﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--RSS Genrated: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:47:43 GMT--><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:ev="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/event/"><channel><title>Sommer Gardens - Ramblings</title><link>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/rss/category/779/ramblings</link><atom:link href="http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/rss/category/779/ramblings" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><description>RSS document</description><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Summer Clean-up]]></title><link>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/summer-clean-up</link><description><![CDATA[ I had a busy summer in my event business so the brugmansia plants in my nursery have gotten out of control this summer. Fortunately I've had a couple of open weekends and I was able to schedule ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2014 03:09:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/summer-clean-up</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1490]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[California dreaming]]></title><link>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/california-dreaming</link><description><![CDATA[I'm just wrapping up a week long stay in the San Diego area.  The primary reason for the trip was to attend the Triathlon America Conference, a conference geared for the business of triathlon. Seeing ...]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:46:03 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/california-dreaming</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1646]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Remembering the past - Sommer Gardens circa 1984]]></title><link>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/remembering-the-past-sommer-gardens-circa-1984</link><description><![CDATA[We were doing some cleaning in our office and I came across this vintage areal photograph of Sommer Gardens circa 1984.  This photo shows my retail garden center on US hwy 27 just north of Clermont.  ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:11:00 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/remembering-the-past-sommer-gardens-circa-1984</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1664]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Mission Accomplished!]]></title><link>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/mission-accomplished</link><description><![CDATA[My first holiday project took about a week longer than I had anticipated to finish, but we wrapped it up just in time.  As we were affixing the last piece of poly film to the roof the nighttime ...]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:34:38 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/mission-accomplished</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1671]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[How to deal with a home invader... ]]></title><link>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/how-to-deal-with-a-home-invader</link><description><![CDATA[It's easy, just catch them with a trap and transport them away to a new location!   Recently I started noticing my cat's food was disappearing at an astonishing rate.  My cat is not a big eater so I ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:13:12 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/how-to-deal-with-a-home-invader</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1805]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Up, up and away]]></title><link>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/up-up-and-away-2</link><description><![CDATA[As the Friday sun was setting I was out amongst my brugmansia plants looking for blooms to pollinate.  I just happened to glance towards the east and saw a rocket heading skyward.  I'm only about 60 ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 13:50:47 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/up-up-and-away-2</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1806]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Gee, I wonder what I'll be doing this weekend......]]></title><link>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/gee-i-wonder-what-ill-be-doing-this-weekend</link><description><![CDATA[Take a pick-up truck load of 2 gallon sized pots, 1,500 to be exact.....   and add a mountain of fresh potting soil.....   along with a never ending row of overgrown brugmansia seedlings in one ...]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Feb 2011 11:39:13 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/gee-i-wonder-what-ill-be-doing-this-weekend</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1820]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Brugs, brugs, and more brugs....]]></title><link>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/brugs-brugs-and-more-brugs</link><description><![CDATA[Our weather finally became the envy of the nation so I decided this weekend would be a great time to tackle a major nursery rejuvenation project. It was time to expand my growing area to accommodate ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:10:43 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/brugs-brugs-and-more-brugs</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1824]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[Weeds, weeds and more weeds....]]></title><link>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/weeds-weeds-and-more-weeds-1</link><description><![CDATA[With many of my potted brugmansia seedlings frozen back to ground level, I had to take a wait and see approach to see which ones would live on and sprout back.  After cutting the frozen plants back ...]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 14:50:53 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/weeds-weeds-and-more-weeds-1</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1916]]></dc:identifier></item><item><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sommer Gardens]]></dc:creator><title><![CDATA[I'm back!!!]]></title><link>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/im-back</link><description><![CDATA[No I didn't give up blogging, I just had to focus my energy on a couple of other web projects this spring.  While both are still a work in progress, I now have time to get back up to speed with ...]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 05:24:17 GMT</pubDate><guid>http://sommergardens.com/Garden-Blog/im-back</guid><dc:identifier><![CDATA[1b496b6c-6b62-4310-89b0-3634e9d4b7d3-1920]]></dc:identifier></item></channel></rss>