Hey Jrslick! What are you doing up at 0:38? Isn't that 12:38 am? Everything looks great. I'm zone 3 in MN so probably 3-4 weeks behind you. I have a couple of questions when you get time. I have had a high tunnel for just two years so some things I am uncertain about. For instance, our nighttime temps are 20 to 25 degrees this coming week. Last year was not this cold. I am considering if I could risk putting out tomatoes. The daytime temps in the high tunnel are very high because we are having sunshine. The soil temps are over 60 degrees. I am thinking about putting out the tomatoes, each with a gallon milk jug filled with water directly next to it. then running a line between the posts and tenting a piece of heavy remaay over them at night. I have some of the really heavy stuff, it's not very wide but would easily cover newly planted tomatoes. What has been your experience with night temps of 25 or so? And I noticed your area for planting your peppers looks like you plant in wide beds. I usually plant a double row but was thinking of three rows this year. I hesitate because I am wondering if the center row would get shortchanged. How do you plant your peppers? BTW there are a few people locally that have high tunnels but they either plant very late or use heat early. It's new in this area so there is not much info available. One thing about gardening, there is never a lack of opportunity to continue learning. If you are teaching also you must be exhausted by now. Bet you will be glad when school is out! Thanks for sharing. Kathy

Rehabbingisgreen we share many things in common. Pots can't work in my zone because the weather fluctuates to such extremes (suddenly hot, then suddenly 12 degrees even within 5 hours difference) that roses don't know what to do and freak out. And I am zone 5 like you. I tried the pots in the garage but it doesn't work for zone 7 HTs. They languish or die. I strictly grow HTs because I only like the coiling, spiraling form or the perfume and romance of the old Antiques 1800s line of roses. Karl Bapst grows tons of HTs and can give you lots of info on them and might actually have rows upon rows of HTs to look at. My favorite rose forum is the Peter Beales forum so I mostly go there for tips on Antiques since Antiques are so different from the HTs. HTs are very leggy in general. The more fragrance tend to be very BS vulnerable and I live in a very BS vulnerable area-tons of rains and flooding I am all organics and I love intensely fragranced roses so it can be quite a challenge, but the super experienced organic growers really feed their roses well (composting, manure, alfalfa), soil tests and can still succeed at having a good garden. I rely on organic Gardenville sea tea for mine. Sometimes it takes several years for the roses to establish BS resistance, but it will come eventually. HTs take patience and often require a background of companion plants to help spread the color when they are not in bloom and to fill out their legginess. Lavender Russian sage are great companions and keep out the weeds, lol! which ones do you have? My friend Cyndy at PB and I can love Frederic Mistral as an HT. It is a classic. I still adore Lincoln and for me he's not leggy at all because I feed him with Gardenville and because of this he is a non-stop bloomer, which is extremely rare for an HT. Just takes one bloom to fill the air, unlike other roses which require several blooms. Climbing America is a gorgeous HT for me. It does BS but recovers quite well/refoliates. First year had little scent, but year after year, the fragrance increases. I would not be without this rose either whether or not it can "climb" in my zone, lol! My friend Linda loves her Granada, and she has the most beautiful Granada I've ever seen. I also received Belinda's Dream from Linda. I loved this rose. It's a shrub rose that has all the tight coiling of an HT and is an extremely prolific bloomer. Not an HT because it has shrub genes in it, but the form of the flower is DEFINITELY HT!!! It cannot be grown in a pot. Must be ground-planted. So maybe what you should do is ask everyone for their absolute favorite HT with the accompanying full bush shots. HTs in our zone are are never going to have as much blooms as California or Florida. Here is a section of Loose Park's HTs So you can see how the blooms are very moderate instead of the over-the-top, heavy blooms of a floribunda. Seil very lovely garden! In contrast to Seil, I'm going to show my awkward, clumsy garden because it's frankly ummm the worst HT garden, lol, but it at least shows how companion plants help hide the leggy look of an HT. It's legginess to the extreme, lol! so if anyone ever feels bad or shy about their garden, all they need to do is look at mine, hehe! The prettiest thing in my garden is my beautiful border collie and that is it!

Hi karen: I'm interested in your: Pennisetum ÂNational Arboretum I have my trade list posted, plus I have the following in small amounts: Hosta Seiboldiana Hollyhock Creme de Cassis dwarf impatiens balsima "Tom Thumb" Morning Glory: Mount Fuji Pink Morning Glory: some japanese MG which blooms a solid hot pink. I think this might be a cross between a "regular" MG. Pls. let me know if you'd like to trade, GGG Here is a link that might be useful: GGG's web exchange page

Beautiful pics jroot! Love that 7th image...such an inviting little path to explore. Laura