminar at Fanick’s Nursery in San Antonio. Fanick’s will also have a gardening show broadcasting from their location with Bill Rhody, Jerry Rodriquez, and Dr. Larry Stein. It is their 70th anniversary party that day. On Sunday I will be at the Antique Rose Emporium at 1 pm. They will also be having a rose symposium going on that day as well. Aside from a busy weekend, I have more seeds to plant, more weeding (never ends), watering, digging and planting. We are also continuing to pick up our oak leaves and spread them around our gardens and beds.
Early this week, I will be writing a blog on how to hybridize your daylilies. It really is pretty simple and very rewarding. And if speading pollen around isn’t your cup of tea, I’ll tell you what to do when the bees help you and you find some seed pods.
I enjoyed your seminar at the Antique Rose Emporium on Sunday. I have one question. Could you please tell me again about the compost tea. Thank you!
Hi Val,
I am glad you enjoyed the seminar. To make compost tea: take an old pair of nylons and put several scoops of compost into it and tie it off. Get a 1 or a 5 gallon bucket filled with water. Dunk the nylon into the water and let it “steep” for a couple of days. Everytime you pass by the bucket, give it a stir – the more stirring the better. By stirring you will aerate the water which activates the microbes. After steeping the tea for a couple of days either pour the water into a watering can or hook it up to a hozon syphon and spray it on top of your plants. Compost tea is a foliar feed.