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Purrt wrote:

> Megan wrote:
>
>>Purrt wrote:
>
> <selective snippage done>
>
>>Since I don't own a roto-tiller, I'd have to rent. Which would
>>increase the motivation to do all the tilling all in one day. And
>>the planting required after that could not possibly be done in one
>>day... or on one month's paycheck. Gotta spread out the gardening
>>expenses over many, many moons of paychecks. :>
>
> Yup, I fully agree. I tend to do the prep work until I figure out
> exactly what I want in the bed then I spend some time looking over
> catalogues before finally diving in. It spreads the expenses out
> nicely.

I tend to be a trifle more ad hoc. Stop by the gardening
shop when I think the upcoming week will have a spare hour
or so, see if some plant says "put me in spot X in the
yard", or not. Rarely buy more than 1-3 plants at a time.

Though I usually have some area in mind as The Spot where I
want to put something next, and I'll be spending a bit more
time than usual trying to keep that area weed-cleared.

I should try to get in a few more baby shrubs before the
real heat of summer hits.

<snip>
>>I've only been here a year or so, so I'm not sure how they used to
>>bloom!
>
> Then wait until next year. One more year won't hurt them and then
> you'll be able to tell if you have fewer blossoms or not. Some of
> ours went in the fall of 2002 so they're ready to lift now - they're
> clumping together, not nicely spread out anymore, and not blooming as
> much.

Clumping, I got.

<snip>
>>And the purple flowering thing never goes mostly dead. So is that
>>not a bulb? It seems to grow out of tubers which are at/below
>>ground level, so I figured it was a bulb plant.
>>
>>Of course, could be that the warmer CA weather keeps plants from
>>going as thoroughly dormant as they do where you are.
>
> Purple flowering thing? Erm, maybe it's a corm rather than a bulb?
> Without seeing it, I really don't have the foggiest idea!

Corm? Whatsacorm? <dictionary, WWW, search, search> Oh,
hey, I hadn't heard about corms! Yeah, I think that's what
the purple thing is. In fact, with the word "corm" to
search on, I now think it might be a gladiolus. I don't see
any pictures of gladiolus that are the same color, but the
flower shape is approximately right.

And, yep, I'm about 2 years behind on the digging and
splitting. I don't have anywhere to put the dug out corm
bottoms, but I guess I'll compost this year's batch and find
a spot for more corms, in a couple years time.

>>It does sound like you really, truly got lucky with those trees! I
>>mean, except for needing to figure out what to do with two large,
>>fallen trees.
>
> Actually that was the easy part. Step 1, call the homeowner's
> insurance company; Step 2, call the tree company; Step 3, pay the
> deductible.

Whew!

> Unfortunately they were pine trees and not good for indoor fireplace
> burning. We then went ahead and had the locust tree taken out (since
> it was next to the house and swayed alarmingly) and the huge silver
> maple trimmed. And during the trimming process, found that one whole
> branch (of course the one that went over the kitchen!) was rotten.
> That one came right off and is piled up nicely in the back of the yard
> to cure.

Good luck there, getting that rotton branch down before it
could do harm. :>

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> Megan wrote:
>> Purrt wrote:
> <selective snippage done>
>>
>> Since I don't own a roto-tiller, I'd have to rent. Which would increase
>> the motivation to do all the tilling all in one day. And the planting
>> required after that could not possibly be done in one day... or on one
>> month's paycheck. Gotta spread out the gardening expenses over many, many
>> moons of paychecks. :>
>
> Yup, I fully agree. I tend to do the prep work until I figure out exactly
> what I want in the bed then I spend some time looking over catalogues
> before finally diving in. It spreads the expenses out nicely.
>
>>>>Doubt I could fit a roto-tiller in my car, anyway. Though, hey, if you
>>>>got one into your Miata...
>>>
>>> Actually, that's why we have a MSV - a Miata Support Vehicle - for items
>>> that will not fit in the baby car. Our current MSV is a 2004 Volvo
>>> wagon.
>>
>> And if that's what's needed to bring a rototiller home, it ain't gonna
>> happen in my bitty baby. :>
>>
>> <snip>
>> I've only been here a year or so, so I'm not sure how they used to bloom!
>
> Then wait until next year. One more year won't hurt them and then you'll
> be able to tell if you have fewer blossoms or not. Some of ours went in
> the fall of 2002 so they're ready to lift now - they're clumping together,
> not nicely spread out anymore, and not blooming as much.
>
>> But, oh. By that metric, I should be digging around now, with one of the
>> plants. Ah. ... Next weekend, maybe.
>>
>> And the purple flowering thing never goes mostly dead. So is that not a
>> bulb? It seems to grow out of tubers which are at/below ground level, so
>> I figured it was a bulb plant.
>>
>> Of course, could be that the warmer CA weather keeps plants from going as
>> thoroughly dormant as they do where you are.
>
> Purple flowering thing? Erm, maybe it's a corm rather than a bulb? Without
> seeing it, I really don't have the foggiest idea!
>>
>> It does sound like you really, truly got lucky with those trees! I mean,
>> except for needing to figure out what to do with two large, fallen trees.
>
> Actually that was the easy part. Step 1, call the homeowner's insurance
> company; Step 2, call the tree company; Step 3, pay the deductible.
>
> Unfortunately they were pine trees and not good for indoor fireplace
> burning. We then went ahead and had the locust tree taken out (since it
> was next to the house and swayed alarmingly) and the huge silver maple
> trimmed. And during the trimming process, found that one whole branch (of
> course the one that went over the kitchen!) was rotten. That one came
> right off and is piled up nicely in the back of the yard to cure.

