11/25/15: Rose rootstock, recipes, tips to lose weight
The above pic. belongs to Hoovb in CA, who has a fantastic blog "Piece of Eden". http://pieceofeden.blogspot.com/
I took at least a dozen pics. of my Knock-out which had both own-root and Dr. Huey. In 2011, I was afraid to post that to the nit-picking Rose forum, so I deleted them in my Olympus directory. My pics. show a LOWER growth of own-root, and longer stick of Dr. Huey (at least 8 inch.) That's because I never water that rose, so the root had to go deeper.
Carol (Canadian) rose is right about elevating pots on bricks doesn't matter for her roses. Most Canadian roses are grafted on multiflora rootstock, which is a spreading & cluster root .. that can handle wetness well. But Msdorkgirl's roses are grafted on Dr. Huey, same with the roses in local Chicagoland's stores. Dr. Huey likes it very WELL-DRAINED, since it's a long stick that goes very deep, and can't handle much rain, nor wetness. I planted 6 landscape-roses (grafted on Dr. Huey) in a wet bed, and they all lost their Dr. Huey due to the soaking wet bed, and grew their own-roots (shallow).
Got to post this excerpt from Google news today:
YOUR GUT BACTERIA MAY BE CONTROLLING YOUR APPETITE:
"To test its influence over appetite, Serguei Fetissov and his team looked at proteins produced by the common intestinal bacteria Escherichia coli.
The team noticed that about 20 minutes after feeding and multiplying their numbers, E. coli switch from pumping out one set of proteins to another. So Fetissov, of Rouen University, and his team injected tiny doses of those post-meal proteins into rats and mice.
They found that the injected rodents reduced their food intake whether they'd previously been freely fed or kept hungry. Further analysis showed that one protein stimulated the release of a hormone associated with satiety. Another of the chemicals found in the animals' bloodstream appears to increase the firing of brain neurons that diminish appetite, the team reports this week in Cell Metabolism."Read more: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/gut-bacteria-may-be-controlling-your-appetite-180957389/#oljkAae80lBxvrEs.99
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9 years agomsdorkgirl: Great photos of your roses. Thanks for sharing
Straw: great information on the types of fragrances. Well I try but do not succeed in differentiating between fragrances in such detail. I could at best classify them as "those I like the most" and "those I like". So I like the fragrance of Gold Medal, Asma Sharifa, Violette Parfumee, Black Prince, Crimson Glory, Gruss an Tepltiz and many more....Few pics taken today....
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Comments (46)Thanks so much for the info on these amazing beneficial herbs Strawberry Hill, I will definitely plant all of them for my cat friends. I will cover the catnip with a small cage contraption so that they'll only be able to get to the new growth... :-) That is such great news - that after so much rain still no BS on your potted roses. We also had mega liters of constant rain for 2 days and I decided not to use the corn flour dusting, and there is not one BS leaf on any rose....just as you said, the soil is the key....I also gave the BS prone roses an extra teaspoon of Gypsum as you advised (along with the Potassium Sulfate) ...just before the rain started falling. I watered in in very quickly with alkaline tap water, the rain did the rest. I think that's another great idea - to keep feeding them Gypsum and Potassium Sulfate to keep them BS-free during winter - until our next spring. many thanks :-) I won't give any Nitrogen either, seeing that they stop blooming anyway during winter. Carol, maybe you can try wrapping just a tiny piece of any citrus fruit peel around the area where the aphids are worst? I did that over here and the aphids jumped of like flies... but the Hydrogen Peroxide sounds like a great treatment for the aphids plus it adds oxygen, I think that is the best solution, as advised by Strawberry Hill...I will also try that...I think clay can do with some oxygen.... thanks for liking the Nguni cows, yes they are so beautiful...and quite docile... we have another breed here called 'Afrikaner'-cattle...they are quite strong as well but not so docile...used in the beef industry. They are also much bigger than Nguni's. I hope you enjoy your snowy winter wonderlands, I hope you, Jim, and Strawberry Hill will post winter photo's. Today it is 96.8 F and a strong warm berg (mountain)- wind is blowing. really magical. I decided to look up the definition of a berg wind: Berg wind (from Afrikaans berg "mountain" + wind "wind", i.e. a mountain wind) is the South African name for a katabatic wind: a hot dry wind blowing down the Great Escarpment from the high central plateau to the coast. When the air that has been heated on the extensive central plateau flows down the escarpment to the coast it undergoes further warming by adiabatic processes. This accounts for the hot and dry properties of these off-shore winds, wherever they occur along South Africa's coastline.[1][2] Although berg winds are often called a Föhn winds, this is probably a misnomer, as Föhn winds are rain shadow winds that result from air moving over a mountain range, resulting in precipitation on the windward side. This releases latent heat into the atmosphere which is then warmed still further as the air descends on the leeward side (e.g., the Chinook or the original Föhn).[2][3] Berg winds do not originate in precipitation, but in the mostly dry, often arid central plateau of Southern Africa. On the other hand, katabatic winds are technically drainage winds, that carry high density, usually cold air from a high elevation down a slope under the force of gravity.[3] These are thus "fall winds", which occur most typically down the coastal ice slopes of Antarctica and Greenland. Berg winds blow off the African escarpment in response to large scale weather systems in the South Atlantic Ocean, the African interior, and the Southern Indian Ocean....See More11/5/15: protein, Omega-3 for roses & us, what work for your health?
