Emergency Rose Rescue Operation
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Help! Self-induced rose emergency!
Comments (8)Soak all your roses including the Ebb Tides for at least 24 hours. Put some starter solution in the water. After soaking, you can plant right in the ground but cover the canes with a mound of soil so just the tips are exposed. After growth begins gently wash the soil away or let it be for Mom Nature to do it for you with rain. The extra soil won't hurt the roses. Add a healthy handfull of 0-46-0 in the planting hole to help the roots. I often mix compost, horse manure, dead fish, or my organic fertilizer with the soil in the bottom of the hole before I plant. A dead rabbit rests under one of my roses as do various dead birds I've found in the yard. I didn't kill any of the aforementioned animals. They were already dead by cars, etc. Plant so the bud unions are at least 4-6 inches below the soil surface, not counting the extra mounded soil. You have a good chance of keeping your tender roses by burying the bud union. Planted this way, they'll need no other protection on cold nights. You might but the roses will be fine. Prune off any obvious dead cane portions after you soak and before you plant. You're not in that tight of a spot and you're not an idiot. That's how you learn. We've all been there....See MoreEmergency transplanting shrubs....need advice
Comments (12)Hehe Quirky, well good, I'm not slow after all. SteveGA -- my Father-in-law didn't know what was going on until after it was done. It was a birthday surprise...she told him she was hiring someone to come mow down the overgrown brush on the unlandscaped areas of the property. They only go down to the cabin on weekends and she paid the landscaper to come in during the week prior to his birthday. He had no prior knowledge, it's her I'm a bit peeved at for not thinking it might be a good idea to at least let me know what she wanted to do. I really don't have any problems with it if they had decided to go a different way. I tried a more minimal approach so that the cabin would blend in with its natural woodsy surroundings but I think that style was lost on her. What's there now is certainly going to be beautiful but moreso what you would see in front of a big new subdivision or shopping center. I wouldn't think Knockout Roses are a smart choice for under a tree canopy but hey, this guy was a "professional" so who am I to argue. Not that they won't live but I wouldn't think they'll bloom too great without much sun. He also moved the Hosta I had planted in a shade bed near the house out into a part of the front yard that actually gets hot afternoon sun. I guess I should be thankful he didn't throw them away, and I know some Hosta can stand more sun than others but I have a hunch they won't do so great there. Will have to wait and see the results next year. Maybe I'll sneak over there and move them back under cover of darkness lol! Danielle...See MoreHeirloom Plant Rescue
Comments (4)There used to be a company in, I think, South Carolina that would go ahead of road crews & rescue plants, they then sold them via catalog & the money went to buy wildland & keep it wild. I can't remember their name it's been so long ago. I'm in the middle of a plant rescue here on the island, my brother lives in a trailer park that is being closed, all the tenants have been evicted, Jan. 31st last day there. I've been digging up crinums, hymenocallis, some iris, aloes, sanservia and other plants left in the landscaping. I just wish I had the ability to dig & move the big orange trees that will soon be bulldozed. If I see a construction site I pull over & ask if I can dig, same thing if there is a house they are tearing down. Most of the time noone cares & sometimes I get the work crew to help! Once they even dug several huge clumps of bananas & put in my truck, I looked like a mobile produce farm going home. never hesitate to ask, I hate to see plants killed, then replaced with generic boring landscaping that is unsuitable for the area. Tally HO!...See MoreFundraising for Animal Rescue: Any Ideas?
Comments (14)Well thanks for the good ideas y'all! Right now I'm leaning towards trying to do some cat related craft things and selling them with all proceeds going towards the group. I have seen great plaques and stenciled pet food buckets. The group has a table where things are sold every weekend during adoptions. I am thinking of trying to work out a system where materials from say a JoAnne Fabrics are donated to the charity and I get them to a group of teen sewers I know to produce tote bags and pretty aprons in some of those adorable cat fabrics. The kids in our area need community service credits to graduate from HS and thru the group I can arrange for them to get those credits for their sewing. They can do this on their own time at home where most other volunteering jobs are scheduled hours. I also think I could get art students to make cute plaques with cat related quotes. I've seen these in upscale boutiques and they don't look hard to make at all. I'd like to get Joanne's or Michaels or ACMoore to donate materials, kids donate time and receive community service credits, and our group sells these things at the mall where the pet store is. We could also rent flea market tables. Oh, and I thought for next year maybe we could make christmas tree ornaments with a cat theme, again utilizing the talented high school students who need those community service credits. What do you guys think? I would like to take on silent auction/wine event type things in the future. I'm just wanting to "work up" to something like that. The pro bono vet services would be great but that's really hard. Right now we are having a very hard time getting any medicines for the cats. These are tough times for all businesses and Vets are feeling the same pinch as everyone else plus there are more needy animals than vets could possibly help plus people with money troubles aren't able to take sick animals to the vet. We collect a small fee for the adoptions, under a hundred dollars to defray vaccinations, neutering, and other costs. Because there's been a huge drop in adoptions this year (due to the economy, we believe) those funds aren't coming it like they have in the past. Tough times!...See MoreSheila z8a Rogue Valley OR
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