Thank goodness you found that branch in time! You saved the kitchen, and
added to your firewood supply this way. {REALLY BIG GRIN}


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m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage] wrote:
> Purrt wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>> And the purple flowering thing never goes mostly dead. So is that
>>> not a bulb? It seems to grow out of tubers which are at/below ground
>>> level, so I figured it was a bulb plant.
>>>
>>> Of course, could be that the warmer CA weather keeps plants from
>>> going as thoroughly dormant as they do where you are.
>>
>> Purple flowering thing? Erm, maybe it's a corm rather than a bulb?
>> Without seeing it, I really don't have the foggiest idea!
>
> Corm? Whatsacorm? <dictionary, WWW, search, search> Oh, hey, I hadn't
> heard about corms! Yeah, I think that's what the purple thing is. In
> fact, with the word "corm" to search on, I now think it might be a
> gladiolus. I don't see any pictures of gladiolus that are the same
> color, but the flower shape is approximately right.
>
> And, yep, I'm about 2 years behind on the digging and splitting. I
> don't have anywhere to put the dug out corm bottoms, but I guess I'll
> compost this year's batch and find a spot for more corms, in a couple
> years time.
>
>

Iris are also corms. I love iris -- but don't have any at present.
But my daylilies are coming up nicely!

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wrote:

> m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage] wrote:
> > Purrt wrote:
> >
> > <snip>
> >>> And the purple flowering thing never goes mostly dead. So is that
> >>> not a bulb? It seems to grow out of tubers which are at/below ground
> >>> level, so I figured it was a bulb plant.
> >>>
> >>> Of course, could be that the warmer CA weather keeps plants from
> >>> going as thoroughly dormant as they do where you are.
> >>
> >> Purple flowering thing? Erm, maybe it's a corm rather than a bulb?
> >> Without seeing it, I really don't have the foggiest idea!
> >
> > Corm? Whatsacorm? <dictionary, WWW, search, search> Oh, hey, I hadn't
> > heard about corms! Yeah, I think that's what the purple thing is. In
> > fact, with the word "corm" to search on, I now think it might be a
> > gladiolus. I don't see any pictures of gladiolus that are the same
> > color, but the flower shape is approximately right.
> >
> > And, yep, I'm about 2 years behind on the digging and splitting. I
> > don't have anywhere to put the dug out corm bottoms, but I guess I'll
> > compost this year's batch and find a spot for more corms, in a couple
> > years time.
> >
> >
>
> Iris are also corms. I love iris -- but don't have any at present.
> But my daylilies are coming up nicely!
>
> 'wyrm

My irises are in full bloom. I was expecting the Dutch irises to bloom
about a month before the bearded irises, but they're only days apart.

This the is first time that I've had great blooms the first year--in our
last two houses, it took a year or two before the bearded irises
bloomed. These went in the ground last fall, and they seem to like the
weather here.

