Another question about Winter Snow
3 years ago
I ended up with four pieces of crown from the Winter Snow I dug up. If you need the back story click the link.
Here’s the pics. Sorry about the orientation.
They seem to be doing well. The smaller ones were from a piece of crown I found in the ivy that I had missed the previous evening. I’m super happy about them doing so well and looking so much like what I want.
Here‘s the whiskey barrel they are moving into. This is the view from the back deck looking down.
So the question is how should I plant them? One in the middle and the other three in a triangle around them? Put all four in a circle about half of the radius? Cram them all together in the middle?
What I dug up was one cube about the size of a narrow shovel, so they were all part of one thing at the time. Now they are four things. I hesitate to give any one of them away because of the Southern Blight history, but I can guarantee you those crowns were clean before they went into those pots.
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Comments (4)I only need to get the pictures uploaded to snapfish... it's possible the bowl of the boy's is going to be not grouted...we don't know yet, cuz court is in an hour and a half..it'd be a fine bowl, as is..... I need to leave in a few minutes, to the juvenile court house...if his mom gets custody, they will be leaving for Oregon this afternoon. this girl/lady is the same age as my oldest daughter..eleven days apart and is the daughter of a friend of mine, that I've known for 40 years... my friend lives in Corpus Cristie and advised her to call me, when she was at the CPS office, here in town and needed a safe place, right then...man, expedited background checks and a visit from the case worker and CPS case worker, here at the house and my place was approved, right there on the spot... ( I swear, they must have had blinders on...lol cuz my place is filled to the rafters with art supplies and not a lot of space to do any square dancing, in my front room!!) that was last Monday..and here we are, 11 days later and the future is unknown for them but it's a new beginning, either way... Zach went through trama and I watched a transformation, while he worked on his glass piece.. here, on this forum, we all talk about how doing mosaics is a healing process.. Zach got a broken finger, when he blocked a blow to the head, when his dad was beating him up... the dad had also taken everything important to Zach, including little clay pieces he had made, from first grade on...the kind made in the classroom, with clay, glaze and firings...all of his favorite games, his laptop (I think I mentioned he's 14 and is a very sensitive boy)and made Zach ride with him to the landfill...then threw all of his belongings in the dump and said he would have to work to pay for the trip to throw it all away... it was a cruel and needless assault on Zach, both physically and emotionally.... This week's journey helped him take something broken, both from himself and other things and make something beautiful from it.... he first walked in the house with a rather empty look in his eyes.. this morning he's full of hope... I only wish and pray the judge sees the same thing.... I have his bowl and some of my projects, in a display case right now, with an overhead light and it's so pretty... it's a 6 hour drive to where she lives and we've already been talking about her coming up to visit friends and an aunt, or me driving there for a couple days..but not in winter...I would take grout with me...lol the lexel is in a tube just like the GE11 and is 5 oz...it was under $5...I think it was like $4.85 or so.... it's a lot cheaper if it can be found in a 12 pack but then again, I'm not going to do that...lol it's gone a very long way, with just the 5 oz... the number on the tube is 13013, evidently to be sure which one it is, between clear or white or something... at least that's what I noticed, ....it's on the bar code and this one says 31525 13013 super elastic sealant it also says it sticks to wet surfaces...guess that would be in an emergency, to maybe fix an aquarium...?? I'd better be going now, to get to the court house......See MoreAnother winter protection question
Comments (4)Not a problem. You can use whatever works for you. For me only... Chicken wire (I use heavy versions that can stand up on their own) retains its standing shape without adding wood sticks/stakes and allows me enclose the top of the stems inside the wired area, while burlap would need several bags and would be a pain to "stand" on its own unless I put some stakes to prop it up (I am lazy and don't want to do that). But note: I have only been able to find burlap fabric from bags that used to have peanuts so that is where I am coming from. I would end up with a ton of bags if I wanted to cover all the hydrangeas, especially large mopheads. If you can find burlap in larger sizes, that would be better. Typically, you want to use some material that will enclose the leaves (sides and top), prevent them from flying away and also allow some moisture to get thru in the form of water, snow, humidity. But not so much that it causes fungal issues. So burlap and chicken wire should be fine. Burlap probably helps more with ice and salt issues. You also need to be able to add more leaves by mid-winter because some settling will occur and make the leaves go down and maybe expose the ends of the stems to the cold....See More
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