Fence Armor -- Product Review

Wow, just found a great product. We were at the Landscape Ontario Golden Horseshoe Chapter Chicken Roast last night & there are always door prizes as well as raffle ticket prizes. On the door prize table were boxes of Fence Armor. The girls were told if their number was called for a door prize they were to pick up a box of Fence Armor. Well guess what? DD#2's door prize number was called, & yes she did pick up a box of Fence Armor. I don't think the Sales Rep had seen anyone more excited about this product Fence Armor!

What is Fence Armor, you ask? Well the wording on the box says it all - Protect your fence posts from damage caused by powered edgers. This is especially good when you back onto a city park. When the city workers weed whip around the perimeter of the park, guess what gets damaged, our wooden fence posts. Yes, we have been told by the Horticultural Technician of the Parks & Recreation department that the city workers are not to weed whip the fence posts but here is the damage done to a block of wood protecting some of the fence post. We have just finished replacing the fence post this block of wood was protecting, it rotted out & the weed whipping of the post did not help. This product is definitely going to help!

The Fence Armor is very easy to install.  Fencing nails are not included in the Fence Armor kit. For best results stain or water proof untreated posts before installing Fence Armor. Fence Armor is also a Canadian company.

Update:
Fence Armor is available at many Canadian Tire, Home Hardware outlets and also at www.rittenhouse.ca. A listing of where to buy Fence Armor is here. (scroll down to the bottom of the page)
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Juleigh

Guelph Trial Garden 2010 - Bruce's Picks

These are Bruce's picks from the Guelph 2010 Trial Garden.

Ageratum Artist Rose

Angelonia

Caryopteris Snow Fairy

Eryngium Sunny Jackpot

Petunia Black Velvet

Petunia Hurrah Blue Veined

Petunia Sanguna Blue 11

Petunia Sanguna Lipstick

Zinnia Magellan Ivory

Zinnia Magellan Yellow

Guelph Trial Garden 2010 - Juleigh's Picks

These are Juleigh's picks from the Guelph 2010 Trial Garden.

Echinacea PowWow
Left - White: Right - Wild Berry


Verbena Aztec 'Blue Velvet'


Echinacea 'Magnus'
Still a great looking & performing plant.


Amaranthus Mira
This plant will never make it into our garden, Bruce calls it 'old fashioned' but I think it is cool looking!!

Hibiscus Luna Rose

Rudbeckia Goldsturm
Still a great performing plant!!

Echinacea Summer Sorbet

Kniphofia Peachy Cheaks

Verbena Empress Red

Echinacea Warm Color Shades

Brassica Lucir White
Another plant that will not make it into our yard but is rather cool looking!

Cyperus King Tut
We have this in our 'Instant Water Garden' (a water garden in a container)

Calibrachoa Caberet Deep Blue

Echinacea Razzmatazz
Still the ugliest plant on earth!!
You can tell I do not like Razzmatazz. Doesn't the plant look ratty??

Magnolia Scale

Magnolia Scale is the bane of the Ontario Pesticide ban. There is now nothing to control Magnolia Scale except for power washing (you know the cost of water) & insecticidal soap. (more water)

This is what our driveway looked like after the Magnolia was power washed. Notice the white specks, those are Magnolia Scale & yes they are still alive & moving!!

The black on the leaves is Sooty mould. This is a fungus that is the result of Magnolia Scale.

Poor Gardening Practices

These are examples of poor gardening practices.

You should not allow any vine to climb up a tree. The aerial roots penetrate the bark.

Another poor gardening practice. You should NEVER & I mean NEVER leave stubs when pruning any plant. This can cause rot, disease & death of the plant.

Vegetable Garden Damage

This is the damage to our vegetable garden. We have not found the culprit, but believe it is a Bushy Tailed rat aka a squirrel. These red tomatoes are Plum Crimson. It is a substitute for Health Kick as we cannot get Health Kick transplants. These Plum Crimson are in a container so we do not think it is a rabbit. We have to have the kids outside more or invest in a dog. Not sure which is better!!

Plum Crimson

Carolina Gold

Vegetable Garden 2010

These are some of the varieties of tomatoes in our garden.

Ultra Sweet

This is a nice red tomato. Sweet.

Carolina Gold

Carolina Gold is delicious. Really sweet. Our substitute for Husky Gold as we cannot find these transplants. I prefer transplants.

Sarah Black Tomatoes

These Sarah Black tomatoes are a Heirloom Tomato. They have that wonderful old-fashioned taste. They are absolutely wonderful. Ours do have green shoulders but we just cut it off. We bought the Sarah Black transplants from Tree & Twig

Kapelo Pepper

These peppers are delicious. Bruce eats these pepper raw and he is not eat raw peppers. If he does eat peppers raw, he has to drown it in dip. These ones he didn't. They are that sweet. Also Daughter #1 loves these peppers as well & she doesn't like peppers as well. That's a good testimony for this pepper.
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Juleigh