Edna


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m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage] wrote:

>
> <snip>
>>> And the purple flowering thing never goes mostly dead. So is that
>>> not a bulb? It seems to grow out of tubers which are at/below ground
>>> level, so I figured it was a bulb plant.
>>>
>>> Of course, could be that the warmer CA weather keeps plants from
>>> going as thoroughly dormant as they do where you are.
>>
>> Purple flowering thing? Erm, maybe it's a corm rather than a bulb?
>> Without seeing it, I really don't have the foggiest idea!
>
> Corm? Whatsacorm? <dictionary, WWW, search, search> Oh, hey, I hadn't
> heard about corms! Yeah, I think that's what the purple thing is. In
> fact, with the word "corm" to search on, I now think it might be a
> gladiolus. I don't see any pictures of gladiolus that are the same
> color, but the flower shape is approximately right.

Hmmm.. it seems a bit early for glads, even taking into consideration
that it's California. But then I'm used to the Ohio growing season,
still. I usually do my plant identification by walking through the
nursery section and seeing if they have what I have. *GGG* It's not
perfect, but it helps. I have this huge succulent that I need to use
this method for, to figure out what I need to do to trim it, since it's
trying to take over its section of the yard and is up against the new
fence.


>
> And, yep, I'm about 2 years behind on the digging and splitting. I
> don't have anywhere to put the dug out corm bottoms, but I guess I'll
> compost this year's batch and find a spot for more corms, in a couple
> years time.


After giving up on getting someone to come in once a month to mow the
grass and keep the bushes trimmed, our landladies officially turned the
yard over to us entirely 2 weeks ago(with a break in our rent to
compensate.) No one has really handled any gardening here in at least 5
years, maybe longer. I have clumps of daffodils in odd places over the
yard, I think helped along by the resident gopher. :-/ I need to dig
them up now that the leaves are starting to brown and replace them into
a more sensible order. Growing in FRONT of the raised flower bed instead
of in it means it's that much more likely to get mowed down
accidentally. We've looked into renting a rototiller. Luckily, there's a
lumber yard/nursery about 2 blocks away, and they have a small one that
will fit into the Matrix long enough to get it around the corner and back.

And then there's the rose bush next to the front fence that has
desperately needed trimmed for months- Part of the reason the last yard
maintenance people got fired- but she didn't decide to fire them until
AFTER it was loaded down with buds, and now I have to wait on it to
flower before taking the hedge trimmer to it! (and yes, it's going to
require hedge trimmers. It would take me a week with pruners- it needs
cut WAY back)

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Kathleen Hein wrote:
> m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage] wrote:
<snip>

>>> Purple flowering thing? Erm, maybe it's a corm rather than a bulb?
>>> Without seeing it, I really don't have the foggiest idea!
>>
>> Corm? Whatsacorm? <dictionary, WWW, search, search> Oh, hey, I
>> hadn't heard about corms! Yeah, I think that's what the purple thing
>> is. In fact, with the word "corm" to search on, I now think it might
>> be a gladiolus. I don't see any pictures of gladiolus that are the
>> same color, but the flower shape is approximately right.
>
> Hmmm.. it seems a bit early for glads, even taking into consideration
> that it's California. But then I'm used to the Ohio growing season,
> still. I usually do my plant identification by walking through the
> nursery section and seeing if they have what I have. *GGG* It's not
> perfect, but it helps. I have this huge succulent that I need to use
> this method for, to figure out what I need to do to trim it, since it's
> trying to take over its section of the yard and is up against the new
> fence.

I use the walk-the-nursery technique for plant identification, too.
Hadn't seen the purple flowering number, though. Possibly not
gladiolas... I'm just guessing, until I spot the same plant
accompanied by an ID tag. The photos on-line merely looked kinda right.

But it is a *lot* warmer out where I am than it is right by the
Pacific! Everything blooms earlier, I'm sure.

> After giving up on getting someone to come in once a month to mow the
> grass and keep the bushes trimmed, our landladies officially turned the
> yard over to us entirely 2 weeks ago(with a break in our rent to
> compensate.) No one has really handled any gardening here in at least 5
> years, maybe longer. I have clumps of daffodils in odd places over the
> yard, I think helped along by the resident gopher. :-/ I need to dig
> them up now that the leaves are starting to brown and replace them into
> a more sensible order. Growing in FRONT of the raised flower bed instead
> of in it means it's that much more likely to get mowed down
> accidentally. We've looked into renting a rototiller. Luckily, there's a
> lumber yard/nursery about 2 blocks away, and they have a small one that
> will fit into the Matrix long enough to get it around the corner and back.

Ditch the lawn; keep the daffodils. Daffodils don't need regular
mowing; lawns do. (I haaate mowing.)