Comments (46)Before leaving for the new post... Maybe I collect stray cats - have 9 ...and roses... can't have any beautiful objects like yours - especially not vases...the cats climb on everything and then whatever is there falls down and breaks... :-) but I love blue (cobalt especially) vases and bottles, and Jim, I adore those Gijoe doll-statues... they are so well made, perfectly rounded of, with so much attention to detail... I have never seen them. we only have Barbie and Ken dolls here... my brother used to collect Matchbox cars... I never had anything that special... except my cats and my roses... yes Carol... how sad what mankind does to nature... horrific.... I am going to delete the post with the elephant photo's until I've contacted my friends to ask their permission to post it permanently :-) so glad you liked seeing that.... please spread the news - stop purchasing ivory... the sad thing is, when you think about it - all the keys in a piano are made with ivory, that such a beautiful creature had to die to create such beautiful music..ironic isn't it? all for man's pleasure.......See More11/14/15: Products you love & recipes & roses and plants that give
Comments (48)Carol: I admire your taking good care of your dogs ... I have one daughter, and it's hard enough to take care for her (such a fussy eater !!) Jim: I'm glad you are getting relief from your sore neck and shoulder .. pinched nerve takes a long time to heal. Jess: I found some quotes which I framed upstairs: The rough is mental. Our thoughts are the cause, rather than the effect. So true. My neighbor has a giant pile of leaves .. it seemed impossible, but after 10 trips with my wheel barrow, and scoop by scoop into the wheel barrow, I transferred all to my garden. Same with weight, it seems a giant pile, but one bite, or one clump of leaves shift-away, after many trips, or many days, the weight will be gone. Getting leaves teach me the importance one bite less, and soon the weight will be gone. Losing weight is fun if I look at it as a Christmas gift to myself: blasting my fat-load. Another quote which I framed: Joy is giving oneself unto forgetfulness. Losing weight can be fun if I give myself whole-heartedly. My most fun moment this year was working in the garden until I lost track of time, and wish I have more time. It can be that way with exercise too, once it's made into a habit, then it's easier....See More3/28/16: Best roses, life-tips, quotes & products & recipes you love
Comments (47)Jess: Remember the puzzle over what cause our cravings for sweets ?? I still take Brewer's yeast (high in chromium, B vitamins, selenium) for my sweets-craving. I consumed Brewer's yeast for my immune when I was sick with flu-shot reaction, it took away my craving for sugar (despite drinking just lemons, no sugar). Now I cut down to 1/4 dose (only twice a week), just to supply chromium to stabilize my blood sugar. It does help with craving for sweets, see below excerpt: http://www.livestrong.com/article/101523-herbs-lose-weight/ "Chromium: This trace mineral helps metabolize carbohydrates. Some diabetics take it to help stabilize their blood sugar. It also can be used to curb cravings for sweets. Susan Brown, a certified clinical nutritionist in East Syracuse, New York. She recommended 200 micrograms of chromium four times per day to a woman who craved sweets. The woman was amazed at how quickly her cravings were tamed." *** From Straw: Months ago, I reported that eating eggs daily helped with my craving for sweets ... found that eggs are good sources of chromium: Foods High in Natural Chromium Beef Brewer’s Yeast Dark Chocolate Chicken Eggs Oysters Potatoes with the skin on Whole Grains Apples Read more: http://undergroundhealthreporter.com/sugar-cravings-how-to-control/#ixzz44hqTBlAK WebMD also reported that chromium helps with craving for sweets, see below: " June 3, 2004 -- A popular nutritional supplement may reduce serious carb cravings in people with depression. The supplement is chromium picolinate. John P. Docherty, MD, president of Comprehensive Neuroscience Inc., White Plains, N.Y., and adjunct professor of psychiatry at Cornell University, penned the report. Docherty's study enrolled 113 people with atypical depression. Two-thirds took chromium picolinate supplements for eight weeks, and one-third got a placebo. Researchers found that atypical depression patients who also had carb cravings improved with chromium compared to placebo. "In that group with high carb craving -- a third of the patients -- we had a very significant benefit from chromium picolinate," Docherty says. "Compared with placebo, it had a 2-to-1 advantage in reducing depression overall." http://www.webmd.com/depression/news/20040603/chromium-may-cut-carb-craving-in-depression?page=2 **** From Straw: I used to buy chromium supplement but threw that away, after studies linked that to liver-damage. Brewer's yeast is much better, since it has all B vitamins, along with chromium and selenium. Will have to find the amount of chromium and selenium in the dosage....See MoreRelated Professionals
