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Comments (51)We looked at that rose yesterday and think the tree is probably "only" 50-60 feet high,and the rose is going up 40 feet or a bit more. There's still room at the top for the rose to climb, and we believe that it will reach the top, and cascade down once it has no more place to grow. Ann, I think you are right about the microclimate. The cemetery was originally a sand hill, created from the Sacramento river. Its high ground, in a city second only to New Orleans in risk of flooding, is why the cemetery was established there in 1850. Up at the top of the hill, where the banksiae is planted, is the sandiest soil of all. The curator has always suspected that the water table is pretty high. When we have removed roses, we are sometimes astonished at how big and deep the roses grow. I told some of the sheriff's crew to remove an Alberic Barbier, and went to lunch. When I checked on them, they were standing chest-high in the hole, still digging! It is a cemetery, for heaven's sake - we don't want to dig TOO deep! - so I had them stop, even though there were still substantial roots to be seen. Many of our roses grow bigger in the cemetery than elsewhere. We don't prune hard, we rarely feed, and we do usually provide regular, weekly water. But it must be something about the microclimate/microsoil. A funny thing about that banksiae - it's only been there a dozen years, and I'm told that a volunteer cut it off a few years after it was planted. All of that growth is from the last eight or nine years. Anita...See MoreMultipurpose Companion Plants for Edible Gardens
Comments (23)Susan, I love your light stand and always will love it. I realize it was the best solution for you, but if I told Tim I wanted to buy one of those, he'd hand me a hammer and tell me to build my own....which is why I have the one that I have. : ) Mine is hidden away out of sight in a room where guests rarely venture, although anyone who knows me and who knows I raise my own seedlings always asks to go upstairs and see it in the spring. So much for putting it out of sight....I just should have set it up in the dining room or breakfast room or something.... I am sure you'll be deliriously happy with it and will have many wonder seed-starting adventures and I look forward to hearing all about them. I think you got a great deal considering it was Gardener's Supply. I never buy anything of theirs for full price. They have sales often enough (and especially in November when, I think, some of us gardeners are shopping for ourselves) that a person can be patient and get a good price during their periodic sales. I've noticed that prices often are not as good in December when gardeners' spouses or family members are doing what I call "panic Christmas buying" and cannot afford, time-wise, to wait for a sale. I don't think you were repetitive at all. The more we all share about what we do, how we do it and why we do it (as well as pointing out what didn't work for us!), the better for all of us to learn from one another's experiences! Carol, Our weather is just like yours. Our high was 70 degrees yesterday and it was so gorgeous outside I could hardly stand it. I wanted to jump up and down and scream "Spring Is Here!". That was exacerbated by the smell of the orange blossoms on my little orange tree. However, I controlled myself because I knew it was a false spring and that winter was returning today. It was 56 degrees around 7 a.m. here at our house and now it is 36 degrees and we have had very, very light rain but lots of thunder. Phooey on winter! I think you showed those folks at the co-op that one benefit of being a gardener is that it keeps your muscles and joints strong, healthy and fit. I'd rather "work out" in the garden any day, than walk on the treadmill or work out on the weight machine. Who wouldn't? Trees, Nope, sorry, I just haven't gotten to it. I am trying. Watch for it in a couple of hours or in the morning. I'm about to start typing mow after I close up the chicken coops, put out the deer corn for my favorite deer, refill the bird feeders (those little birdies are eating nonstop today trying to stay warm), etc. I'm kind of dreading going out into the cold wind but I need to do it now before it gets dark. I have to warn you that I don't use the same planting schemes every year because I don't want to get stuck in a rut, but I'll try to mention some of the planting schemes in my usual rotation. Dawn...See Morecity mosquito spray vs. organic gardener
Comments (7)Get your block on the no-spray list. I read recently that 95% of children with ADHD have traces of malathion in their urine. I would definitely not want to be sprayed with this, or eat vegetables or fruit with this on them. Sometimes, all the children needed was to quit eating non-organic fruit and vegetables to bring their levels down. I was unaware that this pesticide was still being sprayed in urban areas. Unbelievable! If you have children in your neighborhood, I would think the parents would be outraged that this is being sprayed, if they have seen recent research. Look more into this, and bring it to their attention, if they have not. I would think the entire city of Houston should stop this practice immediately! Here is a link that might be useful: An article on recent malathion/ADHD research...See MoreReplacing Lawn with Edible Garden
Comments (18)I made a 20x20 garden in an area of my lawn. First I cut the grass as short as I could, then added a layer of cardboard (you could use a roll of brown craft paper). Then dampen it and lay down compost and then I layered wood chips over that. This was in the fall, so I laid down manure over the chips. Let it winter, spread the chips back where needed and plant. I haven't watered this garden in 3 years. I just add manure on too of the chips every fall. Google "back to Eden garden" Everything planted in my yard is edible except the grass. I have blue berry bushes for hedges, strawberry for ground cover, I have apple, pear and plum trees. I plant tomatoes between the blueberries. I plant onions, garlic and green beans wherever there is a open spot. I get really full when ever I'm out in my yard. I graze like cattle all day....See Moreczech
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