And we're in a drought, anyway. Though the humidity out your way may
make that irrelevant. I'm planning to kill half my lawn by not
watering it, this summer. (Aesthetically, no loss. It's been ugly
since I moved in.)

> And then there's the rose bush next to the front fence that has
> desperately needed trimmed for months- Part of the reason the last yard
> maintenance people got fired- but she didn't decide to fire them until
> AFTER it was loaded down with buds, and now I have to wait on it to
> flower before taking the hedge trimmer to it! (and yes, it's going to
> require hedge trimmers. It would take me a week with pruners- it needs
> cut WAY back)

I dunno. Depends on the rosebush type -- there are some 'hedge'
varieties that seem fine with that style of trimming. But the
gardening books I've consulted have argued strongly against that style
of trimming. Might want to take that week. Or two weeks. If the
rosebush has survived this long, it will survive longer.

In fact, you could probably stick with light pruning, here and there,
to pull it back from the most irritating locations, until wintertime.
Then do the heavy blade work in mid-winter.

Any more experienced rose gardeners out here? Most of my know-how is
book learning.

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In article <jsCSj.8123$iK6.6115@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com>,
Kat Hein <katenigma00.TakeThisOut@yahoo.com> wrote:

<snip>
> Yeah, there's not much of a lawn, just weeds among some beautiful
> California poppies. Lowes sells them for $4/pot, and the whole street it
> full of them, naturally!

I've been trying to grow California poppies in front of my fence (from
seed), and so far they've only come up in one little section. I probably
started them too late this year, though--maybe I'll have better luck
next year.

<snip>
>
> I do need more daffodils, though. I just don't feel like feeding the
> gophers and deer with them. *GGG*

Deer don't eat daffodils. At least, that's what I've always heard. I
can't tell you about gophers, though. We have raccoons and squirrels,
and I'm not sure who is responsible for digging holes in the pots I have
on the porch.

Edna


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Edna wrote:

> In article, Kat Hein <katenigma00.RemoveThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
>> Yeah, there's not much of a lawn, just weeds among some beautiful
>> California poppies. Lowes sells them for $4/pot, and the whole
>> street it full of them, naturally!
>
> I've been trying to grow California poppies in front of my fence
> (from seed), and so far they've only come up in one little section.
> I probably started them too late this year, though--maybe I'll
> have better luck next year.

The trick appears to be to turn over the soil *thoroughly* before
raking in the poppy seeds.

I recommend sending your brother out with a shovel to do the heavy
work. :> The area my brother turned over before poppy-ing is the
area where the poppies came back strongest, in the second year.

> <snip>
>> I do need more daffodils, though. I just don't feel like feeding
>> the gophers and deer with them. *GGG*
>
> Deer don't eat daffodils. At least, that's what I've always heard.
> I can't tell you about gophers, though. We have raccoons and
> squirrels, and I'm not sure who is responsible for digging holes in
> the pots I have on the porch.

Check your dogs and your children. :> I found the Lost Boy digging
holes in my pots, a time or two.

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"Edna" <huelsenbeck.DeleteThis@gmailDOT.com> wrote in message
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> In article <jsCSj.8123$iK6.6115@nlpi069.nbdc.sbc.com>,
> Kat Hein <katenigma00.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>> Yeah, there's not much of a lawn, just weeds among some beautiful
>> California poppies. Lowes sells them for $4/pot, and the whole street it
>> full of them, naturally!
>
> I've been trying to grow California poppies in front of my fence (from
> seed), and so far they've only come up in one little section. I probably
> started them too late this year, though--maybe I'll have better luck
> next year.
>
> <snip>
>>
>> I do need more daffodils, though. I just don't feel like feeding the
>> gophers and deer with them. *GGG*
>
> Deer don't eat daffodils.

Maybe not, but they love gladioli. I learned that when staying with a
cousin who had gladioli, visiting deer, and a heart so tender, she let the
deer just eat them! {half-smile}


Anne Elizabeth Baldwin


> At least, that's what I've always heard. I
> can't tell you about gophers, though. We have raccoons and squirrels,
> and I'm not sure who is responsible for digging holes in the pots I have
> on the porch.
>
> Edna
>
>
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"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"
<"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"@earthlink.net> wrote:

> Edna wrote:
> > I've been trying to grow California poppies in front of my fence
> > (from seed), and so far they've only come up in one little section.
> > I probably started them too late this year, though--maybe I'll
> > have better luck next year.
>
> The trick appears to be to turn over the soil *thoroughly* before
> raking in the poppy seeds.