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9 years agolast modified: 9 years agowow..so many beautiful roses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (msdorkgirl, Samuel) Lokelani is amazing, but so are all the others.... special rocks are needed in this day and age...the photo of the frozen pond is stunning, and Quietness (I checked on Google) is so beautiful...and how strong!
great advice on preparing them for winter will save that...and what a lovely snow queen - burning bush is on your photo Strawberry Hilll..also stunning photo of the frozen lake Samuel..beautiful photographs...
I really enjoyed that poem Jim, made me smile...
I prepared a chicken stew with bay leaves and garlic and pretended I'm also having Thanksgiving..with all of you! :-)
yesterday one of my cats brought me this beautiful little snake, I caught it and then released it in the bush a few miles away. I have no idea what snake this is...nothing on Google looking similar...
Curry tree in cage to protect from naughty cats....it is next to the catnip plant also in a cage...
As I was scratching around I smelled something divine... and as my nose moved closer I realized it's this rose... confirmed when I plonked my face right into the masses of blooms: Perfumed Breeze (growing next to Andrea Stelzer - no fragrance at all for this 7 foot beauty unfortunately)
She was barely 30 cm tall in spring (August-September) before I started with the gypsum and Sulfate of Potash, and ridden with black spot.
and this is Graham Thomas, now starting to bloom at the top as well....
we had really great rains yesterday and apparently it's snowing - again - in the Lesotho mountains. so it feels like winter, but next week the temp will rise to 100,4 F (38 C). the trellis is going to be extended...for Rhapsody in Blue (on the left) and more space as well for GT.
I love the perfume fragrant roses, to my nose the best are: Rose Celeste, Oklahoma, Hey Jude, Belle Epoque and Addictive Lure, but still waiting for Evelyn to bloom, I'm sure that'll be a feast of fragrances..Unfortunately most of your stunning and fragrant roses aren't available over here...what a pity that is....
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9 years agolast modified: 9 years agoHi everyone, Happy Thanksgiving to you Americans! We had ours in Oct.
I loved the turkey poem!!! :)
What do you guys do with the soil/leaf covering in the spring?
My favorite smell is from Paradise Found. I can't describe the fragrance. It is totally unique.
Here is another picture.
An interesting smell which I like a lot is Acapella. It smells like banana foam candies. I've never smelled another rose that smells like bananas. The underside of the petals is white.
Straw - my family is doing well. My younger child who has OCD is on Prozac to combat it. The dosage has to be quite high to counter act OCD. She's in the midst ofo increasing her dosage. The amount of trauma that girl has endured from her OCD is terrible. Thankfully she's getting better. I haven't got back to my exercising yet, because I can't shake the end of this cold. I go for a walk, but my breathing is labored and I get tired out after 15 min. I don't think it's good to walk too long in the cold when my lungs aren't functioning well.
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Compost disappears after awhile like wood mulch does...
My neighbor has not added anything around her roses for 7 years now and the base of her roses are actually sticking way up above ground level... Years of hard rains etc. eroded her soil away...
Christmas lights are on:
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Khalid, I only saw your post now and your roses are so lovely, also Carol...the roses you have and the ones you mention aren't found here and I'm pining for them! what lovely photo's...sigh....Acapella is just so stunning...sigh sigh sigh...also Paradise Found...Elle...Versigny...
such joyful Xmas lights Jim! stunning! great info on mulching from you and Strawberry Hill...
and amazing info on curry, I will have to eat more of that myself!
