What roses are you planning for 2012
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Comments (6)I tilled up a small area(less than a 1/4 acre) this year. I tilled it and disced it and added 8 yards of compost where the wide rows were built. Maybe you could find a cheap source of horse or cow manure? Check with local landscape companies for organic matter. A cover crop is a good idea considering the size of the area you are talking about. I am experimenting with cover crops and green manure in a small section of my garden this Fall. Black plastic might kill the weeds and grasses, but it will also burn up the organic matter from what I've read. On one website a guy said he uses old strips of carpet to kill off vegetation. If you use a large tractor don't go too deep. Deep tillage can hurt the soil structure and mix subsoil with the more nutrient-rich topsoil. You are not going to totally eradicate the weeds and their seeds. I would get a soil test before amending the soil with fertilizers and other amendments. If the land has been in grasses and native stuff in recent years then it's probably in good shape. The previous info is mainly just stuff I've read elsewhere--I'm no expert. Maybe a real farmer will chime in....See MoreNew Bill Radler Rose for 2012
Comments (13)I got it last spring, so it's still a baby geting settled in its pot. But thus far, I'm not that impressed. When they named it "orchid" something, I was thinking "oh good, we finally have a good disease-free lavender in the Austin/romantica-type bloom form." Not! There are still none of those. Orchid Romance is just a soft pink ruffly florrie, of which there are many, many others. I haven't seen anything all that unique about this one, except Radler's name and reputation for disease-free. I suspect that Star is just trying to capitalize on that....See More2012 rose season officially over today
Comments (11)No snow here. Just a cold rain. I'm learning to watch certain roses to let me know when the rose season is over. Especially Rosa Rugosa. When it's foliage turns orange, then bright yellow then drops off, that's a pretty good hint. I do my winter garden different then most folks. Several yrs ago I visited Germany in Jan & Feb. Almost every lot and space had roses. I talked with a BUNCH off folks about their winter care of their roses. I liked what they did. Come early Dec, they take off the last blooms down to the first set of foliage. Then they strip all the foliage off each bush. If they have long wind whipped canes they put a long stake by that bush and tie them to the stake. I tried that method a couple of years ago and really like the overall effect. A little bit of work?? yeah, but come spring worth it. Even in a mild winter (last year), everything shut down for at least 90 days or more. No fungal problems at all come spring. No foliage for winter carry over at all. Plus, another good reason to keep my garden under 100 bushs. My garden is a place of enjoyment. NOT problems that tend to bother me....See More2011 season update & 2012 planning
Comments (3)We have done really well with our minis. Priced at $3. We will raise the price of our larger bouquets next year to $6 or have fewer flowers and still charge $5. We are finding that harlequin marigolds are real eye catchers and get people to stop. One lady literally stopped in her tracks this weekend. They are great colours for fall. They last over a week and have nice long stems - plus they don't smell strongly of marigold. The pic is of our pill bottle posies of the marigold. Easy sell. http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1e-nu4uiLt4/TnAKryFmfLI/AAAAAAAAAUE/ZBqv8L95thE/s1600/pics%2B028.JPG Our asters are popular and we will do those again. Next year we will do more gomphrena and celosia. I will be starting a stand of armeria as well - we have a section of yard where a driveway used to be an instead of trying to amend the soil we will plant something that likes sandy soil. The joysticks version looks great. I've got verbascum started and pyrethrum (not nearly enough). I am finding that having what other people don't have is a very good tactic for selling and it is interesting for me!...See More- 12 years ago
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