I turned over the dirt all along the fenceline. The only difference
between where they sprouted and where they didn't was the soil. The end
where DH dumped a bag of topsoil sprouted nothing, while the end that I
filled in with heavy clay-ey stuff from another part of the yard popped
up a bunch of poppies. I guess they don't like nice dirt

> > I recommend sending your brother out with a shovel to do the heavy
> work. :> The area my brother turned over before poppy-ing is the
> area where the poppies came back strongest, in the second year.

I usually send my husband out to do the heavy turning, while I work on
the edges.
>
> > <snip>
> >> I do need more daffodils, though. I just don't feel like feeding
> >> the gophers and deer with them. *GGG*
> >
> > Deer don't eat daffodils. At least, that's what I've always heard.
> > I can't tell you about gophers, though. We have raccoons and
> > squirrels, and I'm not sure who is responsible for digging holes in
> > the pots I have on the porch.
>
> Check your dogs and your children. :> I found the Lost Boy digging
> holes in my pots, a time or two.

Our dog doesn't have access to the front yard (since it's not fenced),
and I'm pretty certain my kids aren't sneaking out at night just to dig
in the dirt So, it's either some local form of wildlife, or perhaps
someone else's pet.

Edna


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On Fri, 02 May 2008 21:54:36 -0700, "m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"
<"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Edna wrote:
>
>> In article, Kat Hein <katenigma00 DeleteThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>>> Yeah, there's not much of a lawn, just weeds among some beautiful
>>> California poppies. Lowes sells them for $4/pot, and the whole
>>> street it full of them, naturally!
>>
>> I've been trying to grow California poppies in front of my fence
>> (from seed), and so far they've only come up in one little section.
>> I probably started them too late this year, though--maybe I'll
>> have better luck next year.
>
>The trick appears to be to turn over the soil *thoroughly* before
>raking in the poppy seeds.

Haven't you ever heard "In Flanders' Field the poppies blow"?

Poppies grew wild on the edges of the trenches in World War 1 because
they liked the disturbed soil. Or so I was told!
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John Oliver <jdoliver RemoveThis @westnet.com.au> wrote:

> On Fri, 02 May 2008 21:54:36 -0700, "m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"
> <"m_thomas[numBksInLastHrldMage]"@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> >Edna wrote:
> >
> >> In article, Kat Hein <katenigma00 RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> <snip>
> >>
> >>> Yeah, there's not much of a lawn, just weeds among some beautiful
> >>> California poppies. Lowes sells them for $4/pot, and the whole
> >>> street it full of them, naturally!
> >>
> >> I've been trying to grow California poppies in front of my fence
> >> (from seed), and so far they've only come up in one little section.
> >> I probably started them too late this year, though--maybe I'll
> >> have better luck next year.
> >
> >The trick appears to be to turn over the soil *thoroughly* before
> >raking in the poppy seeds.
>
> Haven't you ever heard "In Flanders' Field the poppies blow"?
>
> Poppies grew wild on the edges of the trenches in World War 1 because
> they liked the disturbed soil. Or so I was told!

One of the choirs I sing with is performing a lovely setting of that
poem. I assume the poppies in Flanders Fields are the red ones I've seen
elsewhere in Europe? California poppies are generally orange (although
the seeds I planted claim to be a mix of orange, red, and white).

Edna


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On Fri, 02 May 2008 23:16:44 -0700, Edna <huelsenbeck DeleteThis @gmailDOT.com>
wrote:

>In article <c8un141qsrnt8lq8e2mif6omagr674n7e8 DeleteThis @4ax.com>,
> John Oliver <jdoliver DeleteThis @westnet.com.au> wrote:

>> Haven't you ever heard "In Flanders' Field the poppies blow"?
>>
>> Poppies grew wild on the edges of the trenches in World War 1 because
>> they liked the disturbed soil. Or so I was told!
>
>One of the choirs I sing with is performing a lovely setting of that
>poem. I assume the poppies in Flanders Fields are the red ones I've seen
>elsewhere in Europe? California poppies are generally orange (although
>the seeds I planted claim to be a mix of orange, red, and white).
>
>Edna

The poppies sold in memory of war veterans are red so I assume the
Flanders poppies were red.
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