I have dark acidic clay in some areas where there was farming done previously, but in the areas where only animals roamed the soil is like virgin loam...more reddish but so alive and fluffy, as you describe good soil Strawberry Hill..that is where I planted my baby trees...after extending my fence...apparently this whole area was a yellow-wood forest long ago but those trees were all chopped down for furniture and building...how sad...
Fortunately Black Mamba only lives up north because that's a mean one and the only snake that can sail with it's neck lifted up...at quite a speed...called black because the inside of it's mouth is black and it grows enormously large, yes, lethal...but aren't they beautiful creatures? like an excellent design, a work of art...
where I stayed in Midrand Johannesburg there were also a lot of Rinkhals (ring-necklace-) snakes and they always wanted to come inside the house..many were killed...they also grow huge and spit very far and accurately..I once nearly sat on one in my garden...and another time nearly stepped on one which was laying below my doorstep-slate-rock...fortunately my cats warned me...it was at least 10 cm (3,93701 inches) in diameter and 3 meters (9.84252) long.. also had a lot of night vipers...
and everywhere here you'll find Puff Adders - they enjoy laying in your path and waiting for you to step on them. some call them 'lazy' snakes because of that. other snakes flee when they hear you coming...plus, they always come back when you remove them, they once did an experiment with a few of them and, after marking them, took them at least 100 km's away - they were back to that spot in less than a month. I killed two of them in my garden so far...hopefully there won't be more..where they bite the wound becomes gangrenous en never heals..very aggressive...(the cats always tells me when there's a snake)
but where I stay now the most dangerous of them all are the Cape Yellow Cobra. Lethal and extremely aggressive and grows enormous, kills many dogs. Fortunately I haven't seen one yet but all my neighbors have had near death experiences with this character...
and then there are tree snakes, but although they are lethal and always try and come into your house, they aren't aggressive, unless cornered...otherwise they prefer to flee.
and there are others that I can't even identify, like the one I posted earlier.
we also have massive Nile monitors here, and their tale can break a horses' legs...I've seen one at least 1.5 meters long from head to tail..and two babies were staying underneath my studio, but they're gone now. The cats avoided them and they were only about 25 cm's (9.84252 inches) long. They have tunnels going everywhere here...right through town...
and then we also have the hamerkop (hammer head)- birds that like to eat snakes, but they've been very scarce lately. due to superstition about them they are killed by locals unfortunately
I'll be removing these photo's in 24 hours due to them being taken from Google.
Khalid, you must also have lots of snakes in Pakistan? Do you have the King Cobra there? that is a real beauty....
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Haha I do not cook. I almost messed up the pre-seasoned prime rib... And since my family likes things well done of course I end up cooking it med rare. We ended up getting it burnt by putting it on the skillet.
Here's the Tahitian Sunset in bloom ... All the rest are overbloomed on the bush.
There are some good deals on pots and solar lights at Lowe's so just spent my money on that in hopes that it will spur me to repot some. Have a great day everyone!
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Wow.... this thread is really interesting. Snakes, ribs, roses, peanut butter and bad almonds. Can I post my hunting and fishing pics here.....
Straw: BTW, it was great to listen to the word Garam Masala from an American. It's an Urdu word (Pakistani language) and literally means "Hot Spice". It's an essential part of our curry but I find it really hot so less is better. It's actually a mix of cloves, black pepper, cinnamon, cumin seeds and large cardamom. The aroma and flavour of Garam Masala is an addiction however it's excess is not good. My wife loves to put it in curry along with lot of red pepper; it's very tasty and aromatic but sometimes too hard to digest.
Me and my sons like the baked and BBQ stuff more. Few pics....
This is medium hot stuff and if you are already using garam masala then you would love it.
Baked beef tenderloin
Beef and vegetables marinated in olive oil, garlic paste, lemon juice, cumin seed powder and red chilies. A layer of marinated vegetables, then beef pieces and again a topping of marinated vegetables. Bake for 50 mins at 180*C. You can replace olive oil with yogurt in the marination paste and even add a bit of olive oil to the yogurt. Olive oil will keep the beef tender.
Baked shrimps and veges cooked with similar recipe. Vinegar used instead of yogurt.
Baked hot spicy beef with onions.
In my home my wife does all curries, rice and bread, me and my sons do all baked stuff, BBQ and steam roasts...
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