BYC gardening thread!!

[lazy gardener]

Its spring here

Dan, not only are you an excellent gardener, but you have a real talent for photography.

 

[dan26552]

I did that last year and ended up having to harvest extra early. I've switched to starting in January and February so hopefully it will get to where it needs to be.

I have to plant in october or november otherwise my garlic plants aren't big enough when it gets hot in may.

 

[dan26552]

Dan, not only are you an excellent gardener, but you have a real talent for photography.

Thanks!

I'm overshadowed by my older sister, she can take REALLY amazing pictures.

 

[lazy gardener]

Don't consider yourself to be overshadowed. You stand on your own merit.

 

[dan26552]

Don't consider yourself to be overshadowed. You stand on your own merit.

I don't. I consider myself lucky to have a sister who can take amazing pictures and can teach me too.

 

[dan26552]

So back in january I pruned my moms rosebush and I tossed the trimmings in a leaf pile and pretty much forgot about them, well today I was taking some shovel loads of leaves and ran into a bunch of sticks at the bottom so I pulled them out to make it easier to get the leaves and they were my rose trimmings, buds swollen still green and callouses on the ends!

I tried rooting some cuttings of that same bush in 2014/2015 and not one took

The wood of some of these trimmings is over 4 years old.

 

[hippiestink]

So back in january I pruned my moms rosebush and I tossed the trimmings in a leaf pile and pretty much forgot about them, well today I was taking some shovel loads of leaves and ran into a bunch of sticks at the bottom so I pulled them out to make it easier to get the leaves and they were my rose trimmings, buds swollen still green and callouses on the ends!

I tried rooting some cuttings of that same bush in 2014/2015 and not one took

The wood of some of these trimmings is over 4 years old.

Okay that is SO COOL.

 

[chickadoodles]

Dan I love the pics of your flowers very pretty. And wow on the rose cuttings!

 

[chickadoodles]

Just in case anyone might want to order from Summerstone Nursery they are spring code for free shipping "springfree".

I ordered some things and got free shipping.

I am going to try to plant in the kiddie pools I had used and are just laying around. I hope to plant strawberries in one and some herbs and a few veggies in another.
I also ordered a Raintree drip kit so that when we are camping I won't have to worry.

I am trying to figure out a way to raise the pools off the ground so I won't have to bend over much as I am needing hip replacement surgery.
I do have some concrete blocks laying around and I was thinking about trying to use them but I was wondering if the pools would be wobbly on blocks.

 

[dan26552]

Okay that is SO COOL.

I find it funny (And a bit annoying) that they wouldn't root when I tried to root them but they started to when I thew them in the leaf pile and left them to rot

Dan I love the pics of your flowers very pretty. And wow on the rose cuttings!

Thanks.