I am sorry to hear that they are closing down. Sorry to say I have bought rose from Home depot and they have always dead on me after a month of being planted. Out of the 18 roses bought at wal mart only 1 rose was marked wrong. So I figure 1/18 is not bad. All my rose have to survive in pot all year round, until we find a house and the can be planted in the groud. Up to date I have 85 pots and 1 hanging basket. I have from roses bushes and climbers, daylillies, iris, to clematis, and 1 orange honeysuckle for the hummingbirds and othe planets for hummingbirds. My oldest rose is a climber and has been in the same pot now for the past 7 yrs. I have great blooms every year on this one. I don't use any chemicals at all on my HT and some have alot of problems with BS (using vinager for BS and it works great) My roses just look great even for in pots. I can't use chemicals on any of my rose, because my bunnies get my roses to eat. They just love them, my bunnies look so forward to summer and getting Mom's roses as a treat. So you see I can't use chemicals at all. Everything is all natural fertiziers and natural fungisied on my roses, just because for the the sake of my bunnies, even my cat eats some of the rose petals as well. I like to make rose butter to eat, I would never want to eat poisions myself. So I definaly don't have to suit up to have a great rose garden. I have been using only natural or organic sprays on my roses for over 20 yrs and have never had a problem. My rose garden is a sit back and relax and enjoy the flowers and watch the bee's just go crazy around my place. People see my garden, I live on a very small place of 20' by 45' and I have plants all over. Alot of people have said I should write a book. Gardening in small places and in pots. The only thing is I might be able to do this in my area, but if you live back east, you would not be able to this in pots all year round. I lived back east, Its alot of work in the fall diging trenchs to lay your climbing rose under ground to protect them from the very long winters. But if the weather changes keep going like anything like last winter. We in Vancouver had alot of snow for the month of November and that is not normal for here at all. Back east had a great winter time until Janurary hit, then the winter cold finally hit them. To me it just depends which roses I am looking for and where I can find it. I would like to aedd a few miniture climbing roses to my garden next year. I know I will have to go the a nusery for those. I am thinking of getting a roses called Black Jade, Auntie Louise, "Rubies 'n' Pearls', Mini-Flora ÂIngridÂ, janice

I'd love a lemon that could handle 9 degrees! I don't have any information on that tree, but if it is 12 feet tall, it would be more than a few years old. Back in the early 2000s (don't remember the exact year) we had two nights in the mid-teens. I was sure my Satsuma was going to die, because it was a young tree then - waist/chest high. It did suffer leaf and branch damage, but the trunk was fine and it came right back in the spring. But if it had been a lemon, even a Meyer, it would have been a goner. Ditto for most other citrus. I have five Red Lime seedlings that I grew from seeds Silvia sent me in March 2012. I have read that Red Limes can survive 15F as mature trees. My baby trees are still too young to know how they will take real cold. Last year I brought them inside during cold spells. They are still outside this winter and have shrugged off the light frosts we have had so far. If we get any hard freezes I will bring most of them in and leave one outside to see how it does. If they prove hardy, I hope to keep one red lime tree and plant it in the ground. (Since I only need one, if I lose one during cold-hardiness testing, it's okay.)

Hello everyone, i have been so busy have not had time to write. I finally finished the second bed,and spent the weekend looking for different types of compost. I only found three,all the rest are basically the same in Florida at least around here. I did find one Blueberry bush ,YEAH ,seems healthy... I changed the soil and transplanted to a bigger pot I have it in the morning sun and afternoon shade we will see. I planted some watermelon in 2 of the block cells as an experiment they are growing quick and seem happy.. I planted some tomatoes in containers and have them next to the blueberries.I also planted an herb garden in 2 containers i had for awhile they contain, Rosemary,basil,parsley,thyme,oregano,also some spearmint and peppermint. Within 2 days the Bugs have located and began thier attack,whiteflies and mites i belive..... i have been holding them off with palmolive and water. A friend told me ivory soap 2 tblespoons mixed in 1 quart warm water or liquid castile soap same mix,works well I'll try it.... I have to get the soil in the beds this weekend and finish mulching around the beds...I kickin around with idea of micro sprinkler sytem on a timer.They are fairly inexpensive and would work well with my goofy schedule. I have not recieved my worms yet but the compost pile seems to be doing well.Guess i'll have to call uncle Jim's and see what the delay is.. Almost forgot i ordered my muscadine grapes they will be here in Oct,along time to wait but i need to prepare the soil anyway so it worrks out well.. Glad i got the time to share and be part of your gardens Good luck to all and Happy Gardening...

So I've been away from the forums for awhile due to hectic work and school schedule as well as the arrival of my second son. The following photos show the current status of the yard. I had a setback after July 4th as the sprinklers still weren't on and the lawn went two weeks without water... it started to try to go into dormancy. I set them to run every four days, and just switched to 5. I also have a weed popping up all over the grass. Does anyone know what this is, and the best measure for getting rid of it? I'm assuming I'm over watering a bit, but I'm still trying to get it the right frequency dialed in. The grass doesn't seem to like going a full 7 days yet, but I'm working towards it. Also, the weed mainly likes to grow on top of the grass, so it's not visible after a mow, but it seems to spread after its cut.