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Comments (5)I have more things to be grateful for than can be mentioned: tolerably good health, finances, and shelter. A wonderful daughter and SIL; terrific neighbors; a car that runs nicely and enough money to fuel it with enough time to drive it; seeing the bottom of the sixth box of yarn [3 to go]; finding an old recipe and re-discovering how good it tastes... Waking up to sunshine and seeing only a few stubborn piles of icy snow remaining, revealing that not only is the grass mostly green, but daffy stems are 4" and growing. Missed the crocus this year; did they bloom beneath the snow? The shrubs and vines are showing their buds: tentative nubs on the wisteria, definite bumps on the grapes, thoughtful swellings on the clematis, yellow popcorn on the forsythia. The azaleas seem shocked at the quantity of snow and ice that buried they for so long, they are greening but not budding yet. Spring is coming, but the soil is so waterlogged that one sloshes across the lawn to inspect the flower beds. The gardens are mud, a blank slate defined by kale stalks and the bean fence; I stand on the patio, sunshine uplifting the heart and dream of planting. Soon. I'm grateful for the future....See MoreVoles?
Comments (1)I have read that if you plant castor beans theres will be no more moles/voles.. they eat the roots and die.. If thats something you want to do, and not actually put poison down.. Not sure how fast it will work though, just an option...See MorePhotoshop My Homely Home?
Comments (34)What if you put white trellises on the inside of each of the columns already there - from the floor of the porch to the ceiling - maybe on the other side of each of the columns around the corners, as well? They would frame the doorway, "beef up" the look as you are wanting to do. You could grow clematis or roses up the trellises. I can't photo shop. But considering 14 years of college tuition ahead of me, I'd try something simple like that! I really like the start you have on your landscaping. It takes time to fill in but you've got a nice start. seagrass...See MoreSo ready to see roses blooming!
Comments (17)I understand from people who are more expert than I that when you transplant to a pot or ground, wait until after the first flush of blooms to use the liquid "chemical" type of fertilizer. I overfertilized a rare rose years ago that I couldnt replace with being too generous with chemical fertilizer, and have been cautious ever since. Kim Rupert, a really top notch rosarian, has said "fertilize weekly, weakly" and I adhere to that. I am 2 hours from Chamblees [going there tomorrow to see what is left], told me some years ago, when I was frustrated with the David Austin rose Graham Thomas, who wouldnt bloom [huge bush, no blooms] to try Carl Pool 61 fertilizer. I did, and got blooms. Have used that ever since. I mix up my fertilizers [write down "rose recipes" I find and put on computer] as I also read a quote that said - "roses are hogs - feed 'em". Roses are apparently like gluttons at the buffet table - but I am cautious about giving them too much. I saw real growth and blooming last year when I used Osmocote. The last couple of years however, I have had so much going on that I wasnt regular with my fertilizing but got blooms anyway. Always start out the year with high hopes of being organized......then some train wreck comes along and I cant stay on schedule. I know getting a soil test is the ideal thing to do before fertilizing, but I have so many beds in so many different places, and a fenceline with roses all along it - it would be daunting and expensive to take that many samples, so I put a light layer of rotted horse compost [I raise horses so have plenty] on top of beds, try to do this spring and fall, doesnt always work out. I found this makes my soil really friable and everything grows in it. In spring I topdress with the Mills [and put it in the bottom of the hole when I am planting in ground or in pots], epsom salts, alfalfa pellets, cottonseed meal around the roses in spring, put a shovelful of rotted horse compost on top then the mulch. I read where it is a good idea to put compost on first then mulch as mulch robs plant of nitrogen,or does something that makes it hard for plant to take up nutrients. [check this out, I could have remembered incorrectly] compost prevents that. I really like to read about what experienced rose lovers do - always learn something. Judith...See MoreDawnInCal
4 years ago
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