Does anyone else stick their trees back outside in winter?
myermike_1micha
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Does anyone else have deer?
Comments (14)Thank you for all the responses. It's interesting to read how deer behave, in different parts of the country. I don't know if it the deer themselves, or how much they have to eat...but there are definitely differences! So far, the lavender and other herbs/flowers have protected the roses pretty well, so I tried doing that in the vegetable garden, too. I planted marigolds, cosmos and zinnias around the broccoli, cauliflower and dill. The deer walked through the garden (I see them in early morning, walking on the paths LOL) but they never touched the dill and only ate the broccoli and cauliflower leaves, after the first frost killed off the flowers. Very interesting! So, where deer are hungry and numerous...this may not work, but I'm going to keep experimenting and see if I can hide more veggies next year. If only I could find something tall enough to hide corn, but I think I'll need a fence to grow that :)...See MoreAnyone else get some work done outside on this beautiful day?
Comments (7)I worked out in the garden, mostly pulling the winter weeds that have sprouted everywhere, and transplanting volunteer chamomile seedlings from the pathways to beds. There's also a lot of Laura Bush petunias sprouting in pathways, but I didn't have time to dig and move any of them. We still have producing broccoli plants in one part of the garden, and two cabbage plants that somehow survived the summer and look decent. Since I did harvest heads from the cabbage plants last spring by cutting the heads off a couple of inches above the ground, the remaining stalks are more likely to go to seed than to form heads. I left the plants themselves in the ground because sometimes they make secondary, small heads but they didn't form any small heads last summer or fall. I am sort of surprised they survived the heat. I hope to spend time today weeding the flower border that runs alongside the eastern edge of the veggie garden. It is full of poppy and larkspur plants, but there's winter grass coming up in the middle of all of them and I want to get it out of there so it won't be crowding them. It was such a warm day that bees and butterflies were out, as were tons of birds. It really felt more like an April day than a winter one. Henbit is in bloom here, so at least the butterflies had something to visit. The bees spent most of them time visiting the cracked corn I put out for the doves. I also cleaned up miscellaneous plant debris and put it on the compost pile, and refilled all the birdfeeders. We are feeding tons of birds this winter, and I love having them around. Then I harvested catnip from places where it is scattered here and there around the garden. I use it as an insectary plant to attract beneficial insects when it blooms, but it also attracts a lot of cats. In the winter, I cut it back hard and put the catnip on the sunporch for the cats to play with. It hit 74 degrees here at our house around 3:15 p.m. but then the cold front rolled in during the evening hours and the wind just howled and gusted and carried on for a long time. I suppose today's weather won't be nearly as nice as yesterday's, but it still is pretty pleasant weather for this time of the year. One great thing about the wind the last couple of days is that the red oaks which have uncharacteristically held onto their leaves forever this year are finally dropping them now. Usually it is the post oaks who keep their leaves until spring, but they lost all their leaves long before the tardy red oaks. Our ground is moist but not wet and muddy since rain hasn't fallen in at least a couple of weeks now. Overall, though, it still is very dry and with January historically being our driest month, I don't have very high hopes for a lot of moisture to fall this month. We need to mow the lawn this afternoon. We overseeded it with winter rye, and that stuff grows like mad. I do like having the sea of green grass around the house in winter. It also gives the rabbits and other wild things something to nibble on in the winter time too. Chandra, Sorry you're missing the great weather. It has been just gorgeous for the last 4 or 5 days. Dawn...See MoreDoes anyone else feel like 'tea' today? :)
Comments (21)I know the feeling, Shades- I'm enjoying an adult beverage right now. One of the first things I planted at our new place was 2 daffodils. That's right- two. The little church I visit up there had a sermon which related to daffodil bulbs, so each person got one in a little kit with fertilizer and instructions. I wasn't going to take one, but the cutest little boy ran up and was SO excited to give me one! Then folks I insisted I take two; one for me and one for my wife. In the spirit (pun intended) of the thing I felt obligated to plant them. We visited in February, and they were up and had buds. Alas, we weren't there for the actual flowers, but I was still excited. Two down; about 500 to go. I want to naturalize them all over the place....See MoreMy trees are going outside this weekend!!! Yippee!! Anyone else?
Comments (164)Summertime is great if not for severe storms... it's been 90-93*F here the last few days, and today the pattern finally shifted. We had storms with 80 mph gusts come flying through that blew the vast majority of my trees over, despite me putting numerous bricks on the pots before I left for work this morning. The only trees that didn't blow over were tied to my deck fence! The winds even took a local radio station offline (it's still off 3.5 hours later)! I have a suspicion the tower got blown over... Here are a couple pictures I took from the drive home... (leaving the installation gate facing W-NW) Phone camera started entering nighttime mode, so it looks brighter than it was. That lawnmower guy was high-tailing it to his trailer. I don't blame him. (facing W) The brownish haze on the left hand side of the image is field dirt being disturbed by the 80+ mph gusts. (facing W) Dust being blown across the road in the thick of the gust front. A little past that, there was a portion of a roof resting on the left hill... wasn't a good sign! (facing N) Here's the base reflectivity return, after I forgot to add it in my initial post. The dreaded bow-echo (house location is the blue star): Unfortunately, I was too preoccupied to take any pictures of my deck in favor of rescuing my trees from their horizontal position.... and salvaging as much spilled soil as I could from my deck before the rains inevitably washed it all away. I did move my grafts inside before the hail hit, though. I'll be able to survey the damage tomorrow evening when it isn't pouring rain. No matter how you look at it though, it could have been a lot worse! Summertime is here! -Tom...See Moremyermike_1micha
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