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Rose Newbie, is this blackspot. or something else?
Comments (6)Artsygirl, You're in Ontario and took the photo's in January?? If that is the case, the rose is completely dormant and those leaves are dead leaves from last season's growth. The black spots are just gradual decay and decomposition of the leaves. Some roses, mostly the really hardy ones, will cleanly drop all of their leaves prior to on-set of winter and others do not. Most of my less hardy roses, including most of the Austin's, will hold most of their dead leaves during the winter and are still on the bush when I prune in spring. My Tamora's, I have 4 of them, look exactly like this right now also. Just prune the bushes in April and pick off any of these dead leaves that might still be attached to the non-winterkilled cane in spring. The rose will soon grow new leaves and canes once it breaks dormancy. Also, make sure to clean the soil of any of these dead leaves. Old dead leaves tend to harbour any fungal spores that may have been present last year. They may also house pest eggs that will hatch in the spring. Incidentally, Tamora does very well in our climate from a disease resistance standpoint, so stop stressing until spring time. :) take care,...See MoreHi, little newbie success, id, and more!
Comments (16)Wow, thank you everyone for the wonderful and flattering comments! I love posting pictures, so you guys will never get rid of me now! lol On the mystery plant... I've never even seen 4 o'clocks, but I looked it up and it does look like the foliage, huh? We've only been here 3 years, so it could be old seed laying around (we get tomato plants popping up all the time) or delivered via bird, we live closed packed in around here. I will wait and find it if it makes it. It's in a high traffic area with my kids and trikes, lol. Thanks for all the input on that. Gladys, thanks, now I have to go look up how to collect viscaria seeds. ;) I wouldn't even have thought of that. uptomyeyeballs, congrats on the baby on the way! I hope everything goes as smoothly as possible and that he/she is a good sleeper for ya. ;) I hear ya on the watering. We don't have any irrigation (except for my butt moving around the sprinkler attached to the hose.) I'm so thrifty with the water, I use the laundry and dish washer "grey" water to water my compost, and the water from my kid's baby pool to water my sunflowers. But that is another story. Thank again everyone for the kind words. I've learned so much on gw and I really enjoy gardening the more I learn about it and the more success I have, it's less frustrating!...See MoreMore newbi ?'s, suggestions.
Comments (1)Do you have a good garden center that is local to you? They would know the natives or species you want to install in your garden, and those plants that would be hardy in your area. Another good place for free information is your county agricultural extension agent. Joseph...See MoreKtichen (and more) layout - newbie would LOVE your comments
Comments (9)UGH! No there is not 3 dishwashers! Sorry! At one point when trying to be practical and when worried about our unconventional dining room idea, I asked the KD to try to squeeze in a 2nd dishwasher on the crowded sink wall to see if it was an option - and I didn�t realize the elevations still shows that version. Sorry! One dishwasher to left of sink and trash on the right. (wanted to replace the picture link but not sure if I can do that after posting w/o messing up the original message) Thanks to everyone for their comments � greatly appreciated! Couple of responses/comments/questions: To be clear, I would use the DW in the kitchen if we have company. The dining room one would be for everyday use for us and like-family neighbors (and holiday overflow when needed) but if we are entertaining I would certainly pull the dirty dishes back into the kitchen. I don�t need to use the DR DW just because it is there ;) We would have a quiet garbage disposal and a under the sink trash can as to not give up a cabinet for trash. While I whole-heartedly agree with bmorepanic about moving the margarita ingredients closer to the booze! We were also concerned about the fridge being so far away from the dining area (although we will use the island seating a lot!) The thought process was not to have something so massive in that corner, the first thing you see as you enter the house. The currently planned glass from cabinets are to soften the transition (I hope). And to put it there would require making the entrance to the dining room smaller - we want to promote the flow into the dining room and to utilize that sliding door to the much-used screened in porch, since we are closing off the 2nd existing door from the kitchen. Also when people are "living" in sunroom/brick room before a meal, they may also be invited to cut through work zone to the fridge from that direction. There seems no perfect answer. That corner location was considered for wall ovens, but we felt it distracted from the focal point of the range � which we wanted to look nice from the octagon/sun room and brick room family room. The post is structural and cannot be moved. The aisle widths are 45" between range and island and I believe 48"-50" between sink and island. The 40" sink base is pulled forward. The island is already 48" wide to reach the post.with the 12" overhang for seating. I love the idea of more space in corner, which I guess I could easily have with a smaller range � but then no oven and half � or extend the wall and make the entrance to dining room smaller as discussed above. They are just opening that wall into the dining room today and field measure is Thursday, so I will see if we can move everything down a bit. I really would like to have a prep sink � for all the reasons everyone mentioned � can anyone suggested another location? As DesertSteph metions it is close to the seating area (that may already be a little tight) and I feel it is in a prime serving location. As for windows on either side the range, a nice idea but we are already limited in upper cabinets give the open flow of the room (we actually closed in a 6 foot sliding door to porch to allow for the range) so hopefully the light from the adjacent octagon/sun room will be enough. Any thoughts on a walk in pantry? What is the smallest width to make it worth while? If not add more 16" deep pantry cabinets? Thanks everyone....See Moremulchy
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